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"Apple fans are frothing at the mouth in anticipation of the release of Apple's sequel to its wildly successful iPad, a 7.85-inch, Wi-Fi-only tablet computer speculatively called the \"iPad Mini.\" All the hype, though, may prove to be full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. The results of early polling of potential buyers are underwhelming.\nHalf of consumers are not interested in buying Apple's tinier version of the iPad, according to a survey of 1,322 consumers conducted by TechBargains, a deal aggregation website. Only 18% of respondents said they plan to purchase an iPad Mini while 32% are undecided.\nThis compares with 45% of respondents from the same survey who said they planned to purchase the new iPhone.\nOf those who plan to purchase the iPad Mini, 14% said that they planned to wait in line the day it is released, one in five said they will buy it online as soon as it is available and 66% said they don't 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.\nThe iPad Mini is also unlikely to cause a stampede across the tech toys aisle, the survey found. Current Kindle Fire owners and those who don't currently own a tablet are least likely to plan a purchase. Only 16% of Kindle Fire owners surveyed and 16% of respondents who don't own a tablet said they plan to purchase the iPad Mini.\nWhen polled on the most desirable features for the new iPad Mini, 78% said they want a USB port, 77% desire a retina display, 75% hope for a memory card slot. The survey revealed that about one in four consumers believe the starting price of the iPad Mini will be $299 while nearly one in five believes it will start at $399. When asked about the display, more than half 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.\n\"Given Apple's recent success, it would be easy to assume that all new Apple products will be wildly popular,\" said Yung Trang, president and editor-in-chief of TechBargains.com. \"Our survey results indicate that theory is no longer the case. 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.\"\nImage courtesy of Sonny Dickson via Twitter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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