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Careful examination of the specs reveal the iPad Mini 3 is basically an iPad Mini 2 with touch ID, and less expensive memory options. It doesn't have the CPU, s
by Tloewald 12y ago
Careful examination of the specs reveal the iPad Mini 3 is basically an iPad Mini 2 with touch ID, and less expensive memory options. It doesn't have the CPU, screen, thinness, or improved camera. It's kind of like the iPad 3 which was replaced by the iPad 4 within six months. There may well be an iPad Mini 3S or somesuch early 2015.
My guess is the rumored screen production issues for the Air 2 led to the Mini 3 being a less ambitious update.
- IkmoIkmo 12y agoIt might get more ram, although I doubt it. Seems like the only unknown factor still.
- Tloewald 12y agoGood point. It does create some very interesting price points. The iPad Mini 2 at 16GB is a really good deal (and definitely worth $50 more than the iPad Mini 1). Similarly, the iPad Mini 3 at 16GB is a terrible deal, but the iPad Mini 3 at 64GB is a much better deal than the iPad Mini 2 at 32 GB. I think Apple has actually done itself a bit of a disservice here -- they should probably have done something like: iPad Mini $229, iPad Mini 2 $299, iPad Mini 3 32GB $399, iPad Mini 3 64GB $499. Instead they have a bunch of SKUs that will just confuse people. But I suspect that they'd planned to roll out an A8X iPad Mini 3 with the new screen and had to pull back from that plan, and this is where they ended up. I frankly find it amazing that Apple can ramp up stuff this effectively, year after year. Consider that they're building a bazillion new screens in a new way and shipping it to a bazillion customers who are going to complain about the smallest defects.