Apple Marks iPad Mini 3 as Obsolete Product

[spinedoc77]

I have the same one. It works for what I need it for, which is streaming video and reading.

When you think about it, though, that thing was very snappy to use a few years ago. What happened is that every iOS/iPadOS update got more demanding, until we ended up where we are today. People are out here blaming the hardware, but I distinctly remember this iPad being a pleasure to use not terribly long ago.

What sucks about this is that Apple doesn't seem interested in keeping alive an OS version with current security updates (and some subset of new features) that doesn't drag the whole thing to hell and make it unusably slow. I guess they have no incentive to, but it does suck.

I'll probably get another iPad Mini, but this time I'm going to stop updating at some point in the interest of prolonging its useful life.

Yeah it's definitely worsened with each OS update, for sure it's the OS demands. I wish Apple had a way of downgrading the OS.

 

[johnmarki]

My iPad Mini 3 has been on the fridge for the last 2 years as a dedicated notes/slideshow player after the last 1 or 2 updates for it basically knee-capped it as a media player. It Definitely still has enough steam to stay their for 2-3 more years as a glorified smart frame before I move the iPad Mini 6 to take its spot.

 

[ignatius345]

Yeah it's definitely worsened with each OS update, for sure it's the OS demands. I wish Apple had a way of downgrading the OS.

Same. On a Mac I'd just wipe it and roll back to Yosemite or something.

 

[headlessmike]

Ahh that screenshot takes me back to when OSX and iOS had beautiful UIs. At the time I still missed Tiger even aqua in Snow Leopard but just seeing Mavericks again for the first time in almost 8 years reminds me of how much Apple’s UI has regressed. Time to bring back a modern version of Aqua and get rid of this BORING and often times confusing flat, white-washed UI that we’ve been stuck with since Yosemite

It’s been all downhill since the release of System 7 in 1991. A colorful GUI just adds unnecessary bloat!