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Only 18% Of Consumers Are Interested In Buying The iPad Mini

(October 10, 2012)

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 10, 2012

TechBargains.com, a leading deal aggregation website for electronic products, released additional results from its iPhone/iPad Mini Predictions survey revealing only 18% of the surveyed consumers plan to purchase the iPad Mini. 50% of those surveyed are not interested in buying the iPad Mini and 32% are undecided. This is compared to 45% of respondents from the same survey who planned to purchase the new iPhone. Of those who plan to purchase the iPad Mini, 14% indicated a plan to wait in line the day it is released, one in five will buy it online as soon as it is available and 66% dont have a set time frame for purchase. The data also reveals original iPad owners are the most likely to pay for the new iPad Mini with 27% of them planning to purchase the tablet. Current Kindle Fire owners and those who dont currently own a tablet are least likely to plan a purchase. 16% of Kindle Fire owners surveyed and 16% of respondents who dont own a tablet said they plan to purchase the iPad Mini.

Given Apples recent success it would be easy to assume that all new Apple products will be wildly popular. Our survey results indicate that theory is no longer the case, said Yung Trang, president and editor-in-chief of TechBargains.com. According to our survey respondents, the so called iPad Mini will not be highly coveted because consumers are questioning the necessity of a smaller iPad, especially if they own an iPad or an iPhone.

When polled on the most desirable features for the new iPad Mini, 78% want a USB Port, 77% desire a Retina Screen, 75% hope for a memory card slot and 74% would like better speakers than the current iPad. The survey revealed that about one in four consumers believe the starting price of the iPad Mini will be $299 and nearly one in five believes it will start at $399. When asked about the display, 55% of consumers believe it will be a 7 inch tablet. Additionally, 68% of consumers believe it will be called the iPad Mini, in line with the current rumors.

The survey was conducted on TechBargains.com in August and had 1,332 respondents. An infographic illustrating the popularity of the new iPhone announced on September 12th can be found here.

About TechBargains
TechBargains is a deal aggregation website that combines intelligent curation with real-time price-value discovery algorithms. TechBargains uses this technology to highlight the best deals and coupon codes on the internet each day. TechBargains is a division of Exponential Interactive (http://www.exponential.com), a global provider of advertising intelligence and digital media solutions to brand advertisers headquartered in Emeryville, California that offers solutions in 26 countries worldwide. For more information visit http://www.techbargains.com.

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