iPad mini iPad Mini 1 still useful for anything in 2025?

[Andy_2341]

Hey everyone.
I recently found an iPad Mini 1 on eBay that is really clean for cheap. Would this iPad still be usable for anything? I know it is stuck on iOS 9 and I probably wouldn't use it online much. (That would be risky, right?) Is there anybody who still has one or uses one for anything?

 

[Apple_Robert]

You could use it as a book reader.

 

[Andy_2341]

You could use it as a book reader.

That would be a good use. Maybe some games from 2012 as well.

 

[geta]

Frisbee?

 

[MiamiBeach]

I have an old iPad mini 2nd Gen (I know yours is 1st Gen but don’t see why you couldn’t do this as well) that I use as a dedicated device for streaming my music collection to a speaker in my living room.

 

[Andy_2341]

I have an old iPad mini 2nd Gen (I know yours is 1st Gen but don’t see why you couldn’t do this as well) that I use as a dedicated device for streaming my music collection to a speaker in my living room.

Nice. I think it could do that too.

 

[Student of Life]

I think Netflix and amazon prime still work on it.

 

[Digitalguy]

It's a waste of money. My iPad 2 (same specs) can't run anything, the screen isn't retina and you need a lot of patience even to run the OS. The mini 2 is a much more usable device, forget the 1, even as a reader it's not worth it

 

[Andy_2341]

It's a waste of money. My iPad 2 (same specs) can't run anything, the screen isn't retina and you need a lot of patience even to run the OS. The mini 2 is a much more usable device, forget the 1, even as a reader it's not worth it

Yeahhh, I kinda started to come to this conclusion as I thought about it. I use an iPhone SE 2016 as an iPod and occasionally try to use the internet, but it struggles pretty bad with its A9. Thanks for confirming it though.

 

[Digitalguy]

Yeahhh, I kinda started to come to this conclusion as I thought about it. I use an iPhone SE 2016 as an iPod and occasionally try to use the internet, but it struggles pretty bad with its A9. Thanks for confirming it though.

A9 is miles ahead of A5, night and day, even A7 is still. And the 500MB RAM make everything almost impossible. At some point I decided to give up... If you think A9 with 2GB struggles don't try A5 with half a GB