iPad mini The seven-inch itch

[user_xyz]

You can get the cellular version from Verizon for $150 off with no long term contract. If you want $200 off, you would have to sign a contract for service. I purchased from Verizon for the $150 off and have been pleased thus far. It was overnighted to me free. I have had it since 3/28. Nice getting cellular for the price of WiFi.

Thanks!!

 

[AutomaticApple]

I added a new choice to the poll.

 

[LibbyLA]

Picked mine up. Screen protector and silicone back cover on, True Tone off. Restored from Mini 4 backup, had a lockup, but it’s up and running. My Mini 4 didn’t feel particularly slow when web surfing, but the Mini 5 is really snappy.

 

[Jacoblee23]

Picked mine up. Screen protector and silicone back cover on, True Tone off. Restored from Mini 4 backup, had a lockup, but it’s up and running. My Mini 4 didn’t feel particularly slow when web surfing, but the Mini 5 is really snappy.

Is the silicone cover from the mini 4? How does it fit?

 

[LibbyLA]

Is the silicone cover from the mini 4? How does it fit?

Fits fine except camera opening is not aligned and mic openings in the wrong place. I haven’t taken a photo yet to see if the misaligned opening has any effect. One person says it does, another says it doesn’t.

 

[haruhiko]

This time I'm going completely unprotected for the iPad mini 5 to keep it as thin and as light as possible. I have a small bag that the iPad mini just fits in.

 

[Stev150]

That’s what my wife and I did. I/we had the Mini 4 and am glad to have smaller device again.

I’ve decided to order the iPad mini . I’m looking forward to having a smaller device again and Will sell the 2018 iPad .

 

[plucky duck]

Coming from an iPad 3, I'm very tempted to get the Mini 5 cellular for its price point and practicality, but the 11" iPad Pro is very appealing to me as well. If price is a non issue for sure I'd get the 11" iPad Pro, but considering that I'm paying a laptop premium price to get a top end iPad is somewhat off putting.

 

[EugW]

Since the iPhones have been getting so much bigger (I have a 7 Plus), I haven't had much interest in the minis. The next step for me is a 9.7" to 11" iPad. 12.9" is too big for me for an iPad, but I have a 12" MacBook.

Coming from an iPad 3, I'm very tempted to get the Mini 5 cellular for its price point and practicality, but the 11" iPad Pro is very appealing to me as well. If price is a non issue for sure I'd get the 11" iPad Pro, but considering that I'm paying a laptop premium price to get a top end iPad is somewhat off putting.

So get the 10.5" iPad Air then. It's a HUGE upgrade over the iPad 3, in just about every way, and it's much, much cheaper than the 11" Pro. Or else do what I did and get the iPad Pro 10.5" from the Apple refurb store, or on closeout from a retail store. The iPad Pro 10.5" is superior to the Air in most ways except the SoC, which is mildly faster on the Air 10.5" vs. the Pro 10.5".

Also, with the Apple Smart Keyboard for the Air/Pro 10.5", it has become a partial laptop replacement for me. The keyboard is 18 mm full-size, and has a decent feel and key travel. The keyboard on the 9.7" Pro is too small, and the 9.7" Pro is not a great value anyway in 2019 IMO.

 

[AutomaticApple]

Coming from an iPad 3, I'm very tempted to get the Mini 5 cellular for its price point and practicality, but the 11" iPad Pro is very appealing to me as well. If price is a non issue for sure I'd get the 11" iPad Pro, but considering that I'm paying a laptop premium price to get a top end iPad is somewhat off putting.

Get the iPad Air 3.

 

[willmtaylor]

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
-R.W. Emerson

 

[Fenhalls]

Oscar Wilde: The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it...

Poor Oscar, if only he hadn't listened to his own advice: