That's a great price (compared to MSRP). 2 years ago, almost to the day, I bought the 32GB version for $275.
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Upcoming iPad Mini 5
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As others have mentioned ‘fast’ is subjective. I’m running my mini 4 on 12.1 and have absolutely no complaints - honestly, it hardly ever stutters. I guess others needs more horsepower (for what tasks I’m not sure) but the biggest draw for a mini 5 (for me) would be for a larger screen in the same chassis. I really love the size of this tablet.
The 2018 iPad is VERY nimble, especially with iOS 12. Absolutely no complaints doing anything and everything that I used to do on my 12.9 iPad Pro.
My Mini 4 is still on 10.x and it still quite snappy. I have no complaints whatsoever. Even though it doesn't support the Apple Pencil, I have a powered capacitive fine point stylus (the DotPen) and although it doesn't have pressure sensitivity nor palm rejection, using a home-made "art glove" (thin cotton $1 store glove with the thumb, index, and middle fingers cut off) it makes a pretty neat writing/sketching combination. The glove provides palm rejection.
Having said that, I'm having a difficult time recommending the Mini 4 at this point because how well the ownership experience will be is highly subjective and greatly depends upon how one will use it.