iPad Mini Potential

afbunn

I really don't know why so many people blindly follow Apple products. ESPECIALLY this iPad Mini. So let me get this straight: iPad Mini, 16gb, wifi only, will sell for $329. However, a Google Nexus 7, with the SAME FEATURES AS IPAD MINI, sells for $199. But just because the iPad has the "iPad" name on it, you'll spend close to double what you'd pay for a Nexus 7? Just because Apple says theirs is better and that you should buy it? Even putting their shady, lawsuit-happy antics with Samsung aside, why would/should you buy an iPad Mini over a Nexus 7? Because of iOS? Being locked out of doing anything outside of Apple's playpen OS versus the freedom of Android? I'll never understand it.

EDIT: Correction, I stated the wrong price earlier for the Nexus 7. I stated the price for the 8GB model, not the 16. The 16GB is $249.

jlo370z

its wifi only??? that makes it garbage for the car.....I use spotify from my phone, like pandora i suppose but i like spotify better. I need the 3g to get my play lists to play while mobile.

that being said, apple product are great for home networking applications and ease of use. but for the car I need to access the grid when off the network

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w0rM

Looks like you haven't been doing your research. Read this. Android and the Nexus 7 have lots of issues... not the least of which is stability... but who cares about that, right?

I'm actually not a huge fan of Apple. I do have an iPhone and a iPad 1 but I own them because they are the most universally compatible mobile devices in the world. Why you Android fans refused to own up to the multitude of issues with the Android OSs over the years is beyond me.

It's just like the old Linux vs Windows debate. You can do WAY more with Linux than you can do with any version of Windows. So why isn't everyone using Linux? Because not everyone gives a rats about being able to tweak the crap out of their technology. Some people just want to pick it up and use it.

If you can't understand that, I'm not sure what to tell you.

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afbunn

The article you linked notes the improved stability of the Android OS, specifically Jelly Bean, on the Nexus. And this isn't a comparison of which can do more. It's a comparison of what can do the same as the other, for less money. The only way the iPad Mini's higher price could be justified is if it came with Retina display. But it doesn't. It comes with the same features as a Nexus 7.

w0rM

If it's a choice between something I can count on for $330 or something I can't for $200, I'll pick the one I can count on every time. You get what you pay for.

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Notsud 13

you get what you pay for? you do realize that youre buying the name when you pay for an apple product right?

how can you not count on an android product? have you seen the specs between the two tablets?

cheshirecat

While Apple does charge out the ***, most of their products offer cutting-edge hardware.

I'm not an Apple fan (at all), but their latest iMac and Macbook Pros are very impressive.