You just need to see how big comic pages and text will look on the iPad mini. Safari is enough for that.
Viewing the same image full screen on the iPad all look the same regardless if you’re using Photos, Apple Books, Comixology, etc. It’s the navigation, etc. where apps differ.
I get what you are saying. However, different apps (and different formats) will size out differently. I've experienced this with media across all four of those apps which is why I ask specifically about those apps.
Try it out. You have 15 days to return it if you don’t like it for any reason.
Not even remotely convenient. I'm that kind of protective user that will buy a case, buy a screen protector and get all of that installed and put on before I start using it. And seeing as I'm getting the cellular model, I have carrier logistics to add to that.
Incidentally, I'm getting this iPad mini regardless (because it still makes sense for completely unrelated purposes). I started this thread to see what others thought about these apps on the mini. I'm not in a rush to get rid of my iPad Air, but it'd be nice to know whether or not I'm going to want to use it for comics once I get the mini or if the mini is totally adequate for it.
I use my mini 6 for some of the things the OP listed.
I read ebooks using both Apple's iBooks and Amazon's Kindle apps in addition to some webnovels via safari.
My comic consumption consists of the old Comixology app, the Kindle app (since Amazon is killing off the Comixology brand/app) , to reading some using safari.
I found the form factor and screen size to be fine for what I am reading. Having moved from a 12.9" iPad Pro, it took a little getting used to at first. After a week, I found I barely missed the larger screen of the 12.9". (That is until I noticed I need reading glasses, but even my desktop monitor tells me that.) One thing that did cause me to sorely miss the 12.9" screen is reading magazines. Other than that, my forearms do not miss having to hold the larger device for hours at a time.
That's exactly what I was hoping to hear. Thanks!
It sounds like you are also looking at getting a 12.9” Pro? If you get the 12.9” iPad Pro first, turn on Stage Manager and size the window so it would mimic the screen size of the Mini. Then you can see how comics would look at that size.
The 12.9-inch iPad Pro won't be able to come first. The mini is serving a more immediate need. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro isn't as immediate (and it's also WAY more expensive). But I definitely appreciate the ingenuity of that particular solution!
I bought an iPad mini primarily to be an eReader. I just finished all but the last volume of Fire Force. I think it’s a great physical size for holding. Display size is exactly big enough for me, but I do hold it a bit closer to my face which I can comfortably do since it’s an iPad mini.
I guess holding it closer to the face can offset it being smaller and it is still has "retina" DPI such that it's not a pain. I'd imagine a first generation iPad mini would've sucked for this. I'd also imagine that the 8.3-inch display of the sixth generation iPad mini makes this easier to do than the 7.9-inch sizes of old.
