[iPad Mini] Financial implications of retina mini

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My question would be is Apple confident that people will continue to buy the mini without a retina display? Because a retina mini with perhaps slightly lower margins is better than no mini sale at all.

I agree completely. Apple is still in a superior position, but "no sale" is worse than "less margins." Android has a competing ecosystem, too; it isn't like people can buy into Android and then easily stick with Apple. Some people swap between the two very easily, but most don't. A lost sale goes beyond simply selling one "lower margin" device for Apple.

I also agree with your later post discussing the tech in the Android tablets. A lot of people make claims that pulling off a retina display for the iPad Mini would be too technically challenging, or that it would require too many compromises. The Android tablets are already showing that you can have displays with a very high pixel density (higher than "retina") and little to no compromise on the battery life. Apple is running their own hardware and have their own technical challenges to overcome, but the competition indicates that it is possible.

I am hoping that by the end of this year I'll be selling my iPad Mini to fund a new iPad Mini Retina. I am sure that an iPad Mini with retina display is coming at some point, but if Apple releases an updated iPad Mini that lacks a retina display I'll be a little bit worried for them.

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