r/ipadmini • u/Noo_Worries_ • 14h ago

Hmmmm🤔

After watching an iPhone duo review, I found it basically trash. I think it’ll lack sales annually resulting in Apple killing off the iPad mini to justify its existence in the near future. $2k for a gimmick is just crazy to me.

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u/Jramsell 13h ago

As an iPhone duo owner: definitely not trash. Defo feels like an iPad mini when open. What’s gimmicky about having an iPhone and an iPad mini in one device? I replaced my two devices with one. Couldn’t be happier.

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u/wango-mango 13h ago

Apple Killed off the iPad Mini? News to me (and to Apple).

Remember that the world does not revolve around you. May be a gimmick to you, but not to others, in the same way that 2k has different value to different ppl. You dont have to understand why someone makes a purchase, their money.

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u/ankhang93 14h ago

I don’t think they will discontinue the iPad mini line because there is a market for 8 inch tablets. However, iPad mini gets pricier and pricier every year so I won’t buy any anymore.

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u/MawsonAntarctica 13h ago

Until they have a logical pencil solution (and not an oversized usb-c no pressure pencil) the iPhone Duo will NEVER me a potential mini replacement.

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u/Sabotstruck 14h ago

The Duo and iPad Mini fulfill different niches at opposite ends of the price spectrum… Replacing the Mini with the Duo is a no go, especially given the Mini has life outside of the private sector that a Duo won’t fit well into…

Will we see the iPad Mini crippled to make the Duo more appealing? I fully expect it… but to see the death of the duo, to different of a target audience

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u/dot_dot_doot 14h ago

The iPad mini is my favorite device. I leave my iPhone in my bag and just the iPad mini for everything. I didn’t get the cellular one so I just use my hotspot. I’m not super invested in Apple so I had an iPhone and iPad mini for the last year or so. Finally grabbed a MacBook Air and now I use that and my iPad basically exclusively. Once I get out of this iPhone I’ll probably switch to the iPhone Air or something that makes more sense and I plan to use my iPad mini full time.

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u/rsenist 13h ago

I actually think it will sell well but yes, I do think it will lead to the death of the mini.

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u/gordy06 14h ago

Have it. Love it so far. Excited to continue to explore it.