Best comment here as far as I'm concerned. When I was in my 20s and 30s, I always had tiny computers. OQO, Sony, etc... For older folks, they'll have heard of the company Dynamism that use to import rare Japan only models for a premium. People would always come up to me in coffee shops and say how in the world do you see such fine print. For computers, I had 4K monitors (IBM T221 - yes they existed two decades ago).
Is a Pro Max or Plus sized phone too small?
That is a bit of a soft take.
And you didn’t really read my post did you? Basically I’m saying as long as they upgrade it to at least 6 GB of Ram I’ll probably upgrade as the 3 GB of in my current (old iPad that I already have) is starting to show its limits. I like the mini form factor for reading in bed.
Apple is indeed wildy successful and I suppose part of that is making hard product decisions. it's also true that Apple sometimes neglects its super-users as part of that profit/prioritisation trade-off.
I'd love an iPad Mini that had all the features of an iPad Pro; would be super portable, lovely to look at etc
Until the screen is as good as the pro iPads then somebody is going to lose out. I never used a mini in landscape, so I'm obviously rooting for the switch around. I use my iPad Pro 12.9 exclusively in landscape. We are all different I guess.
I use mine in bed also, but always in portrait mode. This is why I have resisted buying the mini 6, even though my mini 2 is now extremely outdated and no longer works with several websites. There are even now a couple of features on the Facebook app that no longer work. So I'm hoping for the mini 7 to come out very soon! (I do also have an iPhone that's current, but I prefer the iPad mini for using while in bed. I can prop up the iPad on pillows instead of having to hold it up like I would with a phone.)
My WiFi-only iPad mini can be used as a phone via the Facetime app when my iPhone is connected to the same WiFi network. It rings when the cell phone rings and I can answer calls using the microphone and speaker. I'm sure it would work with a headset, too, if one was connected. I can also make voice-only calls using the Facetime app.
My old iPad mini 2, which I'm now still struggling with (waiting on the mini 7 to hopefully fix the jelly scroll problem with the 6), has small, fine text, too. Adjusting it to a larger size helped somewhat, but it's not as clear as on my iPhone. The phones have an extra accessibility setting to make the text "bold," and that helps a lot. That setting is not in my mini 2; I don't know if they added it to future versions or not. I hope they have. It's surprising that the text on the phone is easier to read than it is on the larger screen of the mini.
No, I haven't tried it. I didn't want to buy something and then have to return it if I didn't like it. I have read that the problem doesn't affect everyone, but it seems as if there are a lot of people complaining about it. Maybe you got lucky and yours doesn't have much of a problem. If Apple doesn't come out with a new mini 7 pretty soon, I am going to have to buy something! I use my mini mostly for streaming radio, looking at Facebook, playing solitaire at night, and reading my devotions when I wake up. All of those apps are still working good, except I can no longer report spam content to Facebook. I have a Windows laptop that is my primary device for home, and have a new iPhone that I can use on trips to access anything that the little iPad can't do.
From what I've read elsewhere, some people seem to have a problem with it and some don't. I've decided not to take a chance. I don't like having to return things I buy. I also like to keep things a long time and not trash them when they're still working just because a newer model comes out. I'm from the older generation and was raised that way. My mini 2 was great for a long time, and I'm still getting by with it, for now. But I will most likely be replacing it with SOMETHING else later this year. Hopefully it'll be a mini 7 which will perform great for several years. Have a great day!
You only had to scroll down a site at moderate speed. It wasn’t a laboratory conditions problem. Whether it’s a nuisance or not is subjective. Apple has made a rod for its own back with such a focus and reputation on great screens that it looks jarring. Your mileage may differ.
I owned one when it came out - it bothered me when scrolling to find a place in a site for example. You’re right that if you scroll slowly at reading speed it doesn’t occur - but for me the scrolling experience was too weird. It’s purely subjective - and only a problem because Apple has gotten us used to great UXs.
