Phil Schiller holds up the iPad mini
If the best camera is the one that’s with us, the camera phone wins for me (iPhone in particular, but I’m excited for all models). But let’s take a departure for a second, because just minutes ago Phil Schiller announced the new iPad mini.
// 7.9 inch diagonal screen
// A5 dual core chip
// Facetime HD
// 5MP iSight Camera
// LTE wireless + 2x faster wi-fi
// lightening connectioin
// 10 hour battery life
// starting at $329
What will this do for us photographers? Here’s my quick thoughts:
// advertising photogs – stoked, but not all that much changes.
// wedding + portrait photogs – stoked, but not all that much changes.
// journalists + editorial creatives – revolutionary. iPhone camera + small device has been a treat for ALL photographers, but the new iPad mini seems to run double for journalists because it’s handheld with a great camera and actually a surface you can compose a story on… Ever seen people taking photos with an iPad? Sort of goofy. Or seen a journalist composing a press-ready story? Also sort of goofy. IMHO, this new iPad might not be for everyone (although all us geeks and fanboys will get one for the thrill…) but it really seems to fill that void for the journalist – shoot photos and compose. Just a thought.
wish to have one – maybe one day – price is not to high – cool
Innovative…powerful product.
I think the iPhone 5 camera is way better than the iPads (mini and new both).
Here you can find a very interesting review between iPhone 5 camera and iPad mini camera.
http://www.imore.com/ipad-mini-camera-review
The reviews shows that it is quite similar
I think the format of the Nexus 7 would lend itself better to that journalistic role. It doesn’t have a rear camera at all though. (I think?) The mini still looks rather large in the photo used at the top of the page, but not big/wide enough to do a nice spacious horizontal keyboard for ease of typing. All the 7″ android tabs are much better suited to that (and watching a wide screen video) Apple just introduces these wider/longer phones/ipods for a “better video experience”, but leave the tablet this shape? One of them is wrong.They probably couldn’t do the long shape because they just sued Samsung for copying them. Then they would be accused of coping Google/Motorola/et all.