Apple will launch a high-resolution, Retina-equipped iPad Mini this fall or in early 2014. Or it won't.
Citing "people familiar with the matter," the Wall Street Journal
(subscription required) today claimed that Apple suppliers will start
production in the fourth quarter of a new iPad Mini featuring a
high-resolution display, dubbed "Retina" by Apple.
But other reports, including one by 9to5Mac.com, said just the opposite: Apple will instead deliver another iPad Mini with a lower-resolution screen.
Both could be right: Apple may crank out two new iPad Mini tablets. But one analyst doesn't think so.
"An
iPad Mini with Retina is not only logical but inevitable," said Ezra
Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, placing all his
money on a Retina Mini.
A higher-resolution 7.9-in. tablet will be especially important to Apple after Google's launch of a new Nexus 7 tablet with a 1920-x-1200-pixel screen. The screen boasts a per-inch pixel density twice that of the current iPad Mini's.
But
while some pundits have predicted that Apple will release a Retina iPad
Mini at a higher price alongside a new reduced-price version with the
same 1024 x 768-pixel display as the current device -- for two new
models - Gottheil countered with history.
"Apple
will do what it has done in the past, in other words bring down the
price of the older models to expand the available market when it comes
out with a Retina iPad Mini," said Gottheil.
No comments:
Post a Comment