Got a mini 4. Seems ok so far. Glad I went mini 4 though and not lower one. Wonder how iOS 13 will be on it
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iPad mini IPad mini 2/3 still ok for basic stuff?
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From what I’ve seen, it feels slightly faster. The icon size was annoying, but I see they’ve added a fix in public beta 4 that allows you to choose icon size.
I am still iPad mini 2 since nov 2013.
It is still on iOS 10. Performance is totally fine for YouTube and web surfing.
As Long as the iPad mini 2 is still on iOS 10 and below. It is perfectly fine.
It is still on iOS 10. Performance is totally fine for YouTube and web surfing.
As Long as the iPad mini 2 is still on iOS 10 and below. It is perfectly fine.
No, IOS 12 is actually faster. I still have an ipad mini 2 on IOS 10 and when compared to IOS 12 the IOS 12 one is a bit faster overall. Both however are pretty slow with most modern apps. They are fine for youtube and 32 bit apps, but very slow with office, web browsing etc. especially if you do more that just read, like copy, paste, TTS, etc.
Having said that the concept of "fine" depends on personal tolerance. We were all fine with spinning hard drives 10-15 years ago, now few people can stand them. Still some people are perfectly fine with a pc running on a mechanical hard drive...
I have no issues with web surfing on iOS 10. It is fast enough.
I bought a iPad mini 5 when it launched but I returned it and decided to continue to use my iPad mini 2 because I realised I can live with iPad mini 2 for YouTube and web surfing with no issues at all.
Good for you. I just did a quick test of the mini 2 (ios 10) and mini 4 and 5 (ios 11) for browsing. The mini 2 opens pages fast enough, but scrolling is so slow I have to wait for the page to load every time and it stutters. Also selecting text is slower and sometimes makes it stutter. The mini 4 feels much more similar to the mini 5, scrolling is fine and I find it perfectly usable. Honestly the main reason I upgraded to the 5 is for pen and LTE (my mini 4 was wifi only), not so much for speed.
Having said that if you only use your mini 2 for simple browsing (not selecting, copying, pasting, TTS, etc.) it's tolerable but as soon as you start using Office, PDFs or simply open several different apps, you have too keep waiting 5-10 seconds every time you open something with some occasional freezes and crashes... which for me is a no go
Yes, for basic web surfing and YouTube, it is totally fine.
certainly not for heavy duty task especially given the amount of ram on it and the outdated processor.