I played with it a little at Best Buy. I didn't see the big deal. Yeah it may have not been as sharp as retina, but it still looked good in my opinion. I got one for my sister for Christmas, so I'll have to look at it more in depth then.
Seconded. I played around with it, and while it's not nearly as clear as Retina, it's far from a bad screen. I'm debating replacing my iPad 3 with the mini, but I'm really not sure yet.
Seconded. I played around with it, and while it's not nearly as clear as Retina, it's far from a bad screen. I'm debating replacing my iPad 3 with the mini, but I'm really not sure yet.
After using it for a day or so, the screen doesn't even bother me. And this is coming from an iPhone 4, 4S, 5 and a 3rd gen iPad.
Agreed. While it clearly isn't as nice as a retina screen it isn't too bad. Some people seem to think looking at it for more than 5 seconds will make your eyes bleed.
Returned mine. The screen is fine. Having the same Safari aspect as the IPad, but on a smaller screen that gave me a little eye strain.
It is like having a picture of a car on the same Kodak glossy paper, but one is on 4x6 paper and the other is on a 3x5 sheet of paper. Both look clear, both show the same car, but try reading the license plate on both and the smaller one is just a tad more difficult.
The apps on the mini were fine. The form factor was awesome. Safari was my problem. The font was ok in landscape, but not at all pleasing in portrait.
For 329 bucks, I just felt that zooming in safari was an unreasonable compromise for me. I already have an iPhone that I have to zoom on -- an acceptable compromise for something I can put in my pocket, answer phone calls, and surf 3G on bus.
For $329, the device needed to separate itself from the limited viewing of a pocket device and the cumbersome size of the regular ipad. It accomplished that goal in all aspects except the browser. The thing is, I wanted to use it primarily for surfing on the go.
I tried other browsers, but I still felt I was compromising.
Maybe a "retina" screen may help, but I still think it was cramming the same content as the large ipad on the smaller screen that was my issue.
I believe a retina would make a lot of diff. for sho!!! And im sure they can still sell it at $329. They just wanna make this price an official base price for mini 2 and 3 which will surely include retina. they just being too stingy on the first Gen.
Gave it a shot, found the screen so incredibly crappy. It's too bad, love everything else about the device.
I saw and held a mini yesterday for the first time and as one that thought the iPads were way too heavy i found the mini is way too heavy too. I don't know how people hold them and use them comfortably. Also, what is the point of having an LTE mini when you have an LTE iPhone 5. Seems stupid. But whatever. Have fun with it.
iPads just don't do anything for me. I can do everything I need to do on my 5.
I saw and held a mini yesterday for the first time and as one that thought the iPads were way too heavy i found the mini is way too heavy too. I don't know how people hold them and use them comfortably. Also, what is the point of having an LTE mini when you have an LTE iPhone 5. Seems stupid. But whatever. Have fun with it.
iPads just don't do anything for me. I can do everything I need to do on my 5.
I saw and held a mini yesterday for the first time and as one that thought the iPads were way too heavy i found the mini is way too heavy too. I don't know how people hold them and use them comfortably. Also, what is the point of having an LTE mini when you have an LTE iPhone 5. Seems stupid. But whatever. Have fun with it.
iPads just don't do anything for me. I can do everything I need to do on my 5.
To me the weight difference is noticeable on the ipad 2 versus 3. So when the mini goes retina I hope they can find a way to avoid that from happening.
Personally I don't find the screen all that bad, or mind zooming. I miss the real estate and sharpness on the 3 when looking at the whole webpage. But I really like the form factor of the mini. That said, I haven't let go of my 3 yet, as I need to make sure my preference for the mini isn't just a preference for whatever is newest and shiniest.