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iPad Mini 7 Coming Next Month: What to Expect

Matsamoto said:
If you don’t mind me asking, how is your battery health on the Mini 5?
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Decent for a 5 year old device. If they weren't putting out a new model soon, I probably would get the battery replaced. But I can get through a day with normal browsing and such without a recharge, or a few hours of intense pretty high resolution gaming, and then I need to plug in.
 
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jimmirehman said:
I hate the fact that I have to buy a new pencil. It’s an accessory it should be compatible with multiple generations of the same product.
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Yep. My Apple Pencil 1 died and i refuse to buy another one until I know what iPads I'll be using going forward. This was over a year ago.

I'm seriously considering just going for the usb-c apple pencil. Less convenient but this is the only version that seems to be backwards compatible.
 
turbineseaplane said:
There is far more to a quality display than raw resolution numbers

(Best Buy is good for this walk around test as it's a confined area with lots of Apple stuff close together)
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Agreed, There is more to a display besides resolution, though I am not really sure what you are seeing from the display overall that makes it bad besides the below cons.

Cons
  • It lacks Pro-Motion
  • It certainly jelly scrolls in Portrait mode
  • It could stand to be brighter (500 Nits is just not enough anymore)

Pros
  • It has a high pixel density (326ppi)
  • It has good viewing angles overall
  • contrast ratio is fair (not great) 1325:1 (compare to iPad Air 2020 1305:1)
  • P3 display with reviewer confirmed good color accuracy
  • Decent viewing angles
Below are a couple of charts (as tested) by Notebook check. The Mini 6 isn't perfect, but far from garbage. It actually compares reasonably well with the iPad Air 6 in many ways, a much newer device! According to them it is also more color accurate than many other devices which is one of the key reasons I like using it as a run and gun photo editor (granted not in bright daylight lol)

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Correction, I misread the color chart, it is behind the Air 6, but still reasonable compared to peers then and now.

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The jelly scroll is what stopped me from getting the mini 6.

For reference I'm the type that 120hz is a nice to have but 60hz is fine kind of person. 4K is overkill, 1440p is totally sufficient type of person. I'm not a display snob.

Every time I would test out an iPad mini 6 in the Apple store I noticed the jelly scroll immediately. I've never seen anything like it on any other display I've used. If you don't use the iPad mini for portrait web browsing, I can see how you could ignore it. But that is how I use my iPad and it was a deal breaker.

The iPad mini 7 can't come out fast enough. I don't need it to do anything super fancy or flashy. The current design is perfect IMO. Just PLEASE fix that screen and give us 128gb base storage and I will buy it.
 
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Make it a phone for those of us with big hands and large pockets. Target the photography market as iPhones are just too small to fit proper sensors/lenses.

Give it the 120hz OLED panel.
Give it the M4 pro chip.
Give it a vapor chamber.
Give it 16gb of ram.
Give it a Sony APS-C sensor and a true optical zoom lens 18-155.

I’d pay whatever Tim asked for this.
 
840quadra said:
It's an anomaly with LCD screens, just more noticeable on the Mini. I tend to use my iPads in Landscape so completely a non-issue for me overall.
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So if anything, the new iPad mini should worsen the problem for you with the display controller rotating..?
 
redbeard331 said:
Make it a phone for those of us with big hands and large pockets. Target the photography market as iPhones are just too small to fit proper sensors/lenses.

Give it the 120hz OLED panel.
Give it the M4 pro chip.
Give it a vapor chamber.
Give it 16gb of ram.
Give it a Sony APS-C sensor and a true optical zoom lens 18-155.

I’d pay whatever Tim asked for this.
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No joke, this iPad mini you describe would probably cost at least double, with half the battery life.
Unless you want to make it thicker and heavier, but then you've basically got an iPad Pro 11.
 
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Moukee said:
So if anything, the new iPad mini should worsen the problem for you with the display controller rotating..?
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If the refresh / screen draw is fast enough maybe not. It exists on my iPad Pro M3, but it is not as pronounced with the quicker screen draw.

If they go OLED (unlikely but greatly desired), it may be a non issue overall.
 
Jeeve Stubbs said:
It may seem a bummer for iPad Mini owners that Apple only updates the device every three years or so (versus every year for Air and Pro), but this means that every update is a rather major one and worth getting.
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...and that it WON'T suffer the mysterious "long in tooth" effect across several generation of iPadOS updates... because it is still the "latest" generation for sale right now.

As a long term iPad Mini user, I don't desire annual updates. I'd rather have "latest gen" running at full speed for the usual approx. 3 years or so until the next gen rolls out. Since the prior gen is usually not "slowed down" either for a good while after that, any one generation is probably feeling "like new" for upwards of 5 or 6 years. My last hop was from 2 to 6 because of this. My next hop will probably be 9 or 10.
 
danpass said:
not even the M1 chip?

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The M1 chip...
has the same NPU from the A14, a 4 year old chip. only 11 TOPs compared to 35 on the A17.
uses older DDR5 RAM.
Has a GPU less capable than the A17 and A18.
is less power efficiant than the A17 or A18.

People still don't seem to really understand what the M chips are, they arent always better than the A chips.
The M1 is like the A14X, and the M4 is like an A18X.
 
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jimthing said:
Note the consensus, Apple!:

------------------>> FACE ID <<------------------
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Now qualify it: do we want it to roll out with the notch or island to get FaceID? As is, Mini is notch and island free (selfie camera fits inside the thin bezel). I much prefer a full rectangular screen than adding either to bring on this feature.

If they can implement it without a notch or island, OK. But can they?
 
redbeard331 said:
Make it a phone for those of us with big hands and large pockets. Target the photography market as iPhones are just too small to fit proper sensors/lenses.

Give it the 120hz OLED panel.
Give it the M4 pro chip.
Give it a vapor chamber.
Give it 16gb of ram.
Give it a Sony APS-C sensor and a true optical zoom lens 18-155.

I’d pay whatever Tim asked for this.
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I've never owned an iPhone. Cellular iPad mini 2 and then 6 have stood in as my "phone" (voip app and buds) just as an iPhone can stand in as a map or flashlight. Telephony is but an app. Messages & Safari (apps) work on iPad.

It already IS a great (and much less expensive) "phone" if anyone wants it to be one. Doubt it? Download any of the VOIP apps to an iPad you already own (wifi or cellular). Most will give you a number. Text your iPhone and reply from your iPhone to see that texting works. Call your iPhone and then call your iPad number from your iPhone to see that phone calls work.

Basically, it "just works."

Are there some compromises? Yes. Most notable is that this "phone" is not pocketable except bigger coat/suit pockets. There's also some other things Apple reserves for iPhone, not available on iPad. But still, basic telephony works just fine for me and I don't feel like I'm missing a thing.
 
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Silver or white (so the wear doesn't show up as quickly/easily). 512GB+ ... and a stretch "thinner bezels"? I'll buy even if it's 2 out of 3.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Now qualify it: do we want it to roll out with the notch or island to get FaceID? As is, Mini is notch and island free (selfie camera fits inside the thin bezel). I much prefer a full rectangular screen than adding either to bring on this feature.

If they can implement it without a notch or island, OK. But can they?
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The Pro's do this just fine.
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
Resolving the jelly by only rotating the screen simply means the jelly then shows when using it in landscape mode... which is a common way to use it for many things- such as web browsing... which is a common point of complaint when one sees jelly.

I own the 6 and see jelly... but don't care. Hopefully besides just rotating the screen, the screen quality actually improves as well.

Bring on the 7. My next upgrade will probably be the 9 or 10 in about 2029-30 or so. My last hop was from 2 to 6. A great thing about Mini is that it has LONG USE LEGS. Since Apple releases one and then leaves it as THE one for a few years, it doesn't seem to suffer from the "long in tooth" effect that impacts iPhones with new models rolling out every year. Funny how that works like that. ;)
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Jelly will be less noticeable in landscape as the “drop off” will happen across a longer distance from left to right.
 
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MrGimper said:
Jelly will be less noticeable in landscape as the “drop off” will happen across a longer distance fro left to right.
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I'll hope right with anyone else. To me, jelly shows in the peripheral and I'd see it "slightly wider" as easily as I'd see it more narrow. IMO: the real solution is a screen UPGRADE in quality, not just a rotation. But we'll all see (or not see) soon enough.
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
I'll hope right with anyone else. To me, jelly shows in the peripheral and I'd see it "slightly wider" as easily as I'd see it more narrow. IMO: the real solution is a screen UPGRADE in quality, not just a rotation. But we'll all see (or not see) soon enough.
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All screens have jelly, it's just how noticeable it is. The mini 4 had it in landscape, my M1 12.9 does if I really concentrate.
 
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