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harry wild said:

It is a sucker’s buy with only 3GB of RAM inside!  The 2015 Mini 4 has 2GB of RAM inside already!  LOL!  Upgrade only if you are in need of the pencil!  Otherwise, wait a year or two for a 4GB upgrade like Apple did with the Mini 3 to make Mini 4!  Apple now does Mini upgrades every 5 years!

bloggerblog said:

lkrupp said:

The Android tablet universe is an abysmal circle jerk. Android tablets are irrelevant. The only tablet on the market that's worthwhile is the iPad. Apple owns this market, period.

True however there is a lesser need for iPad specific apps. iPad is also falling into a browser/email content consumption platform, it needs fuller apps.

bocaboy said:

I'm very disappointed in the Mini 5's memory options. 64 GB is not enough memory for the base configuration. I have the same gripe with the iPhone X and Xs. I realize it's an up-sell gimmick by Apple, but it doesn't make it any more palatable. Frankly, it looks like a money-grab to wring out the last few dollars of profitability. For the record, I'm an Apple shareholder and want the company to be profitable. I also want them to give the best value possible to the tens of millions of users of these devices, and being chintzy with memory in the new Mini and existing X/Xs isn't the way to to do it.

The base configuration should be 128 GB, on all devices, including the Mini and X/Xs. Considering the price being charged for them, the difference in added expense to Apple would be minimal, and it would go a long way to justifying the more expensive prices.

So today I'm speaking with my wallet. I would have upgraded my wife's iPad Mini 4 yesterday if it wasn't for this issue. I'll wait it out for Amazon, B&H or Adorama to put it on sale, or get a refurbished one when they show up on the Apple website.

Metriacanthosaurus said:

avon b7 said:

So many people told us (and were so sure of themselves in the process) that the Mini was dead, to get over it, there was no market for it etc.

They were wrong just like they were wrong on so many other things. 

Absolutely not. You seem to lack any perspective on these updates. By updating the mini to use the same chip and same display technology and the same storage controllers, etc. that Apple is mass producing for many other iPads.. reduces the cost to maintain this product as part of the lineup. Which is merely an alternative to discontinuing it. That doesn't mean this product is popular at all, or has a market. It means that Apple wanted to keep the product to serve what little interest it has, but to do so they needed to bring it inline and have it benefit from economies of scale. You'll notice they didn't reduce the price at all, even though they cut the storage in half, which they would have done if they cared about the product. They don't. They don't care if it sells in volume at all. Their efforts toward this version have done nothing but reduce their cost at maintaining it.

sacto joe said:

The addition of the Pencil obviously increased the price because of the required hardware change. Even so, the price is really not out of line for those that prefer this form factor.

IMHO, it’ll sell like hotcakes.