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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Nov 2012

    Just played with the iPad mini. Feels cheap and plastic. Last gen screen. Definitely a product that checks a checkbox in a product matrix.

    6:35 AM - 3 Nov 2012
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      2. Benjamin Drury‏ @The_Culture_Guy 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Steve would not be proud then?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @The_Culture_Guy

        @Cogiva Can’t say, didn’t know him. All I can say is it’s not for me (and that’s ok, because it wasn’t designed for me).

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      2. Cam Watson‏ @snarkle 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Are you sure you played with an ipad mini? It's made of aluminium!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @snarkle

        @snarkle It could be made of platinum for all I know, I was just saying how it *felt* in my hand.

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      4. Cam Watson‏ @snarkle 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Ah ok. I think the form factor is going to be very popular. The increase in DPI is actually much nicer to read than the original.

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      1. Nacho‏ @nacho 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I said this before. To me, the iPad Mini just makes the original iPad more beautiful.

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      2. Luke Redpath‏ @lukeredpath 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral played with one today. Couldn’t disagree more. Non retina display its only weakness. How does aluminium feel “plastic”?

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      3. Drew McCormack‏ @drewmccormack 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @lukeredpath

        @lukeredpath @aral So it is aluminum? When I played with it, I assumed it was plastic. I also thought it felt a lot cheaper than iPad maxi.

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      2. Craig Grannell‏ @CraigGrannell 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I don’t know anyone else who’s thought it cheap/plasticky. Display an issue for some, but that’s the only major complaint.

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      3. Miguel Garcia‏ @mgarsf 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @CraigGrannell

        @CraigGrannell @aral I did. iPhone 5 similar. Theres definite cheap feeling that comes from their lacking weight. Not same for new iPod tho.

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      1. Keith Moon‏ @keefmoon 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral I like it, and I think it will end up outselling the larger iPad.

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      1. Jonathan C‏ @Jicecream 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral the iPhone 5 also feels hollow and cheap for the first few days - but it's actually a sexy piece of work once you get used to it

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      1. Balaji Ramamurthy‏ @Objective_B 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral Your opinions are getting more and more whimsical and ridiculous by the day. Unfollowed.

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      1. 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗  🇪🇺‏ @ojmason 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I quite like how light it feels; a bit like a kindle. But yes, not as solid as a proper iPad.

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      1. joe sokohl‏ @mojoguzzi 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral Interesting. @russu had very much the opposite reaction to the mini

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      1. Rusty Zarse‏ @levous 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral sounds about right. Definitely surprised me to see it produced. Why not the iTV we've all been teased about or a touch screen Mbp?

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      1. Nick Kuh‏ @nickkuh 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral disagree. Checked one out yesterday - it's a lovely device. Lightweight, powerful, affordable. Will take education market by storm.

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      1. Dermot Daly‏ @dermdaly 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral wow. Your view is very different to others I’ve read. E.g. @jdalrymple spoke of the build quality.

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      1. Alex Morris‏ @aexmo 3 Nov 2012
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        @aral did you pick up a nexus by mistake? :-p

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      2. Aegir  🇪🇺‏ @aegirthor 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Couldn’t disagree more.

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      3. James Hedley‏ @JimHedley 3 Nov 2012
        Replying to @aegirthor

        @aegirthor @aral agree with Aegir. 24 hours with mini, I'm impressed. Not a step back for me though, perhaps as only had ipad2 previously

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