Apple unveiled iPad family's new product -- iPad Mini, it means that Apple gets into 7 inch tablet PC market now formally.
iPad mini, has a 1024*768 resolution 7.9-inch screen, It has the same resolution as iPad 2. As a low-end product of iPad family, iPad mini still retains the front and rear camera, a dual-core A5 processor, battery life time is 10 hours. Apple said that the iPad mini battery is the thinnest and biggest in iPad family. Previously the media said the smallest storage space of iPad mini will be 8G, but in fact iPad mini has a smallest storage space of 16G and the 16G WiFi version has the price of $329.
iPad mini prices are:
- 16G : $329{WiFi}, $459(WiFi+4G)
- 32G : $429{WiFi}, $559(WiFi+4G)
- 64G : $529{WiFi}, $659(WiFi+4G)
One prominant feature of iPad mini is thin and light, the whole machine is only 7.2mm thick and weighs only 0.68 pounds (about 308 g). In addition to thin and light iPad mini has a better screen performance than competing products. Apple's senior vice president Schiller compared between iPad mini with their main competitive product Nexus 7, iPad mini is 0.9 inches larger than Nexus, but the screen area is 35% bigger than Nexus, thanks to iPad mini 4:3 screen ratio.
iPad mini demonstrates the advantage of the 7-inch tablet products in many ways, but taking into account the price of the Nexus is only $199, it is difficult to establish a peer-to-peer comparison between the two. Apple announced that the iPad mini is scheduled to be available for pre-order on this Friday, while the WiFi only version will be available for sale on 2nd November and the 4G one will be available on 26th November.
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