I went through 3 of these new Minis (yes 3) and all of them have exhibited the issue in the same manner, as have any of the ones I've seen in Apple retail stores. Decided to keep my 3rd one and live with it, as I love the form factor.
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iPad mini iPad Mini 6 jelly scrolling
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What do you need to do to see the jelly scrolling? I was at the Apple store this weekend and looking at the minis. I opened a wikipedia page and tried to scroll to see it. I was in vertical orientation and tries very slow scrolling and then faster and faster. Never really saw it. I did notice that small text was harder to ready while scrolling but since it was moving, that seemed normal, so I'm not sure what to look for.
If you intend on buying it at any point I wouldn’t go actively looking for it as you might end up spoiling your enjoyment of the the device. You’ve already had a scroll around in portrait and couldn’t see it. I would leave it at that. I did that when I went to purchase mine. I scrolled around for a few minutes in portrait mode at various speeds and I couldn’t see it. I don’t see it on my own unit either. I just use that as I would normally use it.
If you have no intentions of buying it then have it at it then. There are plenty of videos on YouTube that demonstrate the effect and show you what to do to find it.
This YouTube video is the most unexaggerated, objective video I’ve seen that shows the effect and also compares to other devices. As others have said, consider the fact that if you haven’t seen the effect in a mini 6 already, you may spoil your enjoyment of a future purchase by watching it.
Yeah good example. The effect was insanely bad when scrolling the TV app or the music app where theres tiles of content.
Just had a look at one of these in the store, had a scroll of text in portrait then in landscape and while you could just about notice it in portrait it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Then I swiped through some Home Screen widgets in landscape and dear god it is awful.
How Apple has released this product is beyond me.
Then I swiped through some Home Screen widgets in landscape and dear god it is awful.
How Apple has released this product is beyond me.
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A 120Hz promotion panel is too expensive for the price point and may need more changes to the other hardware than just dropping it in. That is the only thing that would fix this. They should have done this in the first place even if it increased the price.
OMG this is so bad... And it's funny because some people truly don't perceive it but for others it's bad enough to warrant returning the device.
It's interesting that the issue is very clear to me when watching the first demonstration in this video but when I do the same with the same TV+ screen on my Mini 6, it is nowhere near as pronounced to my eye.
It really depends on the what is being rasterized on screen from a web page. Ecoustics.com is a web site that uses lots of larger region based images across the screen. Comparably waving the articles text is not as noticeable on the site as images. A lot of this has to with things that need to be buffered in as you scroll a long web page.
There are many sites that use different HTML layout/script's that don't force another font to be displayed or use so much embedded images that are much harder to see any of this.
It also depends a lot on how you scroll too. I like to use my finger to move and immediate stop scrolling by not lifting your finger off the display surface. You lift up only to grab a spot a lot lower or higher to continue beyond where you were scrolled.
So if you are scrolling in slower movements in one direction, not lifting your finger off the screen, yes you can say I can't see it even with the worse examples. People that are use to the ever so slight delay before the URL content focuses when it stops scrolling would likely ignore this altogether.
As the 2020 iPad Air 4 before it. Adding 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display, repositioned stereo speakers, A15 Bionic chip, 12MP Ultra Wide front camera with Center Stage, 12MP Wide rear camera with quad LED flash, USB-C connectivity, 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6, optional Ultrafast 5G, is a awful lot for $100 compared to the older mini 5 classic design. Pricing is already up to $50 off the base model when on sale or EDU.
I won't watch this video, as I don't want to spoil my enjoyment of my new iPad mini 6.
And ditch 6's form factor? No thanks on that.
The Mini 5 panel is not a drop in replacement. It is a different size and resolution - won't work.
Yes, this. I do a lot flick scrolling while scanning content where there are sudden changes in speed, and it only made the effect worst. The jelly scroll shows up easiest when you're wiggling the screen up and down at certain speeds (the way people do to demonstrate the issue in videos), and flick scrolling briefly emulates that when I'm adjusting where I want to stop the screen.
A person in local forum said it is because Apple has chose to use a cheap Chinese panel supplier to make cheap horrible quality for Mini 6. As I said many times Apple just wants to cut cost now.
No matter how many times you say it won't make it true. But I'm sure you'll continue and this is why people have expressed suspicions about of your motives. As many times as you say "Apple just wants to cut cost now" it can be easily countered by someone else stating "No they don't".
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not"
And so on and so on.
At least most people believe their eyes and don't order Mini 6 after trying the panel.
A lot of us try it and are quite happy with it. The jelly scrolling - which does exist - doesn't bother us at all. It is not a universal problem.
Yet sales remain quite strong for the iPad mini 6. So it appears in terms of reality that most people are quite satisfied with Mini 6.
Yep. Backordered into November and reviews on places like Amazon and Best Buy of high 4s out of 5. Because they aren't running slow motion videos and scroll in ways they normally wouldn't. It's iPad 12.9 bloom all over again. No one around here is ever happy with a new product.
And that is absolutely fine.
But personally will continue to hold Apple to account to the high standards that they got me addicted to.