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iPad mini iPad Mini 4 Pre-Order Thread

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Whoever hasn't got theirs yet and are considering going to the Apple Store to buy one (then send their delivered one back later) - you're insane!

Wait a day. It won't kill you. Why would you need one right now?
 
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Got mine about an hour ago :). Wow, this is a huge upgrade!

I backed up my Mini 2 and restored the Mini 4 from it, so got a good comparison. Some initial findings...
- Snappier! Much more than the benchmark would let you believe.
- You don't know how happy I am to be able to say this: the colors pop from the screen! Blues are blue again. Pictures pop and have more contrast, blacks are blacker. Laying next to each other, it's night and day. You notice it on every screen you open. To my eyes, color gamut is on par with iPad Air 1. Also no change in color temperature along the height of the display.
- The laminated glass gives a lot less reflection. The bezel is pitch black because of it. When off, the display has no bleu shine like the Air 2.
- It feels great. The thinness and cut weight make it feel double as portable to me.
- No resonance like the Air 2. Only at full volume you can feel some vibration at the speaker end... no issue! I did a good comparison with some different kinds of music and it has definitely got more punch and warmer sound. Max volume is a tad louder.

After the disappointing Mini 3 update, I bought an Air 2 to replace my first gen iPad Mini. After a few weeks I sold it because I prefer the mini form factor, and bought a second hand Mini 2 to get by. Now my 3 year old wish of a perfect iPad Mini came true!
 
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kjell said:
Got mine about an hour ago :). Wow, this is a huge upgrade!

....To my eyes, color gamut is on par with iPad Air 1.....the display has no bleu shine like the Air 2
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So if I understand you correctly, you consider, display quality wise, Air 1 >= Mini 4 > Air 2 > Mini 2/3?
 
masotime said:
So if I understand you correctly, you consider, display quality wise, Air 1 >= Mini 4 > Air 2 > Mini 2/3?
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I'd say the Air 2 and Mini 4 are on equal footing (though the blue shine is not so pretty I don't take that into account for display quality). The Air 1 has same color range/saturation, but comes bit behind on contrast/blacks/reflection without the laminated display.

So more like: Air 2 ~= Mini 4 > Air 1 >>>>> Mini 2/3
 
credit card charged this morning, PFS now, I guess I'll expect it to ship today and it'll be here either Fri or Sat. Read that they got them at the SF store, but since I've had the Mini 2 for 2 years, a few more days aren't gonna hurt that much.
 
Received mine today, it's great!

Having issues restoring from mini 2 backup, but I'll figure that out after work. :)
 
seriously losing faith in apple!

as I said earlier... only the tracking number for the 2nd Ipad ordered (on Saturday) was showing up on UPS...

I was hoping that they just hadn't scanned the other one in (has happened in the past but I still get it)...

NOPE! mr brown just showed up with only ONE ipad...

I called and she is submitting a shipping investigation (or something like that)....

between the not getting my ipad here within the shipping window and no clue on what's up with it an one of my covers being delayed a day (with no reason)... NOW I'm starting to get nervous about our phones coming like they are supposed to next Friday!
 
Trespanthers said:
I only ordered a couple hours ago and just got shipping with delivery for tomorrow!
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This has nothing to do with you personally, but this is what's so infuriating to those of us who pre-ordered. Why did we need to when Best Buy and Apple Stores and people who ordered the day before can get them before/same time as people who ordered over a week ago? :S (Again, nothing personal to you Trespanthers, just griping about Apple... ;) )
 
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fyrefly said:
This has nothing to do with you personally, but this is what's so infuriating to those of us who pre-ordered. Why did we need to when Best Buy and Apple Stores and people who ordered the day before can get them before/same time as people who ordered over a week ago? :S (Again, nothing personal to you Trespanthers, just griping about Apple... ;) )
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Best to try and do something else to keep your mind off it. I used to think the same way, but I realized it's quite self-destructive. Go on a hike or spend some time with your loved ones. It'll come when it'll come, and at that point everyone is equal and nobody cares, so it's not worth agonizing over :)
 
caligurl said:
seriously losing faith in apple!

as I said earlier... only the tracking number for the 2nd Ipad ordered (on Saturday) was showing up on UPS...

I was hoping that they just hadn't scanned the other one in (has happened in the past but I still get it)...

NOPE! mr brown just showed up with only ONE ipad...

I called and she is submitting a shipping investigation (or something like that)....

between the not getting my ipad here within the shipping window and no clue on what's up with it an one of my covers being delayed a day (with no reason)... NOW I'm starting to get nervous about our phones coming like they are supposed to next Friday!
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A) you got new phones too!!??!?! I am SOOOOOOOOO super jealous. I have the 6 and cant afford to upgrade right now.

B) That's insane and honestly, I was totally going to post about something similar too... but then my situation turned a little different. The craziest thing happened at work today. I had the mini 4 shipped to my office because no one is home to sign for it. Our shipping/receiving guy just left 2 weeks ago after being here for 10 years, but there's a new person whom i know from outside work (he's married to another person who works here). Well... I told the new guy to expect my order, and he said he'd keep an eye out for me... and today the order got marked off as delivered. I check with the new guy, and nope. no order. Then I decided to go to the shipping area and investigate myself. Still no box. Heart racing. Palpitating. Here's the funny thing. New guy says the UPS guy will be back later in the evening. And that orders with a personal name on it were probably still on his truck. Thing is, 99% of orders that come in have personal names on them... depending on who ordered it. So its REALLY WEIRD that he'd think my order was still on the truck.And also - why would the UPS guy mark as delivered if it was still on his truck? Thats even more stranger. Anyways, I tell him that i'll be back at 4 to give the UPS guy a lashing out (cause I'm thinking the UPS guy stole my order). I call apple, and UPS and start an investigation case. I was in the middle of posting on here asking for advice on how to get my order back from the UPS guy who i thought stole my order. I leave my desk for a minute, and when I come back, there's my iPad box. Apparently it was "hidden" behind another box. Is it just me or am I distrustful to think something very fishy is going on here?
 
applejunkie2014 said:
A) you got new phones too!!??!?! I am SOOOOOOOOO super jealous. I have the 6 and cant afford to upgrade right now.

B) That's insane and honestly, I was totally going to post about something similar too... but then my situation turned a little different. The craziest thing happened at work today. I had the mini 4 shipped to my office because no one is home to sign for it. Our shipping/receiving guy just left 2 weeks ago after being here for 10 years, but there's a new person whom i know from outside work (he's married to another person who works here). Well... I told the new guy to expect my order, and he said he'd keep an eye out for me... and today the order got marked off as delivered. I check with the new guy, and nope. no order. Then I decided to go to the shipping area and investigate myself. Still no box. Heart racing. Palpitating. Here's the funny thing. New guy says the UPS guy will be back later in the evening. And that orders with a personal name on it were probably still on his truck. Thing is, 99% of orders that come in have personal names on them... depending on who ordered it. So its REALLY WEIRD that he'd think my order was still on the truck. Anyways, I tell him that i'll be back at 4 to give the UPS guy a lashing out (cause I'm thinking the UPS guy stole my order). I call apple, and UPS and start an investigation case. I was in the middle of posting on here asking for advice on how to get my order back from the UPS guy who i thought stole my order. I leave my desk for a minute, and when I come back, there's my iPad box. Apparently it was "hidden" behind another box. Is it just me or am I distrustful to think something very fishy is going on here?
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I switched to at&t NEXT program last year so we could upgrade each year if we wanted to! plus we sell our old phones...

we'll I'm suspicious enough of people that I'd think something fishy was going on....

so who brought the ipad: new guy or UPS guy? if new guy brought the box saying it was found... ya... he's the culprit! if UPS guy brought it... then it's him....

AND if it is UPS guy he was blatently trying to steal it cuz they scan each barcode... so no way it was signed for as delivered if he didn't scan it and either have it signed for or signed for it himself!
 
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caligurl said:
I switched to at&t NEXT program last year so we could upgrade each year if we wanted to! plus we sell our old phones...

we'll I'm suspicious enough of people that I'd think something fishy was going on....

so who brought the phone: new guy or UPS guy? if new guy brought the box saying it was found... ya... he's the culprit! if UPS guy brought it... then it's him....

AND if it is UPS guy he was blatently trying to steal it cuz they scan each barcode... so no way it was signed for as delivered if he didn't scan it and either have it signed for or signed for it himself!
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Lmao, youre such a detective :)

Well new guy ended up bringing the iPad - not phone. So I'm like really ... just shocked! I don't wanna think the worst, but... WTF. The whole situation is just ... OFF.
 
fyrefly said:
This has nothing to do with you personally, but this is what's so infuriating to those of us who pre-ordered. Why did we need to when Best Buy and Apple Stores and people who ordered the day before can get them before/same time as people who ordered over a week ago? :S (Again, nothing personal to you Trespanthers, just griping about Apple... ;) )
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It is a bit of a crap shoot though. I ordered a couple days ago, mine is being delivered today. But if the supply was low and demand was high, then we wouldn't see ipads in months. I ordered a 6s at 3am but when I woke up at 7am, the shipping estimate was still the launch day. I'm not mad although if I had known, I could've gotten more sleep :)
 
applejunkie2014 said:
Lmao, youre such a detective :)

Well new guy ended up bringing the iPad - not phone. So I'm like really ... just shocked! I don't wanna think the worst, but... WTF. The whole situation is just ... OFF.
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lol! I knew that! i had phone on the brain from the other comment! I edited it so I don't look so ditzy!

AND.... you should be able to check on the UPS site and see "proof of delivery"
 
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