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bakerzdosen said:

If I'd realized last August's $199 sale at BB was going to be the final one ever, I would have probably purchased 2 more at that time. Possibly 3.

I get that Apple has to make money, but the initial $400 price was just... way too much for the market to bear. It's a fantastic product, but $299 was really where it should have been priced initially and then dropped to $250. But 20/20 hindsight and all that...

With that said, I picked up a used one last week. I'll most likely pick up another if I can find one sub-$200 (which has been REALLY difficult to do.)

Yes I’d imagine that would be the difficult task. I have 2 so I’m not looking to pick anymore up, like on eBay perhaps, I’m sure they have new ones there at a markup new but no idea on used ones

Kuyangkoh said:

Sad really….i uses mine for dolby atmos and spatial audio and boy it really rocks. Not surprised why it was sold out quick

Yes it really is sad. Apple could have done so much better by perhaps including Bluetooth and perhaps a 3.5mm jack. Those are some of the complaints I have seen online. I bought 2 HomePod after they were discontinued. Too bad Apple didn’t market them as much more than a run of the mill smart speaker. Although I have seen Apple do this in the past come out with something I thought was good and they left it on the vine to wither and die. I know the talk is now a video speaker. Why? I can FaceTime or Facebook/messenger anyone I want with my iPhone or iPad. I think that would be a less of a seller than HomePod but I’ll admit I am just Average Joe Consumer. That’s why the ladies and gents there make more in a couple of years there than I would probably my whole working career. That’s ok. They do come out with a lot of hits and a few misses. 

MplsP said:

spice-boy said:

iPads will get a lot heavier and dropping them will make them a lot more expensive to repair, all this for so called "wireless charging"?

Yeah, that’s my thought. The battery sizes used for iPads are also quite large, so ‘wireless’ charging would need to improve by an order of magnitude to make it viable. Then there’s all the wasted energy…. 

I still can’t understand what’s wrong with just plugging it in. 

I still prefer plugging stuff in. Though I will admit we do have a couple of wireless chargers in the house  and sometimes it is a more convenient to walk by and drop my iPhone AirPod Pros or my Bose Quiet comfort noise canceling ear buds on the pad and walk away. Lazy in my part? Probably. It’s a nice convenience though   Like the poster below you there’s probably a lot of wireless technologies that Apple may be worried of damage to its products. 

22july2013 said:

The average time between Mini updates is well over a year. Consider that.

Consider this: Apple is no longer dependent upon Intel for their chips so maybe things will get to where new models yearly appear?

Bill’a legacy is going down the crapper quick