It made a difference when the iPad 3 was a milimiter thicker than the two. It seemed to be a big deal all across the web. Thinner and lighter has been one of the most have specs for high-end smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks which are in the milimiter mark right now. So really whether this is irrelevant to you…

When the measurements are in millimeters and the weight is in the grams area yes every milimiter and gram makes a difference on such small devices specially when the Nexus is more compact than the mini size wise the fact that it is heavier just makes it that much worse. Is it a determining factor? No, but it is yet…

what exactly makes it a disappointment though? Lack of retina? Because in every other aspect it seems to be doing better than the competition which goes to show that all these current tablet offers still struggle to outperform iPad2 specs if anything everything else should be a disappointment not the mini but since…

poor choice of words, i meant lighter and thinner.

That was the 3rd quarter before the release of the iPad mini, just like the iPhone lost market share on the 3rd quarter quarter so did the iPad due to new releases, nothing suprising. Now, 1st quarter, 2nd quarter paint a different story and this current 4th quarter will break record sales for Apple no questions asked…

The Nexus is choppy, it stutters a lot while web browsing. Overall performance is inferior, the screen overall quality besides PPI is also inferior with really low saturation levels. The built quality is not comparable, it is also thicker, heavier and lacks the wide tablet apps selection you can get through Apple's…

I noticed that as well, I was also wondering if it was edited afterwards cause I don't remember it being exclusive to the "screen" maybe I missed that. Still it is really odd to separate a part from a device in order to put it on this list. I still think the Wii U would be a much better candidate for this list,…

Conveniently? Please post that link where your best specked 7" tablets bests the iPad mini in performance. I use these tablets everyday, I may not remember the exact processor and gpu running on each but I definitely remember what they performed like runnin my apps

Uh, please show me a side to side comparison of your favorite 7" tablet and show me exactly how much better this product is in comparison. I play with all these tablets every single day, and they all look like a cheap piece of plastic, they stutter a lot and the overall performance is disappointing. The funny thing is…

The iPad mini performs better, looks better and has the best built quality of all 7" tablets out there. It also has the highest price of all top selling 7" tablets. It also sells by far more than any other tablet out there. So basically it is a top quality product without retina display, very expensive and a top…

The industry? Im sorry, I dont know who the 'industry' is, but putting the iPad mini as a major disappointment is extremely opinionated specially when gizmodo was the tech site that gave the mini the lowest score out of all tech sites that rated the iPad mini. I dont think the 'industry' had anything to do with it. In…

How can the biggest disappointment of 2012 make it to top 2?

It matter, yet it can't be the only factor to put the mini under the biggest disappointment of 2012 next to the surface and the stupid ball from google. The mini IS selling and it's breaking record sales, no tablet come closes even close yet the author labels it a disappointment ? It id just a ver opinionated article.

The nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire or the Tab ant selling anywhere close what the iPad mini is selling right now. This article is severely opiniated, it completely ignores consumers choice for a product.

The argument is that these are not sustainable products. They are also not built with the best quality standards in mind and they will never be, the nexus and the fire are chunky toys compared to the iPad mini. What makes no sense is to expect the iPad mini to sell at cost when Apple easily dominates the market by…

I own the mini, I also use the Surface, Nexus and Galaxy tab at work for testing and the mini beats all other 7" tablets easily in responsiveness and portability. Yes the screen is not retina but that shouldn't be the only criteria to classify the mini as the biggest disappointment of 2012 when we all know it is…

Im looking forward to an in-depth analysis of gun laws per country. I know nations like Japan make it incredibly hard for anyone to own a gun and today they have one of the lowest gun related violence rates in the world with about 11 cases a year, put that in contrast with the 100 000 that happen in the U.S every…

They are trying to increase their profit margins. Galaxy products overall built quality is also pretty cheap but with decent specs to back it up. My guess is that Samsung wants to go as cheap as possible with un-educated customers. I still have no idea how Apple manages to make such slik devices and milk 60% + of all…

Ya i noticed that 'rumor' i was like really who the hell got paid to predict retina display on the iPad mini and a lighter iPad 5? I mean come on seriously people.

Dont take offense bro, it was just an observation