German site Mobile Geeks has posted a screen cap of the inventory system of an online retailer that reveals purported prices of the iPad mini.
As per the screen cap, iPad mini will start with 8GB Wi-Fi only variants in black or white that will cost €249. You can double the capacity or add cellular networking to the same capacity for an additional €100. In other words, the 16GB Wi-Fi iPad mini will cost €349, as will the 8GB iPad mini with cellular networking. The trend continues with the top end model with 64GB storage and cellular networking priced at €649.
Given Apple's current pricing strategy, US prices are likely to be the same i.e. between $249-$649, rather than exchange rate equivalents of their Euro counterparts.
A $249 price tag for the 8GB iPad mini will make it $50 more expensive than Google Nexus 7, the tablet that has seen plenty of success and brought the smaller tablet space into focus. Many believe a $50 iPad premium is something most customers will be willing to pay to get their hands on an Apple product instead of something from the competition.
The fact that the Nexus 7 is available in only a few countries as of date will only help the iPad mini, given Apple sticks to the rollout schedule it followed with the new iPad. The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD from Amazon boasts of better specs at the same price as Nexus 7, but it does even worse than Google's tablet in terms of global availability.
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