Like the mini iPad, a cheaper iPhone might simply be a strategy Apple undertakes to protect its operating system.
He introduced the mini iPad, a product that may have cannibalized the regular iPad, exactly what you do to stay ahead of competitiors.
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This may be the primary reason why Apple released the iPad Mini. iPad sales began to peak with the second-generation model.
He thinks the latest info he received is pretty accurate, hence the production of the iPad 5 case (and accompanying iPad Mini and iPad 4 cases) shown above.
While the official word from Apple is that it sold three million iPad Mini and iPad 4 units combined, the company did not reveal how many units were sold of each individual device.
"Because the iPad mini enjoys most of the same features as a full-sized iPad, it only makes sense to offer a scaled down version of our award-winning keyboard folio for the iPad mini, " said Jamie Elgie, senior director of product management at Belkin.
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This is going to keep the build cost of the iPad mini low for Apple, but it also means that developers will already be very comfortable with the architecture of the iPad mini.
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And Apple smartly configured the iPad mini so regular iPad apps work without modification.
Apple has not yet released individual sales figures for either the iPad Mini or the iPad 4.
The elephant in the room is whether or not the iPad Mini will cannibalize iPad sales or not.
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While it is unknown exactly how many iPad Mini units have been sold, Apple did reveal that it sold a combined total of three million tablets when the Mini and the iPad 4 were released.
Of course if you break out the iPad Mini, the iPad 2, and the new iPad into three designs (with the various storage options), I suspect that the sales figures will be spread out across the range.
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In response to a shareholder question, Mr. Cook said he was unconcerned about whether the new iPad Mini would hurt iPad sales, repeating his earlier statement that Apple prefers to cannibalize its own product's sales before competitors do.
You could argue that the iPad Mini is what the iPad always wanted to be.
In another, the iPad mini is expanding the iPad market, which is its own animal.
Both iPad mini and fourth generation iPad come with iOS 6, the world's most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features.
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We do think the iPad, the iPad mini, and the iPad 2 will continue to be extremely attractive for many people in lieu of PCs.
Then Apple released a barrage of products, from the iPhone 5 to the iPad mini, a new iPad, and a slew of new Macs, and sentiment seemingly changed on a dime.
Placing a picture of the Google Nexus 7 alongside the iPad mini, he went through their specifications - the iPad's screen size was not so mini, 30% bigger than the Nexus, the overall experience on one was "great", on the other "not so great".
In addition to their impressive response, volume, and features, the iLoud speakers are surprisingly small, exceptionally portable, and can be used everywhere. iLoud MINI, the smaller of the two, is only about the width and height of an iPad mini while iLoud has the size of an iPad.
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And its own iPad mini would no doubt make its iPad profit margin thinner, close to the industry norm already.
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Data Express, a Taiwan-based reseller, told DigiTimes that it has received more inquiries for the iPad Mini than the full-size iPad.
In other words, finicky designers would scale their apps for the (original) iPhone view and the (Mini) iPad view and let their larger counterparts just be larger.
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Perhaps it will be bringing Retina to the mini-iPad?
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