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With the beginning of the Nexus 7’s deliveries the rumors about Apple’s plans to also join this market have became more common than ever. The information about Apple coming out with a smaller, more budget-friendly tablet has even recently been confirmed by the New York Times, who have quoted a few reliable sources. According to their info, the iPad mini is going to feature a 7.85″ screen, a price considerably lower than that of its bigger brother and will be revealed by this year’s end.
According to some, this is part of Apple’s strategy to attract more customers, who may want devices with similar functions, but with different screen sizes, which leads us to expect Apple to release different products in different price groups, aimed at these people, who are going to use them for specific things. This is the same strategy, which the American giant applied on the MP3-player market, which they managed to dominate for years, largely thanks to the variety of iPods they offered.
There is yet another possible reason for releasing a smaller-screened tablet, though – it will help distinguish the company from its past – after all, it’s Steve Jobs, who initially insisted that the iPad’s screen would be 10″ in diagonal. According to him, this was the perfect size for such a device and anything smaller would make the user experience much worse. Then again, the company’s initial prototype had a 7″ screen – which lead Jobs to believe that would be too small.
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After many speculations, about what is going to be shown at the even, which Microsoft recently held, the result is clear- the software giant has revealed two tablets, on which it also showed off the next version of their platform. Both of the devices rely on a ClearType HD 16:9 display with a diagonal of 10.6″, though they feature different types of processors and therefor run different versions of Windows 8 – Pro and RT. The specifications of both devices are quite impressive, though the x86 based one is clearly going to be superior – it’s going to feature a full HD screen, Core i5 processor (an Ivy Bridge one, of course, meaning that it’s made by a 22nm fabrication process), 64 or 128GB of memory, a microSDXC slot, a USB 3.0 port and a 42 Wh battery, all of which has been made to fit a 13.5mm thick body, which weighs in at just over 900 grams. The other device is considerably lighter and thinner – just 676 grams and 9.3 mm, but than again its hardware is a bit more… average. The procession power is going to come from a Tegra 3 chip, while its display has a 720p resolution.
The Surface tablet also has a smaller (31.5 Wh) battery than its bigger brother, though battery life as a whole is expected to be the same, because of the better energy efficiency of ARM-based chips in comparison to the x86 ones. The device features include a USB port (sadly just a regular 2.0 one) and microSD card slot,as well as two HD cameras and 2×2 MIMO antennas (which can be found in the x86 tablet as well).
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