It annoys me because it has so much charm and I
I love the form factor. The faults though, they’re too much on a device costing this much.
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iPad mini The Myth of Jelly Scroll
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I love the form factor. The faults though, they’re too much on a device costing this much.
What does sales number mean? Oh, I see. High sales number gives Apple valuable feedback on how they could cheap out on components etc further to reduce the cost while raising the price.
Also, if that is not a problem, why only NOW after iPad mini 6 the jelly blows up? Certainly it is noticeable enough that untrained eyes can notice it and think something is going wrong.
Apple did not "cheap out," instead they made a design mistake. The LCD controller costs them the same whether it refreshes vertically or horizontally. They chose to have it refresh vertically instead of horizontally, perhaps because it fit better (with the narrow bezels that everyone insists on). It was a bad design choice, not cheaping out.
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Meh. I don’t possess ANY other devices that exhibit noticeable jelly scrolling in either orientation.
You are incomprehensible here. There is no logic to this post.
This video explains exactly why it jelly scrolls so obviously, and compares the orientation of the LCD controller with that in other iPads
www.ifixit.com
It is not a conspiracy to cheap out, although that may be enjoyable to rant about
iPad Mini 6 Teardown
Let’s peek inside Apple’s 6th-generation iPad mini! Is this redesigned mini iPad holding any mini secrets, or is it just a smaller iPad Air? Time...
www.ifixit.com
It is not a conspiracy to cheap out, although that may be enjoyable to rant about
Seen all that before and I understand the argument. I also accept that under laboratory conditions all LCD displays exhibit some degree of jelly scrolling.This video explains exactly why it jelly scrolls so obviously, and compares the orientation of the LCD controller with that in other iPads
iPad Mini 6 Teardown
Let’s peek inside Apple’s 6th-generation iPad mini! Is this redesigned mini iPad holding any mini secrets, or is it just a smaller iPad Air? Time...
It is not a conspiracy to cheap out, although that may be enjoyable to rant about
The thing is that nobody had ever noticed it before the iPad Mini 6 came long! Even now when actually looking for it I cannot see it on ANY other device I own whether viewed in portrait or landscape. Just the iPad Mini!
Yes, it is more noticeable on the iPad Mini 6. I don't think anyone disputes that. It just so happens to be more than your threshold of noticeability.
There's no logic and sense in defending a 2T company for cheating out on key component. But you do you.
Oh alright, although slower screen (comparatively) can also contribute to the increased jelly effect.
Technically it's the BRAIN that lies, but yeah. For what I use it for, I DO NOT SEE JELLY SCROLLING! Full stop. I don't see it. I should say that I had a horrible reaction to the 'Parallax' feature that on a plane ride almost caused me to puke. I was almost instantly sick with vertigo. I had to put it down, I couldn't do it. After landing I figured out how to turn that feature off, which wasn't 100% off, but it made it usable. So I would think that if there was a thing as 'jelly scrolling' that affected how I use the Mini, I WOULD SEE IT.
I don't see it.
Thanks, and I am NOT blind. I just wish it had longer battery life.
My 9.7" iPad Pro does in both landscape and portrait if I look for it, it's more obvious in landscape, but I can easily ignore the issue. Heck, even my iPhone XR does it in landscape.
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If you had evidence for your claims it would be more compelling. Merely declaring something you disagree with as “illogical” sounds like an old Star Trek episode.
It is clear that many people do not see jelly scrolling. It may be that your eyes are just more sensitive to the specific movement and refresh rate than others. I have gone to the Apple store and tried to see it on their iPad Minis and there just isn't anything to see. it just looks like an LCD screen scrolling. Not as smooth as a 120Hz iPad Pro but not really different than other LCS screens. It is not that we are "ok with jelly scrolling" but just that we don't see it.
Define "not as smooth as 120Hz"? Way too many people are putting this jelly scrolling down to it being a 60hz display panel when we've had those for years without jelly scrolling. You don't need a 120hz panel to be able to scroll slowly down a screen without it looking a hot mess.🙄
Well people weren't complaining with previous iPads that had 60Hz displays. Maybe your eyes are not that sensitive to motion.
Hopefully you've learned a valuable lesson about how completely full of **** people on the internet are.
Where there is some play, some movement in the button if you touch it lightly before pressing it.
I can gently shake my iPad and the volume buttons rattle. I can move my TouchID button left to right. All my buttons feel cheap.
Is this a wide spread issue. My Mini does not do this at all.
Yeah you do! A whole bunch of armchair experts have spent months flapping their gums on the problem and that is their solution. You can't deny them their solution because they will just keep complaining about it.
I really tried to find it, and... But the biggest problem now is the damn battery capacity. I have to charge it at least weekly, if not more often, because it powers up at ~5% and stuff just goes sideways after that. *sigh*