Apple Announce Event For October 23rd (iPad Mini Announcement))

beardo81

DubDJ wrote: »

Apple store is back up..... slightly redesigned. Apple iPad Mini ....... €339. :O I was close on my €350 estimate.

Save quite a few quid bringing one in from states?

whatawaster

At that price the comparisons with the Nexus 7 are far from favorable.

MyBrokenKnees

Anything about when iTunes will upgrade?

DubDJ

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

Anything about when iTunes will upgrade?

Nope.

kaisersose77

are those prices right?

The ipad 4 or whatever is called says prices staring at 509 euros. Was the 3rd gen ipad that dear for the basic model?

Victor_M

murpho999 wrote: »

Why would you switch to Android now which will cost you more money when you can just ignore today's announcement as your iPad 3 still works and would have been replace next year by Apple anyway?

Because I don't like my iPad 3 - it's way too heavy, takes too long to charge, I love IOS so was hoping the mini would be reasonably priced and could pick one up as a second tablet as the iPad is in use by the kids all of the time.

I can't over look the massive price gulf between the Nexus 7 and mini.

I'm more annoyed that the iPad 3 wasn't much of an improvement (IMO is was a major step backwards) over the iPad 2, more than being annoyed that it's being replaced already - if you know what I mean.

In other words if I was happy with it I wouldn't be interested in replacing it at all.

Gumbo

DubDJ wrote: »

Apple store is back up..... slightly redesigned. Apple iPad Mini ....... €339. :O I was close on my €350 estimate.

Slightly higher than I would of liked. €299 and it would of sold like a hot snot!

Oafley Jones

Really like the look of the new iMac but I have to ask why? Seriously, what's the benefit to the user. It looks great but I'd rather them not have to compromise on internals for the sake of aesthetics.

Teferi

339 is absolutely ridiculous. They missed a trick here.

Would have bought an iPad mini if they were around the 200 - 250 mark. At 339, not a chance.

FourFourRED

No iTunes 11. Guess it's just going to show up on the App Store update list some day next week.

Don't like iPad mini. It would NEED a Retina Display to be worthwhile. My iPad 3 is still a great device.

Overall, nothing that interests me for now.


(Also, iPad has increased in price by €30.)

Gumbo

Teferi wrote: »

339 is absolutely ridiculous. They missed a trick here.

Would have bought an iPad mini if they were around the 200 - 250 mark. At 339, not a chance.

I would of never expected it that cheap tbh.
I am saving for an iPad for after Xmas and was dead against a mini version but after seeing it I think it could be big enough although I agree about the price. €299 would of sealed the deal for me.

Realistically, the nexus 7 is the rival to it , how much is that?

jack presley

Is the spec of the Ipad mini pretty much the same as the Ipad 2? If so, wouldn't it be better paying the extra €60 and get one of them instead?

Teferi

Also annoyed they were comparing the the iPad against the Nexus. It felt a bit cheap.

whatawaster

kceire wrote: »

Realistically, the nexus 7 is the rival to it , how much is that?

€249

hada

Is it me or has the Apple website taken (or the store bit) taken away the iPad 3?!

Willbbz

I was hoping for a €250 entry level iPad mini but would have stretched it to €280

How can you justify €339 for the entry level?

$1 does not = €1

heebusjeebus

Willbbz wrote: »

How can you justify €339 for the entry level?

$1 does not = €1

They don't include sales tax (VAT) in the price.

baldshin

Since the mini is the same specs as the iPad 2, does this mean the iPad 2 will be supported for longer since they'll have to support the mini for a good while?

Dont be at yourself

I'm not normally one to moan about the Apple exchange rate, but that is ridiculous. Was totally sold at 250-280e, but 340e is far too much.

Jmccoy1

Impressed by the products, however I'm not impressed with price increases on the Irish Apple Store. €339 for the iPad Mini is a bit too high, should have been a max of €300. The Mac Mini has increased in price by €50, that is on my shopping list a while to replace my Mid 2007 iMac, so I'm a bit miffed with that. iPad 4 and iMac take a slight price increase too.

kaisersose77

heebusjeebus wrote: »

They don't include sales tax (VAT) in the price.

even converting the dollar price into euros and then adding vat comes in a 30+ euros cheaper than the prices they have advertised.

Jmccoy1

hada wrote: »

Is it me or has the Apple website taken (or the store bit) taken away the iPad 3?!

It has indeed.

beardo81

Wonder will the Nexus drop as per the rumors. Its selling well as it is, wonder will the Mini take many customers away from it

fifth

For a company that always prides itself on ease of use etc, a new customer shopping for an iPad is going to be mighty confused when they see

iPad with Retina Display
iPad 2
and iPad mini

Right next to each other on the store. Starting to get like Nokia with their multiple versions of the same product, I hope they don't dilute things any further.

Teferi

kceire wrote: »

I would of never expected it that cheap tbh.
I am saving for an iPad for after Xmas and was dead against a mini version but after seeing it I think it could be big enough although I agree about the price. €299 would of sealed the deal for me.

Realistically, the nexus 7 is the rival to it , how much is that?

Genuinely thought they would price it the same as the Nexus to directly compete. Disappointed tbh.

Gumbo

whatawaster wrote: »

€249

So it's a nice jump up alright. Hard to justify.

ceegee

Pretty sure the nexus was 239 in hmv at launch. Don't see many extra features on the iPad mini to justify the extra 100 quid

Gumbo

funkyflea wrote: »

For a company that always prides itself on ease of use etc, a new customer shopping for an iPad is going to be mighty confused when they see

iPad with Retina Display
iPad 2
and iPad mini

Right next to each other on the store. Starting to get like Nokia with their multiple versions of the same product, I hope they don't dilute things any further.

Never mind the new customer, I'm confused!!!!!

dohboy

Teferi wrote: »

Genuinely thought they would price it the same as the Nexus to directly compete. Disappointed tbh.

They want to keep that 'premium' brand cachet so they keep the price higher. This tactic has not let them down, tbh.

Copper_pipe

Could I use a us mail forwarding company to get it cheaper?