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For those of you who missed the Target $199 iPad mini several weeks ago,
Best Buy is offering the 16gb iPad mini for only $199 from Aug 31 thru Sept 6th
That's $100 off the $299 price
If it fits your needs, that's an incredible price for a brand new iPad mini.
It's no wonder BestBuy is losing money hand over fist, with deals like this.
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richorlin wrote:
It's no wonder BestBuy is losing money hand over fist, with deals like this.
There are a number of "$100.00 off" deals on ipads going on right now and have been.
How do we know Apple isn't crediting back (or forward as the case may be ) all or some of that $100 ?
Or just loosening the price control reigns.
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Just to be clear -- this is the non retina mini.
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This is the pricepoint at which the mini should have shipped.
I like our ipad mini, but I would hesitate to recommend it to anyone serious about using it as a laptop replacement. Its processor is long in the tooth at this time, and it's starting to show. Recent;y, we found an online card game that plays fine on my iPad Air, but is tediously slow on my wife's iPad Mini. Card game - not a high-end game.
It's still a nice product, but it's really a rev A. The second gen iPad mini with retina is better in every way.
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eustacetilley wrote:
And just to be clear, and since nobody is posting links, so I won't either, the local Best Buy ad requires a 2 Year Cellular contract for the $100 off, which makes a whole lot of sense for the low-end iPads, since they are WiFi only.
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The national sunday ad lists $199 for the WiFi model without any requirement for a 2-year cellular activation. You are looking at an entirely different promo.
I didn't post links because they are not available until Sunday 8/31, like I stated in my original post.
And yes, the original iPad mini is long on the tooth, but for $199 it makes a better tablet than the Samsung Tab 3 or 4 and a beautiful ebook reader for those who don't want to buy into the Amazon ecosystem.
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Best Buy matched Target's $100 discount last June too.
I'm not sure if they advertised it or if it made s-deals but it was marked down in the store.
