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Apple Announces New Fifth-Generation iPad Mini With Apple Pencil Support, Revamped Retina Display and A12 Bionic Chip
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I mean, there are a lot of good reasons to buy the pro, not the least of which that it’s specifically designed for professionals. It’s blazingly fast, the very large screen, the 1TB option, Face ID and gesture UI is so much of a better experience than constantly having to go to the home button and the USB port for connecting peripherals directly. These are all things that appeal to those who use an iPad as their main computer for work.
As for the headphone jack, even professionals that work with audio were not using the head jack port for professional work. They’d want the clean digital audio source coming from the Lightning or USB port, not digital audio that was converted to analogue (the headphone jack is a converted to analogue signal) and then converted back to digital. There’s a ton of lost quality there.
Big box retailers have historically discounted the mini by 25%, though with a new model it might not happen until the holidays this year. I don't think the design or small bezels is a priority for the mini as most of them spend their lives in a big kid-resistant case.
It's still my favorite iPad. Being able to read comfortably with one hand matters far more than tech specs.
Uses the gen 1 Pencil that’s almost 4 years old. Still has huge bezels and a home button. Still has lighting port. The mini 5 may have better internals but everything is old compared to the current direction of the iPad pros.
No way I’m going to keep carrying around multiple cords, multiple pencils. It seems Apple didnt intend the new mini to supplement iPad Pro users. This new mini is a fail for me. I’m sure others will fell different and that’s cool too.
No way I’m going to keep carrying around multiple cords, multiple pencils. It seems Apple didnt intend the new mini to supplement iPad Pro users. This new mini is a fail for me. I’m sure others will fell different and that’s cool too.
Oh for sure in a couple of months you willsee a drop of 75 to 100. I did the same with my mini 3, just waited until they gave a great trade value. I think i got 175 for the 16gb version at the time.When I log into Best Buy, they're currently offering me $110 for my 32GB Mini 4 in Space Gray. $75 off on a sale is easily going to happen. Keep regularly checking those trade-in values! When they tweak them, they don't last long.
Its sucks though that your ipad with smaller space and no cellular is getting the same trade value. Good for you sucks for me.
Why would it increase the price? Because Tim can never accept margins going down as well as up?
"We designed an iPad in 2012, that should be enough for a decade"
I scan through the 18 pages of comments and it seems no one has pick up what I thought was the most important pieces.
The iPad Mini with Cellular is essentially an enlarged iPhone XR without Face ID.
They both have the same LCD with same PPI. Both lacks 3D Touch. There is a difference in back Camera. And iPad mini support Gigabit LTE, I am assuming this is the same as iPhone XS, with Intel 7560 Modem and 4x4 Antenna, which is actually faster than the XR only supporting 600Mbps with 2x2 antenna.
So with a same but larger display, inferior back camera, faster LTE support, the iPad mini 4G starts at $529 with 64GB, while the iPhone XR starts at $749 with the same 64GB Storage.
That is $220 difference.
I would have picked the iPad mini as a phone if it was smaller. And only cost $529!
The same with iPad Air Pricing. I am hoping this is a signal Apple is reconsidering its pricing strategy.
Edit: It is very strange that 1) People thought the iPad mini and Air with this spec is expensive, and 2) People actually want a A10 Mini for $100 dollar less. But Spending $100 more could get you two more years of iOS services life time. 3) Apple has always been about offering value. And these new prices certainly has a lot to offer.
The iPad Mini with Cellular is essentially an enlarged iPhone XR without Face ID.
They both have the same LCD with same PPI. Both lacks 3D Touch. There is a difference in back Camera. And iPad mini support Gigabit LTE, I am assuming this is the same as iPhone XS, with Intel 7560 Modem and 4x4 Antenna, which is actually faster than the XR only supporting 600Mbps with 2x2 antenna.
So with a same but larger display, inferior back camera, faster LTE support, the iPad mini 4G starts at $529 with 64GB, while the iPhone XR starts at $749 with the same 64GB Storage.
That is $220 difference.
I would have picked the iPad mini as a phone if it was smaller. And only cost $529!
The same with iPad Air Pricing. I am hoping this is a signal Apple is reconsidering its pricing strategy.
Edit: It is very strange that 1) People thought the iPad mini and Air with this spec is expensive, and 2) People actually want a A10 Mini for $100 dollar less. But Spending $100 more could get you two more years of iOS services life time. 3) Apple has always been about offering value. And these new prices certainly has a lot to offer.
How is it redundant for a single household to own more than one iPad given that Apple designed the iPad and iPhone to be single user devices?
Plus a guy further up already says he works with a Pro and also has a mini for lighter travel.
Yeah, sorry to hear that.
You might want to try having a friend or family member (preferably one who is a Reward Zone member) log into the site and check... they might get a different value.They should have called it the Pencil Pro rather than "Apple Pencil (2nd generation)". They are two completely separate incompatible product streams now.
The concept of "It Just Works" is truly dead and buried. Always check and double check the requirements.
The better question is why would Apple still be releasing a new gen mini with the same old design.
Because it's a refresh, it's not meant to be a full new design.
Same here, got that deal from best buy a few years back. A new design refresh like the new Pros would have been sweet.
Both the iPad and the Mini look like attractive updates (better than the awful MB updates). I wish Pencil 2 was compatible although the Mini is attractive enough that I might buy it when it goes on sale. I will keep my eyes peeled on the iPod Touch. Basically the Touch or Mini will replace my antiquated Touch and iPad. If the Touch is not gimped, I'll go with that with only the loss of screen size which would affect one of my desired uses (sheet music viewer). If it's crippled, then I'll get a Mini.
I was waiting for this but after thinking about it all day i’ve decided to go for the basic 9.7 iPad. Mainly because it’s much cheaper. I can get the basic iPad for £389 128GB. The mini is £549 for the 256GB and I don’t feel comfortable getting the 64GB. Plus it means cases are in abundance, apple hasn’t made a case for launch day for the mini, just a cover which is £45 . I’m not getting rid of my mini 4 anyway so the basic iPad is a better deal for me.
The mini is my favourite iPad. The form factor is great for travel, better than larger models. A bit disappointed that it doesn't have USB-C but I have plenty of Lightning cables.
Order placed and will probably trade-in my Pro.
Order placed and will probably trade-in my Pro.
That's too bad, I was hoping for either a smaller physical footprint or a larger screen delivered via smaller bezels. Pencil support is great, as well as the nicer screen but I'm not sure that's enough to upgrade from my mini 4. Oh well, I'm saving my cash for a foldable screen anyway. We'll see what they come up with for the ipad mini 6 in 5 years.
I’m thrilled there is finally a new iPad Mini and even happier that it supports the original Pencil so I don’t have to spend an additional $129 on the new one. I’m not surprised there are still people whining, bitching, criticizing and name calling though. This was place is full of folks who just aren’t happy unless they have something to be bitter about. It will never change.
Nooo I am not paying a single penny more, give me Face ID, OLED display, bezel less screen, more RAM
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I think the problem is wireless charging on a pencil, these 2 iPads don't have wireless charging, if they add wordless charging then it will make them expensive.
I suspect they'd rather move everything to the new Pencil 2, but there are likely different requirements for the screen build/technology, in order to work with the Pencil 2, and they don't want to put a substantially more expensive screen (or one possibly requiring other support chips, or that doesn't fit in the exact space available without redesigning the enclosure, or not being able to support the new charging method) in the iPad Mini.
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