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Upcoming iPad Mini 7 Still Rumored to Lack 120Hz ProMotion Display
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I love my mini 6 and ProMotion would be nice, but anyone who thought 120Hz was coming to the mini 7 hasn't been paying attention.
Best guess: iPad Mini 7 released before the holidays, has A17, jelly scroll moved back to landscape ala Mini 5 and earlier, base storage bumped to 128gb. Maybe coinciding with an Air update that is similar.
Q1 or Q2 2024: iPad Pro line released carrying the M3, with a small chance a Mini Pro is part of this. If it’s gonna happen, that’s when they would do it. They need the 3nm chip tech to make the battery life and efficiency targets necessary for the smaller device to have the 120hz screen.
Q1 or Q2 2024: iPad Pro line released carrying the M3, with a small chance a Mini Pro is part of this. If it’s gonna happen, that’s when they would do it. They need the 3nm chip tech to make the battery life and efficiency targets necessary for the smaller device to have the 120hz screen.
I don't own an iPad mini, but i see two of you have mentioned the OS being unoptimized and i'm curious what that means in this context.
For my use case, ProMotion would be nice but isn’t the most important thing. I know it’s hard to do with size, but having a brighter screen without a gigantic hit to battery would be nice. My Mini is used outdoors 99% of the time, and as such would be nice to be able to see it easier when wearing sunglasses.
The Pro of the ProMotion indicates it’s also a pro feature is it not? At least that is some people like to claim or explain why the non Pro iPhones are not with promotion.
Yeah that's how its marketed right now. It's only in the Macbook Pro, iPad Pro, and iPhone Pro if I recall correctly.
The A17 Pro chip is overall better than the M1, and more suited to the Mini chassis. Apple should give the iPad Air's and Mini 90 hz refresh screens at least, but that probably wont happen will it.
“In this years new iPad we sourced renewable baby seal bone to replace the aluminum and plastic internals.
All cables are sourced from well used yet completely functional sex toys.
The glass is sourced from blown out windows from a warzone and perfectly curated to bring this the most carbon neutral iPad to date. You’re gonna love it! “ -Tim Apple.
My son has the newest mini. He uses it for games and streaming. I’ve had to backup and restore the mini twice since June. It crashes often and apple support says “ restore the iPad “ of which I’ve done a few times. It has apple care and apparently a software issue doesn’t necessitate a send in for further investigation.
To be honest, the Mini just isn't even worth it for most people. It used to be the cheap iPad, now it's become awkward and kind of overpriced.
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It’s just a dumb marketing term they made up. iPhone 15 is the most expensive phone on the market that still uses a 60hz screen.
I experienced this too when using the Samsung S10e. When I switched to Apple (13 mini) there were almost none left (or I could tolerate it because Samsung was so bad). But none of them felt as comfortable as the LG G4's 500+ ppi IPS LCD screen 😭😭😭 Bring IPS LCD's back I'm begging 😩😩😩
Samsung and friends make panels based on what Apple and other companies provide to them. They don’t make displays with dynamic island or a notch and specific holes in certain places for cameras until someone like Apple has them make it.
I care about OLED more than I care about 120 Hz. It's sad that I have to grab an iPhone when I want to see some content in the best quality among Apple's devices. Rather than iPad or MacBook. OLED or MicroLED. MiniLED is just a temporary patch.
Welp another year, another no iPad Mini for me then. I'm not buying any more Apple products with displays that have low refresh rates. It's officially time to stop calling 90Hz and above "high refresh rate" and start calling 60Hz and below "low refresh rate."
I’ve had iPad mini ever since the first gen. I have a mini6. I also a a full spec brand new iPad loaded. Only difference is that the large one can run some software that the mini can’t handle. I’ve never motived jelly on any mini. I suppose if I watched a YouTube video on how to identify it I might find it.
I just wish I could get a mini7 with serious processing power
If there are extensive media coverage and reports everywhere, maybe? But as things like this always go: you can’t see what I see and you can’t hear what I hear. It is extraordinarily difficult to let general public to even be aware of the issue, let alone pushing Apple to fix it.
Lots and lots of 120hz LCD screen out there so obviously no.
Lack of awareness is why this issue remains unaddressed, and likely will remain that way for years.
Promotion is not needed. I would LOVE to have the iPhone 15 (standard) screen on the iPad mini and a fix for the jelly scroll that once again properly assumes that unlike larger iPads, a small iPad is going to be used in portrait mode more while scrolling (video and games use landscape but don’t require scrolling). I honestly don’t know why anyone would, on a regular basis scroll webpages in landscape on a screen with so little vertical height in that direction.
Just meaningfully improve the screen (better brightness would be fantastic) and maybe improve battery life while keeping the processor up to date.
The iPad mini is really the only good option in its class. I hope Apple doesn’t mess it up!
Just meaningfully improve the screen (better brightness would be fantastic) and maybe improve battery life while keeping the processor up to date.
The iPad mini is really the only good option in its class. I hope Apple doesn’t mess it up!