Yesterday Apple stores around the world opened their doors for those who want to buy iPad mini in 34 countries. From 26 October through the online Apple Store users can orders with a delay of a couple of weeks when it comes to the tablet versions with support for Wi-Fi only two colors. IPad mini version with support for 4G networks will ship in mid-November.
In Australia and South-East Asia, where sales of iPad in offline stores began earlier U.S. special excitement was observed.
According to Piper Jaffray analysts, Apple's going to sell in the first weekend not more than half a million iPad mini. In the days following the announcement of the third-generation iPad in March, has been sold 3 million units. In its popular tablet will not be able to catch up with a full-sized iPad. Topeka Capital Markets specialists believe that in the future the next two to three years, iPad mini will be more popular than iPad. During the quarter, Apple could sell up to 7 million compact tablet in the next year to increase to 30 million units a year - up to 48 million tablets. According to experts Sterne Agee, iPad mini complicate life of tablets running Windows 8.
ChipWorks Specialists found in iPad mini the same 32-nm processor A5 second generation, which is used in iPad 2 and the fifth generation iPod. Processor is released by Samsung.