iPad mini iPad mini 7 display quality

[LotsOfBees]

using the ipad air 13" lcd as the gold standard (ignoring the ppi difference)

I have noticed the following three types of ipad mini lcd

type I:
the rendering is closest to ipad air 13" lcd and this is the best ipad mini lcd imo

type II:
this lcd looks subjectively very sharp, sharper than the ipad air 13" lcd, too sharp to use for extended periods, maybe oversharpened and the backlight is very harsh

type III: (most common)
this lcd is mediocre and looks similar to current macbook air M4 lcd, despite having higher ppi. the glyphs and texts is slightly blurry up close, similar to the macbook air. High resolution images lack detail.

 

[Nikhil72]

Ended up returning an iPad Mini this week and sticking with the 11” Pro as my smaller iPad for on the go computing for the display quality. Without a Magic Keyboard, it’s comparably portable, and the mini didn’t fit into my pant pockets either so both warranted a bag.

 

[LotsOfBees]

I took measurements of four ipad mini gen 7 using an i1d3 colorimeter using generic 99% P3 backlight ccss correction to check factory calibration. This is just to see color response, it does not reveal anything about LCD panel quality, even a mediocre panel can be calibrated to a low delta E.


ipad minis with ios 18.0 - ios 18.2 out of the box have similar factory calibration, with similar greyscale and color measurements

the one ipad mini with ios 18.4 out of the box have improved grayscale calibration(below) but the color measurements did not improve. detail images are here

 

[LotsOfBees]

I found a gen 6 on display at walmart. Apple 100% switched display suppliers for gen 7, probably to reduce cost. As you can clearly see from the different spectral power distribution of the backlight, the old model was more blue and reddish and inline with the ipad air. The new one is dull and yellowish.

 

[Meedoss]

My 7 made a few months ago is not yellowish.
You must be new to apple screens, it's the luck of the draw always has been lol

 

[LotsOfBees]

My 7 made a few months ago is not yellowish.
You must be new to apple screens, it's the luck of the draw always has been lol

do you have an ipad mini 6 to compare with? human eyes adapt to any whitepoint. youre clearly not familiar with backlight spectral power distribution and metamerism. when there is metameric failure it means the backlight is different.