It’s the same display so I guess the answer is a big fat no!
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Apple Unveils New iPad Mini With A17 Pro Chip and Apple Intelligence
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Trade in for my perfect condition v1 iPad Air lists as zero, "we will recycle it for you for free..."
Maybe they will update the iPad mini again at MBP event. This update is a joke!
The AVP is an expensive tool, not a ubiquitous, inexpensive entertainment, etc. device.
Untrue. FromApple's website:
- Supports Apple Pencil Pro
- Supports Apple Pencil (USB‑C)
To my knowledge, the A17 Pro and M3 chips are related, so it isn’t outside the realm of possibility that another iPad Mini launches next year with an updated chip, like Apple is doing with all the M3 Macs. I was very surprised to see a new device using A17 Pro. I wonder how long they plan to manufacture that chip.
Apple Pencil (USB-C) is not the same as Apple Pencil (2nd Generation). The Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) doesn’t have a USB-C connector. It wirelessly charges magnetically on the side of the iPad. Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) isn’t on that list you shared, so I don’t think you’re making the point you’re trying to make.
So does the 6th gen mini (albeit at 30Hz - if I’m not mistaken aligns with its limited 5Gbps USB bandwidth).
But we know that it doesn’t have Stage Manager’s extended desktop display support - which is only supported on M-series iPad Airs and Pros.
I suppose that that could be a limitation of the SOC, given how MacBook have also regressed in their external display support since the migration to Apple Silicon.
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Is it just me - or does the mini’s selection of available colour options bear slight resemblance to Samsung‘s Galaxy Tab S9 FE?
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The Pencil 2 was replaced by the Pencil Pro (you can think of it essentially as the Pencil 3) quicker than the Pencil 1 was replaced by Pencil 2*, because of the larger iPads’ switch to landscape camera, which everybody clamored for. The new camera location made the iPads incompatible with the Pencil 2 for charging/sync so Apple had to introduce a new flagship Pencil. Apple still sells the Pencil 2 for older/preexisting iPads, just as they still sell the Pencil 1 for the same reason, but in order to move away from the legacy Pencils, Apple has to make all new iPads (except standard iPad which only uses the lower tier USBC Pencil) compatible with Pencil Pro, which because of conflicting hardware means they can’t be compatible with older Pencils. As another user said, this will upset people who have older devices, but not doing this would upset people with newer devices. But this is always what happens during these transitions from legacy tech.
Edit- *actually, I just checked Wikipedia and my time perception is way off--it says the Pencil 1 was replaced after 3 years, Pencil 2 was replaced after 5 1/2 years. Suffice it to say, the past Pencil hardware updates and the incompatibility they've caused haven't been arbitrary, but caused by either a design flaw (Pencil 1) or an iPad hardware change (Pencil 2). And based off historical pattern and the content people seem to have with the Pencil Pro's feature set and the somewhat modest market for the Pencil, I'd say this Pencil Pro should be here to stay for at least the next 5 years and probably longer, unless another iPad hardware change requires a redesign.
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I don’t think the Pro-differentiating features will come to the iPad Mini until there are new Pro-differentiating features to replace them. It’s possible Apple could make an all new iPad Mini Pro product, but not sure if the demand is high enough for Apple to take interest.
I’m curious if Apple still sells the Mini 6 in stores. I see online you can’t buy any Mini, you can only preorder the Mini 7.
I don’t think they will. It would make it confusing for a lot of customers, not to mention the staff trying to upsell the 7.
Interesting. I see it totally differently. Is Apple losing market share of the high end? IMO the ASoC Mac laptops, Mac Minis and Studios have been superb devices; Apple sells more watches than Switzerland does; etc. Sure there are improvements to be made (a Mac Pro would be nice...), but IMO Apple is doing things very well.
Also, IMO the AVP is not a flop except to folks who define it as something it is not. IMO it is a well done step into a new area.
Apple can coast on new customers who have just aged up to purchase their first device. There are so many it makes being aggressive about adding features a moot point. That’s a big thumbs down for everyone else who knows how underwhelming a value these devices are. Compatibility with Apple services that link your information together is the main thing keeping people chained to iOS as much cheaper devices can run most of the average software out there. But in Apple world none of these devices replace any other device, it’s just the same stuff in a different form factor and over $500 price point.
The rumor mill had it that they rotated the display controller, essentially shifting the problem from portrait to landscape.
Maybe they also increased the responsiveness of the display in general?
Either way, they wouldn't actively advertise that they "fixed jelly scrolling", because that'd mean they'd admit this was an issue on the previous model.
So we'll just have to wait for reviews or test ourselves.
Not sure that the folding bit is going to happen but imagine that an 8.9” (as per some old rumours on screen size trials) could be sold as a 9” iPad Air m2, that would set the cat amongst the pigeons as pricing would potentially be the same but surrounding technology so much better.
To be fair such a small size could be run by an A18 pro cpu and be called iPad mini pro 😂
I think the 6th gen is a discontinued product at this point (so won’t be in Apple Stores) but could end up living an extended life at third party retailers at discounted prices.
YES!
I'd prefer no phone at all. You can't get sucked into a watch and getting a tablet out requires some thought.
yeah odd one. i know it's a small display but window support works fine on foldables with a similar screen size.
It's kind of funny/weird that there's a week or so after almost every new product announcement where Apple won't sell you the old product nor the new product.
One thing I do like with the new iPad Mini, is you get the same specs no matter the model! So same RAM and storage speeds and GPU cores… unlike the M4 Pro costing from a grand. The Mini knows what device it is and isn’t trying to be anything else.