iPad Mini 4 Teardown Confirms Smaller Battery and 2 GB RAM

[RockSpider]

Does it also come with the feature where the Safari tabs reload because of the lack of memory?

I'll let you know in a few hours, but no, so far it doesn't, just bought the 64GB Gold.

 

[RockSpider]

minis are considered the poor bastard children of the iPad family.

At $700 for the 64gb don't think it's a poor bastard, although I feel a bit poorer.

 

[Tech198]

haha.. Call it what u what,,, I still call it a big battery, takes up 3/4 of the device.

 

[TechZeke]

Detroitborg's review confirms new display has color gamut comparable to Air 2:

Its quite literally, a mini Air 2 now.

From the review, the mini 4 is basically what the iPad mini 3 should have been:
-A8
-More RAM
-Laminated display with Anti-glare
-Thinner

 

[Muceda]

I so want one, but can't quite justify it. I've got a Mini2 retina and really, I mostly use it to read Kindle books. And it does that fine. About the only thing I miss is touch-id. Every time I pick it up I try to unlock it with my fingerprint like I do my iPhone 6. But that's hardly enough of a reason to spend the cash... so thinks my wife

She is probably jelous, bet she can't get 20% thinner ... LOL

 

[pat500000]

At $700 for the 64gb don't think it's a poor bastard, although I feel a bit poorer.

the price doesn't make it "not poor bastard," but the spec of minis are bare minimal.

 

[btrach144]

Lol Johny boy has lost his mind. sheesh

 

[pat500000]

Wow, imagine the iPod touch then!

iPod should be considered....the child locked in the basement.

 

[RockSpider]

the price doesn't make it "not poor bastard," but the spec of minis are bare minimal.

Well tell that to this little beast, it's quicker than my iPad Air, but then you've got to own one to know, or own both like I do.

 

[pat500000]

Well tell that to this little beast, it's quicker than my iPad Air, but then you've got to own one to know, or own both like I do.

I do own one...and i'll return it.

 

[RockSpider]

I do own one...and i'll return it.

Well you can return yours but I'll be keeping mine unless I can find a good reason to return it, and I haven't yet.

 

[The Game 161]

I do own one...and i'll return it.

how come you don't like it?

 

[pat500000]

how come you don't like it?

I have iPad air 2...and felt like it's just another iPad...smaller. I prefer big screen anyway. I bought mini think i'll adapt to it...but meh.

 

[B4U]

Customers wanted longer battery life, so we decided to put in a smaller battery, so they can treasure every minute of their battery usage.

I read this in the middle of a meeting and cracked...

 

[rdlink]

I know I may catch lots of flak for this but;

Do people really use their iPads more than 10 hours a day?

Btw, unlike the iPhones which are quoted to have about 10~12 hour battery life (you're lucky to get half), iPad really gets at least 10 hours.

I just don't understand the line about the iPhone. I routinely get 12-15 hours a day from my iPhone. And I have the screen on the brightest setting. What am I doing wrong?

 

[StuddedLeather]

Yeah Steve wouldn't allow a lot of things. And since he's been gone there's been a lot of great things that came out of Apple.

Didn't know I'd need to put sarcasm at the end of my post.

 

[mdelvecchio]

LOL at people claiming slightly thinner is more important than battery life. It's not hard to spot the Apple shills.

get real. not everybody is the same as you. for instance, while reading an ebook the mini is still too heavy compared to a kindle. so thinner = lighter = better.

try to imagine you're wrong.

 

[chucker23n1]

Weight (Wi-Fi + Cellular)
0.67 pound (304 grams)

Weight (Wi-Fi + Cellular)
0.75 pound (341 grams)

So, this is 11% lighter than my iPad mini 2. I wouldn't mind it being quite a bit lighter yet.

 

[The Game 161]

I have iPad air 2...and felt like it's just another iPad...smaller. I prefer big screen anyway. I bought mini think i'll adapt to it...but meh.

I hear you, i'm tempted to get it but seeing as I have the air 2 I'm thinking if it's worth it or not. I would end up not losing one

 

[pat500000]

I hear you, i'm tempted to get it but seeing as I have the air 2 I'm thinking if it's worth it or not. I would end up not losing one

yeah. If you're happy with air 2...i think that's good enough and move on...till next "big thing."

 

[goobot]

Does it have the anti-reflective screen like the air 2?

 

[RockSpider]

I hear you, i'm tempted to get it but seeing as I have the air 2 I'm thinking if it's worth it or not. I would end up not losing one

If you've got the Air 2 it's not worth it, unless you really, really want a smaller footprint and a bit lighter.

 

[judethat]

Loving it, great improvement over last two generations, it's super fast responsiveness, this one is the best iPad mini. Now replacing my iPhone 6plus with this and iPhone 6s, which I thought would be the iPad mini replacement, but the web browsing compromises on iPhone 6plus prevented it.

 

[The Game 161]

If you've got the Air 2 it's not worth it, unless you really, really want a smaller footprint and a bit lighter.

True certainly when I'm getting the 6S plus

 

[Jsameds]

LOL at people claiming slightly thinner is more important than battery life. It's not hard to spot the Apple shills.

LIGHTER is more important in this case since it's a portable tablet.

Thinner is just an advantageous by-product.