I though this required an M1+ chip or what is that called with the desktop on a display functionality
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iPad Mini 7 Has These 6 Smaller Changes, Including a Faster USB-C Port
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I though this required an M1+ chip or what is that called with the desktop on a display functionality
The vast majority of iPads are sold with the smallest available storage.
Upgrading from my mini 6 would make my Apple Pencil 2 garbage? No thank you.
It’s to simplify the lineup. All the “higher” end iPads support Apple Pencil Pro now. All new iPads support the Apple Pencil USB-C. I suspect the iPad 11 will drop support for the Apple Pencil 1 and add Apple Pencil Pro support so that Apple can phase out the Pencils 1 and 2 once the iPad 10 and iPad mini 6 become “obsolete.”
It’s a solid update, not sure what y’all are complaining about
It’s:
* substantially faster
* has double the RAM
* works with the newest gen pencils
* got some minor display updates (and presumably fixed the biggest complaint from the last model with scrolling)
* has a faster USBC port
* has doubled the storage on the base model
* gained some wifi and bt improvements.
All while staying at the same price point
It’s not due for a redesign yet, the hardware design matches the rest of the line, no one was expecting a 120hz screen yet, not until they cascade that down across the line, so what were you expecting?
It's also more for Mini 4/5 owners or people who wanted to buy a Mini and were waiting for a refresh.
Heavy Mini 6 owners will appreciate the doubling of RAM.
Seriously it costs apple MAYBE $2 to go from 256 to 512 and they charge 100x that .
Well, I guess I'm sticking with my iPad Mini 6. For what I use it for (which is a lot less than I expected) there doesn't seem to be much added value here. I really like my iPad Mini, but it has fallen into this space of being a simple note-taking, video-watching, social-media device. Occasionally I'll use Lightroom on it, and while it's a bit slow, it works fine enough.
Can you expand on this. So wired backups to my mac aren't faster?! Is that correct? Source?
As a Mini 5 owner and lover, nothing about this slight tweak to the iPad Mini 6 moves my interest one bit
And being fully analogue and wired is why they don't need any changes or updates for decades
(as opposed to things like the APMs you'd mentioned)
Another feature that hasn’t been available on the iPad mini is support for Apple Pencil hover. This comes along with the other Apple Pencil Pro features but it was also available with the Pencil 2 for the iPad Pros. It is something that I’ve wanted for a while since it was introduced in 2022 (a year after the mini 6 was released).
I’m surprised that they’re using the A17 Pro for the iPad mini 7. I thought they were discontinuing the N3B process because it’s more costly than the N3E process used for the A18/A18 Pro. Unless they know the iPad mini 7 will only be available for a year before the iPad mini 8 is released next year? I don’t see Apple using the N3B process for three more years.
It's very possible they have warehouses of the chip sitting around already made in quantities that will last for the run of the Mini7
iPhone numbers (and thus component production) is orders of magnitude beyond that of all their other products, so you can end up with LOTS of extra stuff
Yeah, I would never expect Apple to highlight a correction/hardware fix to a previous generation. We should know soon enough if they fixed jellygate.
Let's hope they at least rotated the panel orientation (the easy fix for Jelly)
A few chips probably has gotten cheaper. I don't know anything that have gone down 'dramatically' though. On the other hand, bulk of the cost of the final product, such as raw material, labor/manufacturing, shipping has gone up quite a bit. For example, I just looked up the price of aluminum, which has gone up 42% since the beginning of 2020.
There have been rumors of an OLED iPad mini possibly being released in 2026 so it’s possible that they have enough supply until then. If they release the iPad mini 8 with OLED and the A18 Pro in March/April 2026, they would only need the A17 Pro supply to last about 18 months?
This display has almost certainly become cheaper. It's likely the most expensive item in the BOM.
Camera - guaranteed cheaper. It's still using the non-Focus Pixel sensor from iPhone XS/XR. Also simpler production with no SIM tray.
Not upset perse with the update. But WHY did it take this long to come out? This could have easily been released with the iPad Pro M4 and iPad Air M2 at the dedicated iPad event where the iPad mini was the ONLY iPad that didn't even get a mention (beyond them acknowledging that it still exists).
Why make us wait (because they really don't care, is probably the answer but still...)
Why make us wait (because they really don't care, is probably the answer but still...)
512 mini + folio is a grand with tax. thats crazy.