When Will Apple Launch the iPad Mini 7?

joshwithachance said:
They need to completely re-do the display because the jelly scroll in portrait is a MAJOR issue...
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Nope they can substitute a different display using high refresh rate. Seems the market place is producing 90 Hz OLED and 120 Hz in LCD panels.

Samsung’s display subsidiary, the eponymous Samsung Display Co., has announced its intention to begin producing 90Hz OLED panels(opens in new tab) for laptop PCs starting in March. Although many gaming laptops now offer screens with much higher refresh rates, Samsung reckons 90Hz on a OLED panel makes for comparable performance in terms of response as 120Hz in LCD format.
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I have a mini 5 that I never really took a liking to and eventually it was taken over by the kids who use it regularly to this day. I started traveling again regularly for work and wanted something that could be used for media consumption and web browsing during travel without me having to use my iPhone. I again purchased another cellular mini (this time the 6) so I could use it for backup if my iPhone was lost/broken/stolen and I needed it for tickets or airline app use while on the road.

I’m finding the mini 6 to be perfect for me. I even use it in ways I didn’t even consider with the 5, even though the 5 had some of those features (side car, Apple Pencil). I love using the mini 6 on long flights so I don‘t deplete my phone battery, the larger screen being a bonus. Also the size of the mini doesn’t inconvenience me at all like the larger iPads did when I had those.

If a 7 was released this year i‘d consider the upgrade if there were a few new features, if just a spec bump I’d probably hold off or at least wait to see how the early adopters were liking it.
 
AMessy said:
If a 7 was released this year i‘d consider the upgrade if there were a few new features, if just a spec bump I’d probably hold off or at least wait to see how the early adopters were liking it.
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I would expect the following, M1 or M2 (8 GB RAM), 128 GB Storage, perhaps a better camera imagery processor, use a higher refresh rate for display but not necessarily promotion. The Mini versus the Air seems now to keep bumping up each other specs during alternative years, 2023 is the iPads Mini turn.
 
wba1990 said:
Really tempted to get a Mini recently, biggest things putting me off is the next one could be soon within the next 12 months, I'd prefer Face ID, and the biggest issue is storage, 64GB is too little, but then jumping up to the 256GB the price is then too much for what I'd personally want from a mini tablet to be
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yeah, that jump from 64 to 256 is a pretty big annoying marketing ploy.
 
jimmy_uk said:
There is, you just don't see it (are not sensitive to it). Lucky you.

I have read this type of comment 100 times from owners that don't see the jelly scroll on the Mini 6. I can even see it a little on my iPhone 11 in landscape mode, especially on this forum as there are lots of straight lines. We're all wired differently I guess but I never really noticed jelly effect until using the Mini 6 - now I can't unsee it.
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I said I can definitely see it on my mini 6. There is no jelly scroll on my iPad Pro. It's just not there.
 
Raist3001 said:
I said I can definitely see it on my mini 6. There is no jelly scroll on my iPad Pro. It's just not there.
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There is, even on the Pro models, you just don't see it. All ipads have jelly scroll to different degrees, Mini 6 being the most obvious.
 
The only improvement the iPad Mini desperately needs is a better display. Set aside the jelly scrolling issue, it just has a noticeably worse display than any other iPad. I do notice the jelly scrolling, and it is by far the worst I have ever seen on any Apple display. But even setting that aside, I do see and feel a downgrade compared to other iPad displays.

Other than that, it is a fantastic device. It is my primary iPad, despite also owning a 12.9” M1 Pro. I love its size and weight. The only improvement I “want” is a better display.
 
tn-xyz said:
improved UI. it’s horribly downscaled for its size.
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Yeah, there's a few things that confuse me. Like I get why enabling swipe typing on the keyboard doesn't make sense for bigger iPads, but it really feels missing here (although might clash with the drag-down gesture for symbols)

Apple Knowledge Navigator said:
Please tell me you're joking. It wastes enough space as it is on the larger iPads, I can't even imagine it on a Mini.
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I can see Stage Manager being useful if the iPad Mini was a single-screen device, i.e. when you plugged in a monitor it only went to there and the device display switched off. That might be an interesting option?
 
vitaminjuk said:
Yeah, there's a few things that confuse me. Like I get why enabling swipe typing on the keyboard doesn't make sense for bigger iPads, but it really feels missing here (although might clash with the drag-down gesture for symbols)
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I never understood the logic behind not enabling swipe typing on the iPad keyboard. I use it on my Surface Pro all the time, works great. Honestly it seems like a super bone headed decision not to include it, at least that's what I think every time I go to swipe and realize again that it's missing.
 
Wingdinger said:
If they don’t put a 120 hz screen in the next Mini I’ll lose my sheet. 😐 I want a mini so badly. I’ve even had two Mini 6s but the screen is so bad I couldn’t stand it, got rid of both of them. They honestly feel so laggy with 60 hz plus jelly scroll. All my other devices have ProMotion, it’s intolerable.
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The issue with the Mini gets worse when you consider the software - it’s just not scaled well for use on that screen size. I was forever fiddling with per app text scaling. Teams was the worst - moving to 110% glitched the text to closer to 200% (a bug in Teams I’m sure).
 
My 11” iPad Pro is my main computer & art creation tool… but I travel a lot, and I love my iPad mini. In many ways it is my favorite iPad. The perfect media consumption & digital sketchbook while on the go. So compact it fits into my cargo pants pocket… yet the screen is so much larger & better to work on than my iPhone Pro max. If Apple finally gives the iPad mini 7 pro motion I will get it in a heartbeat. Hoping for a Fall 2023 update, but March 2024 looks more likely. We shall see.
 
At a minimum of $CDN679, it is - and here I'm being generous - $400 over priced for what it is.
Apple Tax gone wild.
 
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