wraggster
October 9th, 2012, 23:25
The iPhone 5 is less than a month old, but Apple is already gearing up for its next major product launch. According to the Wall Street Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/10/07/buzz-building-for-smaller-apple-tablet/), Asian component suppliers have received orders for more than 10 million units of a scaled-down iPad, about twice the number of Kindle Fire tablets ordered for the same time period.
Dubbed the iPad Mini, the smaller tablet has been repeatedly rumored (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-03-ipad-mini-now-being-mass-produced-report), but not actually revealed by Apple itself. The tablet will reportedly sport a 7.85-inch screen and a lower price point to stay competitive with newer tablets from Google and Amazon. Google's Nexus 7 tablet starts at $199, while Amazon's entry-level Kindle Fire retails for $159. Currently, the least expensive configuration of the iPad clocks in at $499. According to market research firm IHS iSuppli, Apple's market share of tablets was nearly 70 percent for the second quarter of the year, reclaiming ground it had lost since a wave of competitors found success early last year.
Apple is rumored to be revealing the iPad Mini later this month.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-08-apple-suppliers-prepping-for-10-million-ipad-minis
Dubbed the iPad Mini, the smaller tablet has been repeatedly rumored (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-03-ipad-mini-now-being-mass-produced-report), but not actually revealed by Apple itself. The tablet will reportedly sport a 7.85-inch screen and a lower price point to stay competitive with newer tablets from Google and Amazon. Google's Nexus 7 tablet starts at $199, while Amazon's entry-level Kindle Fire retails for $159. Currently, the least expensive configuration of the iPad clocks in at $499. According to market research firm IHS iSuppli, Apple's market share of tablets was nearly 70 percent for the second quarter of the year, reclaiming ground it had lost since a wave of competitors found success early last year.
Apple is rumored to be revealing the iPad Mini later this month.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-08-apple-suppliers-prepping-for-10-million-ipad-minis