With an up to date design and an OLED display I would have been all over this thing, even at $300 more. I have no use for this Mini.
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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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Yeah, I remember the day that Apple only sold a few items and kept everything simple.
Typical Apple fans bitching they go beyond what people were asking for and they bitch, best processor, kept the screen. And added pencil support, now if they had put a A10 in it, put a non laminated screen, and lowered the price to $249 people would still bitch
And the fact of they added Apple Pencil support, that’s huge, and that’s been a long discussed feature that consumers were wanting to see that implemented for the smaller iPad and not just for the larger size iPads.
and just a hundred more for the pencil, ouch.
its the $130 uplift for cellular that gets me
Not cheap but what is with apple these days
Welcome upgrade for those who love the size though
Welcome upgrade for those who love the size though
Is that supposed to be shocking? If they included the Apple Pencil with iPad, It would just raise the price of the iPad. It should be a separate purchase, because not everybody wants/needs the Apple Pencil for their uses.
Overpriced for that same design... they could’ve dropped it at least $50
And now the iPad lineup is even more confusing. What is happening with this, almost every product lineup is honestly a mess
Disappointed there’s no updated AirPods as I’ve wanted to pickup a pair, but since the rumours have been around that we’d get an updated version soon I’ve held off
And now the iPad lineup is even more confusing. What is happening with this, almost every product lineup is honestly a mess
Disappointed there’s no updated AirPods as I’ve wanted to pickup a pair, but since the rumours have been around that we’d get an updated version soon I’ve held off
What Apple has done I’m happy with, gave the general non pro needing iPad owners a choice that goes beyond low end. Not forced to go pro if you just want an up to date processor and screen, with the prices back to what they were
Beyond lame it took them so many years to do this absolute low-effort upgrade. One could thing Apple has employees in the 100s not in the 100,000s
No, I don’t think there’s any use for it on cheaper devices like this at the moment anyway. Would cause more issues than keeping it as lightning
Also compatible with the logitech crayon, though, which i prefer. I have two and leave one at work and one at home.
A12 Bionic, 4x the base storage, much better display quality, Apple Pencil support...but people are complaining that the price is the same as 2015? That's bad even for MacRumors.
This shows that Apple executives see the company as a commodity seller - making a penny here, a penny there with old stuff repackaged.
Disappointed. Old ass design language that doesn't match the new iPads. Do they just not care anymore? Thick bezels, an off-center home button (thanks Obama @19SK91 ) that cannot be unseen. Couple that low base storage and a high price tag for what's on offer... Apple could have done much better. It's basically an internal upgrade that could have been done a while ago. They didn't even try hard.
The base storage on the mini was actually 128GB before it was updated. And it was the only option which was rather odd
I know that I'm in the minority, but I think these new models are great. They offer great value (not at MSRP, but at the usually discounted sale prices). They omit the gimmicks IMO (ProMotion, no-headphone jack, bezel-less), and are capable of doing what iOS is capable of.
The negative rhetoric on Macrumors isn’t indicative of everyone else’s opinion outside this forum. It’s great that Apple revived The mini, and they added Apple Pencil Support to the mini. This is exactly what consumers were wanting, a smaller iPad for those who weren’t interested in the larger more expensive iPad Pros. Props to Apple for listening and responding.
Mini 4 was overpriced, I don't say I expected the new model to be cheaper, but it is still quite expensive.
I'm glad they updated the mini, and eventually I may buy one, but current model is too pricey and mini 4's CPU is too old, so I think I'll wait some good deals on the mini 5 in the future