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Steve Jobs drew his own red-line over 7 inches being too small for tablet, due to the size of hands. I've heard that parroted back at me by apple fans a few ti
by minor_nitwit 13y ago
Steve Jobs drew his own red-line over 7 inches being too small for tablet, due to the size of hands. I've heard that parroted back at me by apple fans a few times. This is why the ipad-mini is decidedly not a 7" screen, but an 8" (7.9) screen.
Here's Tim Cook still talking about how horrible 7" tablets are in 2012.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/25/tim-cook-we-will-never-make-a-7-inch-tablet-we-dont-think-theyre-good-products/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/25/tim-cook-we-will-never-make...
- kattuviriyan 13y agoThey didn't want fragmentation of the iPad apps. Having it 8" instead of 7" makes the regular iPad optimized apps look better. Reducing the size to 7" levels would have some usability issues.