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iPad mini iPad Mini 7 - Biggest Internal Upgrade Launched Quietly
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Tim Cook: “Mission accomplished! 🤑”
But does it work with old gen and vise versa? They’re branded as A17 Pro folios
What network is the sim on? Usually you can do a sim swap to eSIM with out any other changes. I had to ditch Smarty on my iPad when I went to the M4 pro as they don’t do eSIM, but I found an alternative in spusu
If you check on the Apple website under compatibility it does say they are compatible with the 6th gen iPad Mini.
Well, that’s good. But it doesn’t make sense why they’re calling the new ones A17 Pro. Instead of just showing one page of the extended color option
Anything like a KFC requirement?! 🙈
An ET or spy who learned basic English would have a hard time figuring this out.
SMS, OTP, SIM, KYC…
For that matter, I still laughed even though I know two of them. It's like a coded message…
Imagine if a SETI receiver picked that up! 😁
SoC, VRR. Well, batting .500, good for the MLB, but not MI6 or the CIA!
Suppose it's time to use a Translator app — or dictionary. Would that even work? The NOAD included with all Apple devices came up empty on many.
Most of those abbreviations, including my own, are gobbledygook to many readers!
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Wait! Enough of my silliness, although I did laugh, I meant no offense. Yet, imagine non-techies trying to understand this.
Still, as to the content…
iPads can't receive SMS texts?! Whoa!
Even better: It's not even the same A17 Pro as the one in the iPhone 15 Pro/Max. It only has 5 GPU cores versus 6. So it's a binned or bespoke variant. Apple can name its chips whatever it wants, of course, but this is pretty arbitrary even by their standards.
[per Apple] The Folio for the new Mini will not fit an Apple Pencil, which is absurdly dumb design on Apple's part IMO. Does anyone know of a good folio-type case for iPad Mini that does fit an Apple Pencil inside?Apple has released new iPad Mini 7; it seems no changes in outlook design but the real upgrades are the doubling of RAM and storage capacity at the same SRP. That's why Apple is not making any event for iPad Mini 7 cause the deal is too good for consumers not shareholders.
We have been waiting for Apple to upgrade the base 4+64 to 8+128 and finally.....
We should turn to upcoming iPad 11th gen, which SoC should/would Apple choose with AI capability? M1 or ?
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Now we wait to see if they actually fixed the Jelly Scroll! 🤞
I somehow doubt it. Thankfully, I don’t notice it anyway.
To be honest the A17 Pro is overall a better chip than the M1 with more advanced graphics architecture (Ray tracing etc).
Really? I don't own a mini-6, but I've easily been able to see jelly scroll (if I tried) on every demo unit I've used.
That being said, it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me if I intended to buy one. It's certainly not a big deal, but it's easy to see by scrolling up and down quickly.
Apple can go f*** itself.
No 120hz - No Money = End of Story.
I do not give a rats a** about anything else.
Too bad, i stay using my Lenovo y700
No 120hz - No Money = End of Story.
I do not give a rats a** about anything else.
Too bad, i stay using my Lenovo y700
Really? All the rumours said it was supposed to be fixed on the 7. https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/13/jelly-scrolling-reduced-on-ipad-mini-7/
I love the Mini 6 - screen size, form factor, etc... but the jelly scroll is way too noticeable for me so I returned it. I really hope the 7 has fixed it!
Previous rumours have been 2026 for the OLED version, so fingers crossed for the shortest gap between refreshes in almost a decade. They now seem to have established incremental updates by press release, anyway.
My sim is EE for those asking. Possible to swap online it seems, but given the prevalence of 2FA in the UK and the possibility of drawing attention to myself and being kicked off of the plan, I’d rather stick with my Mini 6. Maybe I’ll reconsider when the Mini 8 arrives.
The leaked OLED roadmap says 2027: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/21/apple-oled-roadmap/
And I see no reason for Apple to shorten the iPad mini release cycle. If they wanted to elevate the iPad mini to a more Pro level, they would have done it now. By the end of 2027 the entire Mac/iPhone/iPad lineup will be OLED, except possibly the basic iPad. The mini 4 to 5 update was similar in extent to the current 6 to 7 update, and it still took six years from 4 to 6. I expect the same six years from 6 to 8.
It'd be funny if it weren't so sad
OLED will be in mainstream usages seemingly for two decades before Apple uses it everywhere
The slow roll (to profit take) to end all slow rolls
The Mini eems quite strong for a 5x7 tablet to me. Please advise what the new Mini fails to accomplish because "...it is a scam, not even M1."
Note that some things like Promotion, etc. are not due to lack of M1. Just let us know what we are missing because not even M1.
Glad I got my M4 iPad Pro and didn’t wait for this. I traded in my previous mini for it.
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