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iPad mini Is it possible the non retina Mini has been upgraded?

mcdj

mcdj

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I sold my 2012 Mini to fund an Air. Returned the Air (too big, too pink). Bought a 16gb loaner Mini (Space Gray) until the retina comes out.

I swear the thing runs a lot faster and smoother than my 2012 Mini. I restored from Cloud backup, not set up as new.

Someone mentioned the battery has a different spec than the 2012 Mini. I wonder if there are other changes.

I assume we will not see a tear down. Has anyone heard anything else?
 
Would be nice to think it had been upgraded , but i doubt it.

Where did you hear about the battery?

Does the screen look exactly the same as the 2012 model, any difference in calibration or pixel structure etc.
 
Can you test the battery life? Because the old 2012 Slate Mini has 16.3 watt-hour battery and based on specs, the 2013 Space Gray Mini has 23.4 watt-hour. Another thing I've noticed, the new Mini appears to have a T-Mobile version now.
 
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mcdj said:
I sold my 2012 Mini to fund an Air. Returned the Air (too big, too pink). Bought a 16gb loaner Mini (Space Gray) until the retina comes out.

I swear the thing runs a lot faster and smoother than my 2012 Mini. I restored from Cloud backup, not set up as new.

Someone mentioned the battery has a different spec than the 2012 Mini. I wonder if there are other changes.

I assume we will not see a tear down. Has anyone heard anything else?
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More likely that software upgrades have increased performance. Even more likely that this is imagined...:eek:
 
DisplacedMic said:
More likely that software upgrades have increased performance. Even more likely that this is imagined...:eek:
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Not sure what you mean; was running 7.0.3 on the 2012, and now with the Space Gray.

Yes, imagined is possible, but in real world practice, for example, the ebay app definitely runs smoother. Spotlight is faster. Safari tabs are not refreshing as readily.

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patseguin said:
No, it hasn't.
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Oh, well then it's settled. Thanks for your sage reasoned reply.
 
It's not entirely impossible that factory installed software is better than OTA updated software. Your new tablet is a truly.clean slate as well, without little bits of data that are hard to.get rid of on an old tablet. That's an upgrade right there. ;)
 
mcdj said:
Not sure what you mean; was running 7.0.3 on the 2012, and now with the Space Gray.

Yes, imagined is possible, but in real world practice, for example, the ebay app definitely runs smoother. Spotlight is faster. Safari tabs are not refreshing as readily.

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Oh, well then it's settled. Thanks for your sage reasoned reply.
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what i meant was exactly that - software updates had updated the os. I didn't know you had been running the latest update.

maybe yours was in need of a factory reset or something else was wrong with it?

as for your reply to the other guy - didn't he answer exactly what you asked? seems like a fairly binary question, what exactly do you need reasoned?
 
DisplacedMic said:
what i meant was exactly that - software updates had updated the os. I didn't know you had been running the latest update.

maybe yours was in need of a factory reset or something else was wrong with it?

as for your reply to the other guy - didn't he answer exactly what you asked? seems like a fairly binary question, what exactly do you need reasoned?
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A random dude saying no, unless that random dude did a tear down or works at Apple, is conjecture at best, as logical, or ultimately correct, as it may be.
 
mcdj said:
A random dude saying no, unless that random dude did a tear down or works at Apple, is conjecture at best, as logical, or ultimately correct, as it may be.
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fair enough, that's true. but i think when you hear hoofbeats you should think horses before you think zebras, you know?
 
My intuition tells me that this is because it's like having a clean install. But I'm as far as you can get from a tech guru so it's possible :)
 
I guess the only reason I'm even considering the possibility is that they did some kind of upgrade, as I recall, with the ipad 2 at some point.
 
mcdj said:
I guess the only reason I'm even considering the possibility is that they did some kind of upgrade, as I recall, with the ipad 2 at some point.
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They did to a smaller 32nm process. Better battery life but performance was the same.
 
Hi, it's me who aksed if the battery upgrade on the website were a mistake or a real upgrade ?

Just look before, the ipad had a 16,3wh battery and the new one get a 23,4wh but with the same weight.

I don't know if it possible but the only thing you can do is to measure the weight and see if it's up to 308gr and test the battery life with a video play back?
 
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