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Well, it's just an unsourced rumor at this point. My guess is it's not accurate.
by pbreit 9y ago
Well, it's just an unsourced rumor at this point. My guess is it's not accurate.
- fooker 9y agoThese rumors are likely used to gauge the community reaction before decisions like this.
- lisper 9y agoOK, then listen up any Apple folks lurking here: this would be a huge mistake. The iPhone 7 plus is too small. The regular iPad is too big. The iPad mini is Just Right for a lot of applications. Don't discontinue it.
- falcolas 9y agoI agree with every point, and I'll even emphasize the "iPhone 7 plus is too small" claim. Reading a book on the iPhone [67]+ is not a good experience. It's also too oddly sized for browsing most of the web; mobile sites make everything too large, and switching to desktop versions makes everything too small. Videos also tend to lack a lot of detail. The mini, in comparison, is much like a Kindle for reading books (that is it's comfortable to read, especially the retina displays), and I can read just about any web site without special handling when in portrait mode. I've bought 3, and the only reason I haven't bought more is because they still work perfectly.
- manicdee 9y agoRiffing on the "Apple trial balloon" feedback: My best experience was with the iPhone 4, iPad mini and MacBook Air. Phone was small enough to be unobtrusive, iPad mini was good enough for reading, MBA was just about perfect for casual computing (though I would love a SD or micro-SD slot). My uses were Django programming & photography. The iPhone 6 & 7 are awkwardly sized: too large to be unobtrusive too small for easy reading.