I've just done some comparisons on the new prices of the iPad Mini and Air 2, wifi only versions.Incredibly the two form factors are now almost the same price!
Refurbished
An iPad mini, 64gb $538.
The Air 2 64gb is $558.
New
An iPad mini, 32gb, is $568.
The iPad Air 32gb is also $568.
So a $30 price range where you pay $30 more for half the storage but it is officially new.
But refurbished means you save either $10 or $30, but you get double the storage.
Now I have been waiting since March, or even last September, to get a better deal on the Mini. I like the form factor, which is perfect for gaming and very portable. But now there's such a small price differential, I'm quite tempted just to buy the larger one, simply because if I went ahead and bought the smaller one, I'd feel I'd been slightly cheated because you intrinsically expect to pay much less for the smaller product.
What do you think?
Refurbished
An iPad mini, 64gb $538.
The Air 2 64gb is $558.
New
An iPad mini, 32gb, is $568.
The iPad Air 32gb is also $568.
So a $30 price range where you pay $30 more for half the storage but it is officially new.
But refurbished means you save either $10 or $30, but you get double the storage.
Now I have been waiting since March, or even last September, to get a better deal on the Mini. I like the form factor, which is perfect for gaming and very portable. But now there's such a small price differential, I'm quite tempted just to buy the larger one, simply because if I went ahead and bought the smaller one, I'd feel I'd been slightly cheated because you intrinsically expect to pay much less for the smaller product.
What do you think?