iPad Mini Demand Falling, Bloomberg Explains Why
Even though the iPad Mini was seen as a successful product for Apple and it was capable of fighting the cheaper Nexus 7 rival, it seems that the demand for the 7.9-inch iOS powered tablet is starting to go down. The journalists at Bloomberg covered the subject this week, saying that Pegatron part supplier will suffer from the iPad Mini demand fall.
It’s interesting how only one of Apple’s products are influencing the incomes of a huge hardware manufacturer. Well, Jason Cheng, Pegatron CEO denied the rumors, but the iPad Mini sales and demand drop was confirmed by multiple sources.
You want reasons? Well, the launch of the next-gen Nexus 7 this Wednesday is one of them. Moreover, we are only a couple of months away from the launch of the iPad Mini with Retina Display, so the customers are waiting for it.
Anyway, besides Pegatron, there are also reports about Foxconn and Sharp which have lowered the component supplies for Apple, so the analysts and the investors are starting to worry about Apple’s future.
I don’t know how things will stand for Apple after the iOS 7 is launched next month, but the Cupertino-based company needs a new “wow” hardware product and it needs it fast, as launching it in the fall might be too late. And not because Apple is not making great products any more, but because there too many good products coming from its rivals.
Anyway, just in case you forgot I remind you that the iPad Mini was announced October 2012 and it comes with a 7.9-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD with a resolution of 768 x 1024 pixels, while being powered by a dual-core 1 GHz Apple A5 processor with PowerVR SGX543MP2 and 512 MB of RAM.
The iOS-powered tablet also comes with a primary 5 megapixel camera with full HD video recording, a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera, all standards of WiFi, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, and a non-removable Li-Po battery.
