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iPad Mini 7 Benchmarks Confirm 8GB RAM, 5-Core GPU's Slower Speeds

Saturn1217 said:
But we’re specifically talking about scrolling long content.

If you use your iPad mini in landscape to game or watch videos you are not scrolling. If you use your iPad mini in landscape for most apps you are not doing a lot of vertical scrolling. Only if you insist on scrolling a webpage, or Reddit or instagram in landscape would landscape jelly scroll effect you. And yes there are some people who use their tablet that way but the aspect ratio and size of the mini makes those particular activities much more efficient in portrait. That’s why jelly scrolling should be minimized in portrait.
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Guess I am not normal then... I scroll Safari in landscape 🤔... same ratio screen effectively as reading on a Mac
 
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I use my mini 6 mostly in landscape but tried to see the jelly role in portrait and never could. Guess my eye are just getting old and don't see it. I'm fine with the 6. It does everything I need and just love the thing. So portable.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
I would just argue that it should be in Landscape because it's there in landscape on my iPad Mini 5 and I never notice it at all due to the "length" of that orientation ... it happens so far on the other side of the panel that it never catches my eye. On the Mini 6 I literally couldn't stop noticing the jelly
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Very true. Exact same experience on my iPad mini 5.
 
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Apple_Robert said:
Why do so many here keep making this kind of statement? The mini is a lot larger than the 16 pro Max.
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my coworkers would not tell you what 7 multiplied by 8 even on 10th try.

Also this forum is full of people thinking that 5.5” iphone mini has the same screen as 8 plus while being much smaller. These mini ipad equal to pro max must be their kids/grandchildren.
 
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Closer than expected to the 6-core GPU variant. The GPU is probably clocking quite a bit higher then..? The CPU results are pretty much margin of error.

95% of the performance for 83% of the cores.
 
8GB should be enough to run Sequoia without needing to swap to flash storage. It would certainly beat running the jaundiced iPad OS.
 
Saturn1217 said:
But we’re specifically talking about scrolling long content.

If you use your iPad mini in landscape to game or watch videos you are not scrolling. If you use your iPad mini in landscape for most apps you are not doing a lot of vertical scrolling. Only if you insist on scrolling a webpage, or Reddit or instagram in landscape would landscape jelly scroll effect you. And yes there are some people who use their tablet that way but the aspect ratio and size of the mini makes those particular activities much more efficient in portrait. That’s why jelly scrolling should be minimized in portrait.
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IMO, the number 1 issue with only rotating the "jelly" in the SAME screen vs. utilizing a better screen is in web page browsing. As is, many "responsive" websites don't size well for portrait orientation on mini. So the obvious solution is rotate the screen to landscape for web browsing. And there, one will see plenty of jelly if it is only the same screen rotated 90º.

Note: I have and LOVE my Mini 6... and I readily see the jelly too, but don't care so much. So this is not an attack on Apple that needs defense but just an honest Apple consumer opinion as someone who uses his 6 every single day (mine also stands in as my phone too (with VOIP app + buds), so we're talking use as heavy as anyone else leaning on iPhone + Mini devices).

Hopefully, Apple decided to not take the easy/cheapest option- which I fully acknowledge is a very large "hope" given modern AAPL tendencies- and just rotate this same screen but instead minimize the jelly in either orientation. Else, this is only a fix in one orientation. I would think if the same screen is re-used in 7, the jelly will be MORE visible when used in landscape. But TBD. Let's see what Apple chose to do. Hopefully, this will be a scenario where perhaps they decided to prioritize customer satisfaction over shareholder maximization.

They seem to only update this product every 2-4 years. Hopefully, they opted to put a little better screen into this 7 so the jelly gripes until about 2027-28 are minimized or eliminated. I'm sure all 7 buyers who notice jelly in 6 will appreciate owning a superior iPad mini screen, however they orient it.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
All I know is that iJustine is going to LOVE THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't matter what it is ... what the specs are ... any drawbacks...
None of that matters

ITS AMAZING!!
GO APPLE GO!
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Weren’t you posting mere months ago that this spec bump type upgrade was what you’re looking for?

I might pick one up for the holidays to move on from my mini 5…
 
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pavinder said:
I honestly don't understand why this is an issue. It only happens when you're scrolling at a speed far faster than you could ever read.
For anything you actually use the screen for (reading, drawing, watching videos etc.) nobody is ever scrolling that fast and will never see the "jelly" effect.
So why do many people perceive it as such a problem?
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I see it and don't care myself... but I would guess the answer to your question is "we" expect better from Apple. Other Apple products- including other iPads- don't show nearly the same level of this jelly effect. So consumers want "at least as good" as other Apple screens... not jelly worst in this product they buy and want to love in every way.

More simply: we KNOW Apple can do better for consumers. Apparently profit-per-unit-sold mattered more than "amazingly great products" in this way. We expect better. Apple can do better. So (Apple), do it!
 
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citysnaps said:
I still have and use a Mini 5, which IIRC, has 3GB of RAM. Over the years I've used it I've never encountered an issue/slowdown/etc.

Disclaimer: I've never used it to mine bitcoin or for decrypting secret encrypted military communications from foreign adversaries.

For those who insist a Mini needs more than 8 GB of RAM, simply purchase a tablet from an Apple competitor and find happiness. Easy.
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I don't think there is an android tablet that has near the same specs around the same size is there?
 
rotvaldi said:
How come a mini is cheaper than an iPhone lmao
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Because people will readily pay more to much more.

How come bottled water costs infinitely* more than free water right out of a tap (or even falling from the sky on some days)? Because people will pay.

In both cases, if people decided ask prices are not worth it as a group, pricing would start working its way DOWN.
 
abatabia said:
That’s great but the mini 6 has never once not been up to any task I have put it up to. No reason to upgrade unless you’re coming from a much older device.
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We've lost 2 Apple Pencils so far. As far as I'm concerned, being able to use this with an Apple Pencil Pro is reason enough!
 
My Mini 5 battery is toast ...

Need a report on the "Jelly" situation .... stat

Not excited about dropping $120 on just a battery replacement (if it comes to that)
 
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Apple_Robert said:
Why do so many here keep making this kind of statement? The mini is a lot larger than the 16 pro Max.
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Because they compare 6.9" to 8.3" and think that the iPad mini's screen is just 20% larger, while it's actually around 76% larger (area).
 
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