Near perfection at a too-dear price

Were cost no object, I’d tell you to buy an Apple iPad mini with Retina Display and call it a day: It features a gorgeous 4:3 better-than-HD screen that really works well in the mini-tablet form factor and is backed by the superior apps and digital media ecosystems. But cost is, of course, a daily reality, and Apple’s too-high pricing puts this otherwise wonderful—near perfect, really—mini-tablet out of contention for most.
 

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