Okay thanks! Then we do disagree. I had the Mini 2 and thought the color gamut issue made the update a major disappointment. The washed out muted colors were something I noticed everything I used the Mini. Hopefully they have fixed this on the Mini 4.
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iPad mini the new iPad 4 changes
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I have an Air 2 and notice the issue immediately when swapping between the two but it's not much of an issue when I use the Mini 2 in isolation. Any improvement here is welcome though.
It has split-screen
But has a A8 instead of A8X in the iPad Air 2 which mean it will have dual-core instead of triple-core
It should have 2GB RAM since it is needed to support split-screen
It has split-screen
But has a A8 instead of A8X in the iPad Air 2 which mean it will have dual-core instead of triple-core
It should have 2GB RAM since it is needed to support split-screen
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But why would Tim have said it was the same internals as the iPad Air 2? Not like Apple to mislead consumers.
Phil said it had the power and performance of the Air two in the smaller enclosure of the mini. He didn't mention the same components or internals so it is likely a play on words i.e. it is A8 powered as is the Air 2, just a lower spec than the A8X to meet the Mini's more constrained power requirements due to battery size and required run time.
The specs are laid out on the official site so I doubt there is any deliberate misleading going on.
Has it (the display quality) been addressed? I didn't see anything that offered a clue one way or the other, but I might have missed something. What are you relying on for that? Edit - see next post.
OK, I see what you're saying. The laminated screen will be an improvement, but that doesn't guarantee that they'll fix the deficient color gamut of the current Mini retina displays.
Totally agree on both points. It's a big issue and really needs to be fixed. Here's hoping...I'd love to upgrade my Mini 2.
Anandtech had the mini 4 besides an Air 2 and seem to think it is the same colour gamut. It's hard to say for sure going by their picture but I'm sure they would have noted otherwise given they had both devices side by side. Seems encouraging...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9622/hands-on-with-the-ipad-pro-and-ipad-mini-4
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9622/hands-on-with-the-ipad-pro-and-ipad-mini-4
That is good news. From the side-by-side pictures, they do look to be very close in terms of color. The biggest shift I saw when I had the Mini 2 was in the "Purples and Reds"....they looked more blue an orange. These colors look to be the same hue on the side by side pic's in your link....at least to my eye.
Pretty cruddy picture for a gettyimages photo. I certainly see a difference, probably caused by the glare on the screeen of the middle iPad - so not a good photo to judge anything except the size differences imo.mini 4 on the left, Air 2 in the middle
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Mini 4 having the anti-reflective coating from the Air 2 is a huge letdown. Impossible to remove all smudges and fingerprints from my Air 2. Makes for an incredibly ugly screen.
Solution - put a glass screen protector on it. It would give you screen protection into the bargain and retain that silky glass feeling that you don't get with any plastic film protector.