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Amazon comparing Kindle Fire HD and Ipad Mini on front page of Amazon
- Thread starter CoilShot
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Dead Prince
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i endorse this.
BFIB
Member
Best buy has them.
How about now?
Amazon is doing it right. I think the Mini is apples first big mistake in the tablet market. I am sure the diehards will still eat it up but there is no reason for any sane and logical person to buy the iPad Mini.
They basically took an iPad 2 and shrink it and boom iPad Mini
They basically took an iPad 2 and shrink it and boom iPad Mini
Phantast2k
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70% more bezel
Wafflecakes
Member
Pretty much. I understand that some people get wet when thinking about the iOS ecosystem.....still for me Nexus, Nook, and Kindle are all so much better than the mini that its embarrassing. You pay more....get less.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Lol at "no movies/tv".. but is the mini really a mono speaker? Really?
ReturnOfTheRAT
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A direct, but guided comparison between the two devices.
nhlducks35
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But what about the apps?
It looks like the one on the right is a speaker, so the one on the left is the mic?
It looks like the one on the right is a speaker, so the one on the left is the mic?
First and third stats are right, but sort of pushing the boundaries of the truth a bit. Its all technically accurate though since the mini has less than a 720P screen. But yeah this, along with the confirmation that the 16GB Nexus 7 is price dropping to $199 just reinforces my opinion that the Mini should have shipped at $199 instead of $329 and just killed everyone off.
Amazon has their fucking chest poked out right now, but rest assured they were nail biting like fuck until Apple announced that price.
HollovVpo1nt
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This is the kind of approach that is needed to compete with Apple. I love it.
Yup.
But what about the apps?
It looks like the one on the right is a speaker, so the one on the left is the mic?
Yes it is
virtuoso88
Member
Doesn't the ipad have an amazon app for amazon video? The deeper comparison is saying no.
Some of that stuff is ridiculous though.
The amount of emphasis placed on the HD experience when talking about 7" screens and external speakers on a mobile product is hilarious.
Phantast2k
Member
Hmm, wasn't Amazon's Android overlay really shitty, stuttery? I remember a youtube video that made it look really bad. Or is it only true for the old Fire?
The bezel is way too fat (iPads bezel is too thing on the sides though.)
The bezel is way too fat (iPads bezel is too thing on the sides though.)
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
God, do you even lift, Apple?
Great way to catch customers' attention. iPad mini might not be a bad piece of hardware, but for the money it seems like a rip.
Great way to catch customers' attention. iPad mini might not be a bad piece of hardware, but for the money it seems like a rip.
No. Wonder why...
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It looks bad. You compete by having a better product.
Everyone's hardware is better and cheaper than the Mini, but no one else has the iOS App Store though, and that contains what you actually do with these devices.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Both the kindle and the nexus are sold almost at a cost...
I can say this when I tried the Kindle Fire HD at Best Buy it was very smooth. Keep in mind though I only got to use it for 5 mins but from what I've seen I liked.
Amazon is going to be the closest you get though
Coloress_Kafka
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It only works with videos on Prime. You can't rent or buy a movie on Amazon Video and watch it on the iPad app.
Edit NVM I guess it does work with all video, you just have to buy in mobile Safari http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000798971
Apple likes to bring up irrelevancies too. They also hyped the shit out of "retina" display which is a dumb term too.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Are you actually saying these high DPI screens are irrelevant?
"Retina" means something and everyone understands it. It is consistently applied to relevant products. That's the point of coming up with good marketing terms. What does "HD" mean in the context of a Fire? It could be anything. It's accurate, but that term has no value anymore.
Nope. I think the term "retina" display is dumb though.
Actually HD implies pixels equal to or exceeding 1280 x 720. Whereas retina is a much more vague term that only applies to apple products. Which Apple apparently agrees with their labeling of their embedded cameras as Facetime HD versus the old "iSight" designation.
Betta Lines
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1024x768 is standard definition? Interesting.
Phantast2k
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Lots of people are content with a few standard apps and then browsing/media consumption apart from that. Would Apple even still win a "number of apps available" comparison? Or how else could they advertise that app superiority?
edit
Hmm, I'll try to find that video..
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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What do you propose?
Sure. Lots of things Apple does are very disagreeable.
But I'm not sure they've been quite this confrontational in directly slagging off the competition. The odd snipe here and there, such as the petty dig at the Nexus 7 in the mini reveal, but this is another step entirely.
Amazon have really gone that extra step here, and some of it is really dubious.
Consumers will decide though, really. I've got a mini on order because I felt that iOS and the App Store was worth the £70 premium over, say, a Nexus 7. Particularly as someone buying a tablet to game on as much as anything else. If Amazon wants to do a side by side comparison of how their App environment stands up to iOS, I'm all ears.
i remember reading about apple talking about nexus 7 at their conference, so not really out of line by amazon.
found it:
http://www.slashgear.com/apple-compares-the-ipad-mini-to-googles-nexus-7-23253443/
found it:
http://www.slashgear.com/apple-compares-the-ipad-mini-to-googles-nexus-7-23253443/
Ill bet humongous portions of people use these things (tablets in particular) for web surfing, email, Facebook, twitter, magazines, books, newspapers, Youtube, shopping and Googling stuff. That leaves two likely key areas missing, heavy app usage and gaming, but those two probably aren't enough to outweigh the rest of those uses, and the Amazon tablet does the majority of those functions just as good as any other tablet.
Putting an actual photograph up of a competitor during a live conference while having a high ranking member of the company rail on that competitor for a minute or two, making carefully chosen comparisons where you can highlight your products strengths while ignoring the areas of comparison where your product loses is fine? But Amazon putting up this comparison on their site steps over this imaginary 'line' and becomes 'another thing entirely'?
You cannot be serious.
Putting an actual photograph up of a competitor during a live conference while having a high ranking member of the company rail on that competitor for a minute or two, making carefully chosen comparisons where you can highlight your products strengths while ignoring the areas of comparison where your product loses is fine? But Amazon putting up this comparison on their site steps over this imaginary 'line' and becomes 'another thing entirely'?
You cannot be serious.
Most people don't know what DPI is. So just hype it up as having a cleaner screen. No reason to label it. Seriously the amount of things Apple thinks it has to label is amazing. Just rewatch that iPad Mini conference for what I'm talking about.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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So you just have a problem with the six letters "retina" all spelled out in order? It's accomplishing the exact same thing.
PhoncipleBone
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I went to the amazon.com and this popped up
Classy of Amazon to use a quote with "ballsy" in it on their front page.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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iPad mini is a glorified iPad 2 with a small screen.
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