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Read this before getting an iPad Mini 3 & save yourself Php5k

Just recently, Apple has made their new iPads available to the local market. While I think it’s okay to get an iPad Air 2 for its price, I have to say not a lot of people should buy the iPad Mini 3 for the price of Php20,490, and the reason is simple. Here’s why.

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And no, it’s not because it bends – it’s because the iPad Mini 3 is just an iPad Mini 2 with a few small changes that might not even matter to you or the person you’re giving it to. The iPad Mini 3 has Touch ID, is available in gold, and no longer has a 32GB variant – 64GB and 128GB are the storage options from there.

The base option for the 16GB iPad Mini 3 is at Php20,490, and the iPad Mini 2 now has dropped in price to just Php15,490; that’s paying exactly Php5,000 more for Touch ID and the color gold if you’re getting one. It only becomes less of a waste when you opt for a 128GB variant at most.

But hey, if you really need Touch ID, gold or more than 32GB of storage, feel free to get an iPad Mini 3 for an extra Php5,000.

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Bob Freking occasionally contributes articles to the website. He is a UST Graduate of Commerce & Business Administration, Major in Marketing Management, and a full-time Sith Lord with three dragons.

19 Responses

  1. Avatar for tataliknow tataliknow says:

    Usefulness or the lack thereof depends on the user.

  2. Avatar for Justin Justin says:

    What an utterly useless article…

  3. Avatar for archie archie says:

    Coming soon: Dell Venue 8 7000. I’m going to wait for yugatech’s review of this beast before replacing my old tablet.

  4. Avatar for ozmoi ozmoi says:

    Indeed. Same situation with iPad Air 2. Still very happy with my iPad Air. I got Touch ID on my iPhone 6 Plus. I think my iPad Air is still usefull for another year. :-)

    • Avatar for Milhouse Milhouse says:

      iPad Air 1: 1gb RAM
      iPad Air 2: 2gb RAM

      That is a huge difference. Try using Safari in both gadgets and you will notice that websites do not refresh by themselves in the Safari of iPad Air 2.

  5. Avatar for zhizoicz zhizoicz says:

    http://www.macworld.co.uk/review/ipad/ipad-mini-2-vs-ipad-mini-3-comparison-3582666/

    based on this site, ipad mini 1 owners will feel the difference if they switch to mini 3 than mini 2 owners switch to mini 3

  6. Avatar for Dothackjhe Dothackjhe says:

    Does this mean that both iPad Mini 2 and iPad Mini 3 are exactly identical in terms of hardware specifications?

  7. Avatar for Ed Ed says:

    Precisely my point… So what I did is sold my iPad Mini 1. And purchased iPad Mini 2 yesterday @ lazada online revolution sale for 14,890 – 10% discount = 13,400. In the end I saved around 6-7K for not purchasing iPad Mini 3. I just wonder why apple did not revised the pricing of iPad Mini 1 and 2?

  8. Avatar for quizzz quizzz says:

    What about guarantee of updates? Will iPad mini 3 get one more update more than iPad mini 2 because it’s newer despite the fact both are essentially the same?

    Mini 3 will reach iOS11 while mini 2 will reach iOS 10 only.

    • Avatar for Kent Kent says:

      Bago pa magkaron ng iOS 10 sawa ka na sa iPad Mini 3 . For sure bibili ka din ng mas bagong iPad bago pa man irelease yung update na yon.

  9. Avatar for Buboy Buboy says:

    If you’re coming from the iPad Mini 1st Gen, then maybe you can buy this.

    • Avatar for phonebuddy phonebuddy says:

      Coming from an ipad mini 1, my next tab will be the samsung galaxy tab s 8.4. Better display. Stereo speakers. And flexible android. Just 15k from online sellers. It feels better in hand than the ipad too.

    • Avatar for pinoy pinoy says:

      what about the soc? na-compare na ba yung performance ng soc?

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