New iPad mini - Hacker News

Posted by soheilpro 1 day ago

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franzcoughka 23 hours ago|

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m3kw9 23 hours ago||

Thought China would have flooded the ram market by now

fmajid 19 hours ago||

They are working on it (CXMT for RAM and YMTC for NAND flash) but not having access to ASML’s EUV lithography equipment hobbles them.

The US government is also trying to kneecap them, threatening Apple with tariffs if they went ahead with YMTC storage, even if only for the Chinese market.

They are thus primarily focusing on the Chinese market, but if they weren’t there, DRAM and flash is a global commodity market and prices would have gone up even more insanely than today.

ChrisRR 22 hours ago|||

You can't just spin up factories producing top of the line components like RAM. It's an extremely expensive process

Danox 16 hours ago|||

10-20 billion dollars and 2-3 years, witch is nothing to the Chinese or a company like Apple or TSMC if the will is there.

pizzafeelsright 22 hours ago|||

Maybe with enough money. Terafab ~ Q3 2027

Danox 16 hours ago||

two-three years out.

m_a_g 23 hours ago||

This is a disappointment. Apple has so much potential with iPad minis, but they consistently hold back simply because they don’t want to cannibalize their pro models.

chocochunks 23 hours ago||

That's the whole iPad line. No multi-user because they don't want families to buy only one iPad, no support for running apps outside of the app store, etc.

r0fl 22 hours ago|||

Isn’t all that potential shown off in the duo?

hypercube33 23 hours ago||

Ok, how is this a disappointment - what does it not have that the pro does that you're seeking? To me, this just looks like a large phone without cellular. Not sure I'd want this, as I already have a large phone - good enough.

chocochunks 23 hours ago||

Pro-motion, 120FPS display.

Computer0 6 hours ago||

I’m not interested due to the inclusion of parts designed in israel.

dwaite 3 hours ago||

Not questioning your motivations, but that seems like a tough exclusion to make. Do you exclude every product with an Intel chip?

koziserek 5 hours ago||

Also https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/03/apple-ceo-tim-coo...

Okay, he's not a CEO anymore, but the aftertaste remains.

loehnsberg 20 hours ago|

With OLED, this is going to be the best e-book reader in dark mode, and given that it's water resistant you could even use it in bath/hot tub w/o destroying the device - if you're willing to put down $700 for an e-reader that is.