Comments on: Apple Rumored To Build 7.85″ iPad Mini, iPad 3 In 2012 http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/16/apple-rumored-to-build-7-85-ipad-mini-ipad-3-in-2012/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: . . http://www.mobilemag.com/2011/12/16/apple-rumored-to-build-7-85-ipad-mini-ipad-3-in-2012/#comment-50703 . . Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:31:00 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=125153#comment-50703 The iPod Touch costs US$199 and has access to Apple's powerful app and media ecosystem. For Apple to release an "iPad Mini" it would cost no less than US$300-$349. Otherwise it risks cannibalizing sales of the iPod Touch. But at that price point it will compete with tablets like the Acer Iconia A100, not the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet. Moreover, people would seriously consider buying such iPad mini rather than the main iPad However you see it, it does not make sense for Apple to release such iPad mini. Most likely, as soon as it releases the iPad 3, they will simply drop the price of both the iPad 1 to US$300 or less, and the iPad 2 to something like $400 The iPod Touch costs US$199 and has access to Apple’s powerful app and media ecosystem. For Apple to release an “iPad Mini” it would cost no less than US$300-$349. Otherwise it risks cannibalizing sales of the iPod Touch. But at that price point it will compete with tablets like the Acer Iconia A100, not the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet. Moreover, people would seriously consider buying such iPad mini rather than the main iPad

However you see it, it does not make sense for Apple to release such iPad mini. Most likely, as soon as it releases the iPad 3, they will simply drop the price of both the iPad 1 to US$300 or less, and the iPad 2 to something like $400

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