iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina

ozhunter on 23/10/2013 - 05:48
Last edited 23/10/2013 - 09:07 by 1 other user

Any non-Apple users planning on buying either of the new ipads?

Ipad mini with retina prices start from $479 for the 16GB version and $598 for the 32GB version($119 for and extra 16GB! and I though memory was getting cheaper) It is a touch heavier and a little thicker but it has the usual upgrades all tablets do(better cpu, gpu, wifi and display)

For comparison the Nexus 7 2013 has been on sale for $279

Of course many users in the Apple ecosystem will flock to it and Apple knows it which is why they raised the prices by quite a bit.

Nothing to do with the Apple, but you gotta admit this is the best looking tablet ever

Computing Apple Tablet

Comments

      • striker5950 on 29/10/2013 - 18:07

        Lol i upgraded first day, i regret it now, its a bit laggy now, nowhere as laggy as the nexus though

      • justcallmeboss on 30/10/2013 - 21:05

        It's amazing how much we pay for zero lag… phones, tablets, video cards… it always comes at a premium with little regard to bang/buck.

        Not at all. Windows Phone has the least lag, and it is very cheap.

        iDevice's are just too expensive.

        I am not "anti-Apple", in fact I have an iPad, iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 4th Generation.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2013 - 20:55

    Jk cool deal

  • auna on 25/10/2013 - 21:53

    I will be buying an iPad Air 128gb wifi. Selling my 64gb iPad 4 wifi I got on release. I'd consider the 4G iPad but there is still a 50mb download restriction.

    iPad Mini is silly because I have a Note 3. If anything I'd want a bigger iPad.

    Apple has my business because of having a 128gb version.

    The only worthy competitor to the iPad is Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition 64gb with a 64gb micro sd installed. It's so easy to fill up the device.

    • MementoMori on 28/10/2013 - 10:56

      And this sums up OzB's constant iOS vs Andriod device war.

      Apple devices come with zero lag and an insane return/swap over policy. Best performance, not the bang/buck.

      Android devices are best bang/buck.

      • auna on 28/10/2013 - 11:06
        -1

        No, Android Devices are not the best bang for buck. As long as you sell your old iPad and buy the new one for a good price owning a iPad perpetually costs less.

        • lostn on 29/10/2013 - 00:58
          +1

          No… because you're paying high sticker prices every time you buy a new apple product, the resale of the old one only offsets some of the high price to get similar value as an Android device.

          But remember, you have to give up your old device. An android user can keep theirs or give them to someone else and still get the same value.

          Apple will never perpetually cost less than Android, because part of the equation requires selling what you've got. The android user gets to keep all their purchases and still get value.

      • insty on 28/10/2013 - 15:58

        You should meet my iPad 1.
        Can barely use it on a fresh iOS install due to the insane amount of lag and crashes.

      • lostn on 29/10/2013 - 00:59

        Apple devices come with zero lag

        Zero lag eh… From a rudimentary youtube search:

        http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ipad+lag&search=…

    • ozAzn on 29/10/2013 - 22:19

      doesn't the surface 2 pro have a 128GB version?

  • unity1 on 25/10/2013 - 22:13
    +2

    So glad I picked up the 4th Gen ipad for $377 from this deal http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/117811 . No way would I pay $200 more for the new ipad. May as well put that money towards buying the new nexus 7.

    • Ronnnie on 26/10/2013 - 08:36

      That was a good price, but came out around $420 for me because it was online only. So I didn't bother, my local dicksmith doesn't sell ipads either. I guess if you could have got a pm from ow on dicksmith deal it would be an excellent deal. I'll only pay around $520 for the ipad air, so only around $100 more than that deal. I like that the ipad air its so much lighter, has 64 bit chip so lots of future support, and has just as good of battery life. I think its worth the extra price.

  • ProspectiveDarkness on 26/10/2013 - 01:00

    I'm pretty much as non-Apple (not particularly anti-Apple, mind you) as they come and I probably won't be buying either. Even though the iPad Mini is practically the only iDevice in recent times to tempt me (the other Apple device being a 2013 MBA), the cost is fairly prohibitive. I suppose the Nexus line's spoiled me a bit. They're nice devices, sure, but I don't think that justifies the change in ecosystem and cost for me. Maybe next year.

  • No ONE on 26/10/2013 - 02:34

    Still got my iPad 3 since released date. It works best and why do I need to upgrade, when iPad 3 got everything I need.
    Thank goodness, I didn't upgrad the iPad to iOS 7, and wouldn't probably upgrade until iOS 8.

    • IdLikeToBeATree on 26/10/2013 - 10:34

      I just went from an iPad 3 to a nexus 7 and the nexus is quite a bit faster for me :-) the iPad was getting quite slow and unresponsive when trying to open an app like safari. It was iOS7 though and I did see an immediate performance difference when I upgraded

      • MementoMori on 28/10/2013 - 10:58

        Try a factory restore, usually gives my iOS devices a bit more life back.

        • IdLikeToBeATree on 29/10/2013 - 23:49

          I did full restores and fresh setups many timeS, didn't help me unfortunately :-(

    • Daabido on 29/10/2013 - 21:39
      +1

      I hate to burst your bubble, but iOS 8 will still be as brutally ugly as iOS 7.

      Long live iOS 6. Scott Forstall > Jonny Ive when it comes to interface design.

      • lead_org on 30/10/2013 - 12:49

        Great Scott! Maybe let him come back and design the new Macbook and iPad, i think we would have some very interesting designs.

      • PresidentClinton on 30/10/2013 - 18:25

        He's the biggest wank in those apple videos

  • Nsmn on 26/10/2013 - 13:03

    i was looking forward to the new ipad mini
    but the price is a bit over my expectation…(great spec though..)
    so thinking about buying a second hand mini instead…
    (anyone selling it? plx let me know..lol)

  • Davo1111 on 26/10/2013 - 15:42
    +4

    http://i.imgur.com/ZQn8jsB.jpg

  • lostn on 27/10/2013 - 15:13

    I'm interested in the mini but will have to wait for a sale. Price is a bit expensive for what you're getting, and extra internal memory is insane. A Nexus 7 32GB is about half the price.

    The iPads have good specs but they're not good value for money imo. If you haven't bought into the Apple-integration thing it doesn't add much value. Most of the apple faithful people that I know personally tell me they'll never switch away because they already have apple for all their products, and all their products integrate and complement each other. That's a smart move by Apple. It essentially locks people in forever. Since I have PC and Android phone, the integration is a miss with me.

    I still want an iPad mini though, even though I hate the closed nature of Apple products and how you can't plug it into your computer and use it as an external HDD and must use itunes to transfer anything on. It's mainly because I like the screen and processor.

  • epyx on 27/10/2013 - 19:45

    I'm hardware agnostic (from a PC background), but I have loved my iPad 2 for years. Bought my girlfriend a Mini and we were both sold on the build quality and weight, which make it an excellent reading device. So on that basis, I have been hotly anticipating a 32GB rMini LTE. I can just stomach US$629, but A$749 is getting steep. I'm probably best off by buying it here and claiming the TRS refund making it A$674 effectively. That also converts closely to the US price, and avoids any carrier-lock issues.

    Admittedly, I hate the iTunes sync philosophy, I hate the lack of a "My Documents"-style common file area, and I hate the forced upgrades.

    • MementoMori on 28/10/2013 - 11:01

      Yes - Apple specifically removes the concept of 'Files and Folders'. 80% of the population doesn't understand it, like our Mums and Dads ('how can there be a file 'in' the computer?').

      Annoys us 20% who does though and wants to drag and drops some MP3's over.

      On the plus side, my Dad who's had never even sent a text message in his life just Facetime'd me the other day. This is the part that most tech guys don't get.

  • tanksinatra on 27/10/2013 - 22:01

    I'm a bit of an Apple fan.. I've had the iPhones 3GS, 4S, 5. Just can't help myself. Selling the old phones makes the upgrades pretty cheap.

    I'm researching my first tablet and I'd love a cellular iPad mini. But I just can't stomach the price. At $750 the cost is just crazy when compared to the 4G Nexus 7 which is where I think I'll end up.

  • Heatzfan on 28/10/2013 - 16:44

    I've been reading through this forum and no one mentions the screen size difference between the Nexus and iPad mini Retina. I'm looking at an 8" screen as the 7" is just a bit too small. The only options are the Samsung note (8" screen but lower resolution), the upcoming LG G pad (8.3"), and the iPad mini( 7.9"). The larger display adds to the price as all these will be over $400. Not sure which one to get?

    • m0nkeycheese on 28/10/2013 - 17:33

      LG G pad (8.3")

      • ProspectiveDarkness on 28/10/2013 - 18:40

        I agree - it seems like a happy medium between display size and quality, specs and price. If you can stomach LG's skin, of course.

        • Heatzfan on 29/10/2013 - 10:30

          Thanks for both of the replies. I will be waiting for the LG to come out and then play around with both the iPad mini and the LG. At the moment I'm leaning towards the LG

        • wtfnodeal on 29/10/2013 - 10:33

          iPad mini is only $305 at TGG. Are you comparing retina mini with LG G pad right?

        • Heatzfan on 29/10/2013 - 13:09

          yep, comparing iPad mini retina with LG G pad

    • IdLikeToBeATree on 29/10/2013 - 23:52

      I went from a full size iPad to a nexus 7 and I thought the screen would be too small but I find it is pretty much perfect, and I only use it at home not as a portable device really

  • aedeau on 29/10/2013 - 21:35

    I have an original ipad which I still use because it has awesome standby battery life (around 1 month), however I hardly use my Nexus 7 as the battery life sucks. In particular the device still drains battery when in standby mode and that's with wifi turned off when screen is off etc. As a result, whenever I go to use the Nexus it's out of battery, so I end up using the ipad instead. I'm upgrading to an ipad air on Friday because my ipad 1 is pretty laggy now.

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