Display controllers on the sides instead of top and bottom? Meaning when in landscape you don't see it as much, but when holding in portrait you do?
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Display controllers on the sides instead of top and bottom? Meaning when in landscape you don't see it as much, but when holding in portrait you do?
It’s to give people a reason to buy iPad mini 7Apple probably sees no issue here.
The “fix” is to give them even more money for a device with better screen technology
send any article into reader mode preferably one with an image in it too and scroll up and down and watch the text and image see saw their way vertically on the screen
My eyes aren’t the greatest, and I’ve been trying to recreate the jelly scrolling on my purple iPad mini 256GB, and either I’m not seeing it or it’s not happening on my iPad. I’ve tried multiple websites and articles saved in reader mode and can’t recreate. Sorry to hear others are affected! Here’s hoping Apple can address this issue.
Don't worry, you will soon be told you are either lying, or just fooling yourself by not seeing it.
Yeah I don’t notice it really on any of my typical websites that I use.
I think it's the kind of thing you need to see for yourself to see if it's a big problem for you. That's my intent - I'm getting one delivered Wednesday and I'll evaluate it for myself and decide based on my own opinion, not on what I have read here or elsewhere.
You might want to send it back for one with the amazing new Jelly feature. 💁♂️
My IPad Mini 6 definitely has this issue.
I love the form factor, and have been waiting for this tablet a long time.
I was very excited when I got it yesterday.
YouTube, Apple TV, reading and casual browsing are perfect on this.
Except, something felt off with the screen from the start, especially when I was reading and browsing.
My eyes somehow had trouble adjusting. Then I saw the news about the jelly issue and suddenly it was clear as day.
Doesn’t matter if it’s in Reddit, news website, this forum or even the Photos app- the effect is quite strong, so much so that I feel a bit disoriented/ dizzy after using it for a while.
Right now the only choice I see is sending back.. and waiting until Apple decides in a few years to upgrade the display.
I love the form factor, and have been waiting for this tablet a long time.
I was very excited when I got it yesterday.
YouTube, Apple TV, reading and casual browsing are perfect on this.
Except, something felt off with the screen from the start, especially when I was reading and browsing.
My eyes somehow had trouble adjusting. Then I saw the news about the jelly issue and suddenly it was clear as day.
Doesn’t matter if it’s in Reddit, news website, this forum or even the Photos app- the effect is quite strong, so much so that I feel a bit disoriented/ dizzy after using it for a while.
Right now the only choice I see is sending back.. and waiting until Apple decides in a few years to upgrade the display.
I suggest don't cancel.
This is a fundamental characteristic of LCD panels. They typically sequentially scan either from top to bottom, or side to side, typically either at 60Hz or 120Hz.
On previous iPad Minis the sequential scanning was in the long direction, now on the iPad Mini 6 the sequential scanning is in the short direction. The scan skew will only be evident for lines that are oriented parallel to the scan direction and moving perpendicular to the scan direction.
This means that people who used previous iPad Minis in the portrait orientation would not see text lines skewing as they scroll, but now do on the iPad Mini 6.
It is not a defect. It is a disadvantage for those who like to use the iPad Mini 6 in portrait orientation to read text, for example.
Conversely, it is disadvantage for those who like to use previous iPad Minis in landscape orientation.
The skew angle is half as much for 120Hz sequential scan displays.
Many people do not notice it. You need to try it yourself.
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I swear this is some kind of twisted social experiment.
I tried it on my iPad mini 5 in landscape and noticed it too.
Wow. It’s helpful to see that. When I ran those tests everything was straight. Either iPads can vary a lot or I’ve got a serious vision problem.
Same. I’m glad it was pointed out by @wilberforce that this is inherent to LCD panels. It’s definitely noticeable in landscape mode on my Mini 5. However, it’s minor enough where I think I could quickly forget about it. It has never been a problem before (to be fair though, 90% of my usage is in portrait orientation.)
I see that MR is still silent on the issue. I keep checking the main page, but nada. I’m happy at least other sites are covering it.
I checked on my mini 3, and noticed it in both landscape and portrait mode. The jelly effect was worse in landscape mode but better in portrait mode.
Can you give more info? Like is it rubberbanding? Or just lag? Cuz when I think of jelly I think of rubberbanding for example… you swipe up to open the iPad then in less than a blink of an eye it goes back to the lock screen
You can tell way it been designed it more for landscape use ie media & gaming, but alot of people will spend more time reading on it in portrait mode.
Apple should have gone top to bottom rather than side to side with the screen controller, because in landscape mode it would have been less apparent this jello effect due to the small screen.
120hz would also have help all but eliminate this, but this is Apple we talking about & you don't get such luxuries unless you pay big bucks.
Apple should have gone top to bottom rather than side to side with the screen controller, because in landscape mode it would have been less apparent this jello effect due to the small screen.
120hz would also have help all but eliminate this, but this is Apple we talking about & you don't get such luxuries unless you pay big bucks.
After spending the weekend playing with the Mini 6 and comparing it to the Mini 4 and other tablets I feel this is pretty much not an issue.
The Mini 4 is much worse in landscape, and the issue is gone while in landscape on the Mini 6. Apple clearly did this to favor the wider landscape aspect ratio of the Mini 6.
The Mini 4 is much worse in landscape, and the issue is gone while in landscape on the Mini 6. Apple clearly did this to favor the wider landscape aspect ratio of the Mini 6.
…mine is really obvious and annoying, this could have been acceptable if specific to safari but from youtube to apple music the jelly scrolling is present, for 2021 and 6th gen version at $499 quite hard to accept