Although it seems that Apple is getting a lot of customers selling iPads for their brand new iPad Mini, that does not make the iPad Mini the best 7-inch tablet computer out there. Apparently, pundits found out that Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 had better displays.
Many believe that although the iPad Mini is very capable on its own, it is not necessarily following Apple’s tradition of the best display on the market. It does not even have a great display. It only has a good display. Clearly, Amazon and Google tablets are better.
A lot of people expected the smaller version of the iPad to have the Retina Display technology like the iPad 3. If it did, then it would have had 326 pixels per inch, which would need more than four times the screen area of the iPhone 5. That was why Apple stuck with 1024 by 768 with 163 pixels per inch. For a small tablet computer, $329 is too much, especially since Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7, both of which have better display quality, cost only $199. That makes the Retina Display marketing a failure now for Apple.
Because of the $329 starting price of the iPad Mini, customers are indecisive whether or not the iPad Mini is worth selling their iPad for. Most of them think that the best choice now is the Nexus 7.
The smaller iPad also fell short when it comes to video quality. Contents viewed using this tablet are closer to Standard Definition video than true High Definition, because of the 1024 by 576 resolution, instead of the 1289 by 720 video, that is present on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Google Nexus 7. If the iPad Mini had 1280 by 960, it would have been capable of delivering HD video content.
A weakness of all small tablets is the reflection of light on their screens. Most pundits even said that small tablets reflect so much that you can use them as mirrors. Low reflectance is really important for real picture quality, especially for more portable tablets.
Unfortunately for those who already bought the iPad Mini, the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7 perform better than the small Apple tablet computer, notwithstanding the fact that they have lower prices. Another disappointment is that the iPad Mini has high reflectance, higher than the other two tablets. That means light reflects too much from it. This is another shortfall from Apple.
To summarize, the iPad Mini does not just have lower performance and specs than the Amazon and Google tablets; it is also incapable of besting either of those tablets. If you were to rank the three tablets, the Nexus 7 comes first, then the Kindle Fire HD, then the iPad Mini. Many expected that Apple would take the throne of 7-inch tablets, as they usually do with their products, but not this time.
Many believe that although the iPad Mini is very capable on its own, it is not necessarily following Apple’s tradition of the best display on the market. It does not even have a great display. It only has a good display. Clearly, Amazon and Google tablets are better.
A lot of people expected the smaller version of the iPad to have the Retina Display technology like the iPad 3. If it did, then it would have had 326 pixels per inch, which would need more than four times the screen area of the iPhone 5. That was why Apple stuck with 1024 by 768 with 163 pixels per inch. For a small tablet computer, $329 is too much, especially since Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7, both of which have better display quality, cost only $199. That makes the Retina Display marketing a failure now for Apple.
Because of the $329 starting price of the iPad Mini, customers are indecisive whether or not the iPad Mini is worth selling their iPad for. Most of them think that the best choice now is the Nexus 7.
The smaller iPad also fell short when it comes to video quality. Contents viewed using this tablet are closer to Standard Definition video than true High Definition, because of the 1024 by 576 resolution, instead of the 1289 by 720 video, that is present on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the Google Nexus 7. If the iPad Mini had 1280 by 960, it would have been capable of delivering HD video content.
A weakness of all small tablets is the reflection of light on their screens. Most pundits even said that small tablets reflect so much that you can use them as mirrors. Low reflectance is really important for real picture quality, especially for more portable tablets.
Unfortunately for those who already bought the iPad Mini, the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7 perform better than the small Apple tablet computer, notwithstanding the fact that they have lower prices. Another disappointment is that the iPad Mini has high reflectance, higher than the other two tablets. That means light reflects too much from it. This is another shortfall from Apple.
To summarize, the iPad Mini does not just have lower performance and specs than the Amazon and Google tablets; it is also incapable of besting either of those tablets. If you were to rank the three tablets, the Nexus 7 comes first, then the Kindle Fire HD, then the iPad Mini. Many expected that Apple would take the throne of 7-inch tablets, as they usually do with their products, but not this time.
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