Apple iPad mini, Reviews zum Gerät

**cosmocorner** · 13.11.2012, 10:32 #1

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Review iPad mini von knowyourmobile.com (engl.)

**One** · 13.11.2012, 11:46 #2

Engadget.com

This isn't just an Apple tablet made to a budget. This isn't just a shrunken-down iPad. This is, in many ways, Apple's best tablet yet, an incredibly thin, remarkably light, obviously well-constructed device that offers phenomenal battery life. No, the performance doesn't match Apple's latest and yes, that display is a little lacking in resolution, but nothing else here will leave you wanting. At $329, this has a lot to offer over even Apple's more expensive tablets.

Those comparing this to the Kindle Fire HD will have a hard time, as that's a tablet manufactured to a fixed cost and designed to sell you content. This is very much more. Similarly, the hardware here -- the materials, the lightness, the build quality, the overall package as it sits in your hand -- is much nicer than the Nexus 7 and it offers access to the comprehensively more tablet-friendly App Store, but whether that's worth the extra cost depends entirely on the size of your budget -- and your proclivity toward Android.

BGR.com

At the end of the day, Apple’s model of constant refinement and carefully planned expansion of its iPad product lineup has resulted in the best iPad yet. This is the real iPad — the one meant to be taken everywhere with you, the one that’s simplest to read and use, the one that’s impossibly thin and light, and the one to buy.

Most people will likely pick this over the larger iPad and I expect it to be Apple’s best-selling iPad ever. It has completely changed the dynamic of the iPad line, where the iPad becomes a speciality purchase for a specific need, and the iPad mini is the iPad people buy without giving it a second thought.

TechCrunch.com

So, all of this (beyond the screen caveat) sounds great. Home run, right? In my mind, yes. I can easily see the iPad mini becoming what the iPod mini was to the iPod — that is, the version that takes a popular, iconic device and vastly expands its user base. Apple says they have sold 100 million iPads since the initial launch two and a half years ago. That leaves roughly 5.9 billion people on this planet without one. The iPad mini can help that.

CNET.com

The iPad Mini is one of the few new product lines that Apple has unveiled this year, yet it's really just an incredibly shrunken-down redesign of the iPad 2. It's a perfect size and weight and works exactly as advertised: it's a truly portable iPad with excellent battery life and nearly no compromises, except for lacking the most cutting-edge Retina Display technology and fastest processors. And it's priced above the budget range that's represented by devices from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Google.

If the iPad Mini had a Retina Display, a newer A6 processor, and a slightly lower price, it would be the must-have Apple gadget of the year. Even without those things, it's still incredibly appealing. Its $329 price still makes it one of the least expensive iOS gadgets Apple makes. Does it make more sense than a $299 iPod Touch with the same processor, twice the storage, and a sharper, if smaller, screen? The Touch is a tiny thing; the iPad Mini can be used at a distance, to read and even to type. So can a Touch, but it's not as comfy. It comes down to choice. The iPad Mini works with all of Apple's apps. It's superior for magazines and news, and for illustrated books.

pocketnow.com

The iPad Mini is a miniature iPad, and that’s a very powerful prospect. It has just about everything we want in a small iPad, except for, of course, a Retina display. As long as you’re holding the iPad Mini 18″ or more away from your eyes, the lower screen resolution isn’t a deal-breaker. And while we aren’t excited by the $130 price difference between the Mini and the Nexus 7, what you’re paying for is access to a vast selection of quality tablet apps, plus exceptional build quality.