For us mini lovers, I have a IPhone 13 mini and IPad mini 6,
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iPad mini No iPad Mini update? Woah.
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My great aunts' mini 4 wouldn't even work unless plugged in so they replaced it with the mini 6 last year. Sometimes, waiting for the next update isn't worth it.
More like they don't consider the market lucrative enough.
I do hope the mini 7 is released later this year though instead of next year. Unfortunately, there's no hope for an iPhone mini.
But how do ya like your laptop? As small as possible (13 Air sadly no 12
Inch with apple silicone ) or as thin as possible for a big screen (15 inch MBA)
I'm holding out for a Mini update. I'll wait. When it comes, I plan to have it work with my home entertainment system among other things. When it goes M my wallet will sing.
Please name a few that have the exact screen and aspect ratio.
I like it as light as possible, my thinkpad X1 nano has a 13" screen and weighs as much as my 12" Retina MacBook.
If Lenovo can do it, Apple could as well, especially with Apple Silicon (mine runs Intel).
That's for on the go, at home I mainly use my desktop with a 27" monitor and sometimes a Surface Book 3 15" (weight does not matter since it's used only at home, if I want to work in another room).
Other that that I like phones as small as possible and tablets I don't have to chose, I have all 3 sizes.
it really is a wonder why Apple hasn't released an ultra compact with Apple Silicon up their sleeve.
Maybe they're worried the market demand isn't there?
Right now looks like the mini 7 won’t get OLED or ProMotion, with rumors that mini 8 (2026 or later…) will get OLED. Makes me sad because either would make it an instant buy for me.
In the meantime, clamoring to get a mini 6 but holding out for some kind of deal on a used/damaged one at a $200 price point. The display replacement cost is so high that I’ve looked into getting 2 “for parts” condition ones (one with intact screen) and frankensteining a working one together.
In the meantime, clamoring to get a mini 6 but holding out for some kind of deal on a used/damaged one at a $200 price point. The display replacement cost is so high that I’ve looked into getting 2 “for parts” condition ones (one with intact screen) and frankensteining a working one together.
Not crazy at all. If you can swing it financially, give it a shot, you can always return it to Apple in that return period. I like mine. It’s slow and far from perfect, but it’s nice to read on.
I read somewhere it has the highest PPI for text than all iPads?
Here it is, does it make a diff?
326 PPI
| Logical resolution | Pixel density | |
|---|---|---|
| iPad Mini 6 (2021) | 1133 × 744 | 326 PPI |
| iPad Pro 12.9″ (2021) | 1366 × 1024 | 264 PPI |
| iPad Pro 11″ (2021) | 1194 × 834 | 264 PPI |
I haven’t seen any difference in text clarity between it and my M4 or other iPad models.
In my opinion, yes. I do wear glasses and without them, text on other devices looks fuzzy and blurry lol
It’s slow compared to new iPads, has the jelly scrolling behaviour and has low ram so in some use cases reloads will be way more often. Certainly better than a kindle, if we ignore the unreliable mess that the books app is.
To further this, internally it’s basically an iPhone 13. So just temper expectations with it. It won’t perform like a brand new device because it isn’t.
This is the path I went as well. I like the flexibility of the combo and would upgrade only if it were to Pro models of both form factors.
It really is... even better than the Mini 5 that I used for that purpose. (as a fan of the Mini 5 I can't believe I typed that.
😂)When I had a Mini, I had a matte screen protector, the Kindle app, and shortcuts to disable notifications and change the screen to monochrome, for those times that I wanted a Kindle-like experience... without the sluggish page turning and ghosting that is prevalent with e-ink.
Well its 326 ppi is for everything on screen, not just text, so images etc are sharper, but obviously its on a smaller screen.
What do the people think base storage of the 7 will be? The main reason I haven’t bought an iPad mini 6 on sale, is because the base of 64gb wasn’t enough for me, and I didn’t need 256gb for the price jump. I’m not going to be a happy camper if the 7 base model is 64gb. 🤣
Yeah, an absolute bummer how these mini devices seems to be neglected or forgotten
Not everyone wants a giant phone or tablet, so that right there is why I still happily have my 6th gen mini; it's the perfect size and the only thing I would change about it aside from the usual internal spec bump is swapping out touch ID for face ID