#IPAD MINI SMART NOTES PRO#
It also has slightly rounded corners like the rest of the iPad Pro and Air line. The 8.3-inch, 2,266x1,488-pixel display is a longer display than the 2019 iPad Mini's. Playing a few games from Apple Arcade, comparing side by side with the 2019 iPad Mini, I think: Wait, does this new iPad display look smaller?
The iPad Mini 2019 (left) versus iPad Mini 2021: Videos look bigger with less bezel.Ī new aspect ratio means larger videos, but some apps don't benefit They become even more noticeable when using certain apps (see below). And the bezels, while smaller, are still very noticeable to me. The repositioned volume buttons on the top edge of the iPad feel weird, though maybe they make more sense when watching videos in landscape mode.
I love the look, and it makes me want to use the iPad, even if I'm not interested in using a Mini. The flat edges, the sharper screen, the better stereo speakers, a USB-C port, a side magnetic charge strip where second-gen Pencils can snap onto and a side Touch ID home button… this is the total makeover I wanted in the 2019 iPad Mini. The design of this iPad is completely revamped, much like the iPad Air last year. The iPad Mini's squared-off corners and USB-C port, next to the ninth-gen iPad's older Lightning port. I guess it's why people like big folding phones, too. I took it to the doctor's office even though I have a phone. In the last few days, I've started taking it everywhere. It was better than using a phone, but I also thought… hmm, a regular-size iPad would be easier to read. I stood it up (using the sold-separately smart cover) on my back porch table while putting together a Weber charcoal grill, and called up the instruction manual. But these days, I'm still mostly carrying it around the house. It's still significantly bigger than an iPhone 12 Pro (more than twice the size), and I have to admit, I'm carrying it around for reading and games a lot more than I was expecting. The Mini uses magnets on the back so that a wraparound folio cover snaps right on, but like the iPad Pro and iPad Air cases, that won't provide any drop protection.īut yes, this is bigger than an iPhone. You'll also need a brand-new cover, since no older Mini ones fit. And the usable screen space gets even smaller when you use the onscreen keyboard to type. You can pair a keyboard with Bluetooth, but there's no dedicated keyboard case (maybe Logitech or others will make one). The iPad Mini is definitely bigger than that. Mine is purple, but the matte aluminum finish looks more like a slight variation of gray.Īnd while that small size could be appealing to some people as a bigger-than-a-phone-smaller-than-most-iPads thing, it also makes using it as a laptop replacement really hard. The Mini comes in new colors now, but they're very very subtle. It's got a smaller footprint than the 2019 iPad Mini, in fact, but it's also a bit thicker. It feels fine held in one hand, and it's easy to carry around in a pinch. The size of this iPad lines up much more with the folding-phone-phablet-Kindle-Switch landscape. After using a larger 12.9-inch iPad Pro recently, this iPad feels extremely tiny. IPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro 12.9-inch: a progression of sizes.Īs I take the iPad Mini out of its box, I think to myself, Oh, this really is small. I'm going to stop trying to type on this Mini, and go back to my laptop to continue this review.
And with iPhones, more affordable iPads and flashy but still-evolving foldable devices all doing what this Mini does (and possibly better), you have to consider this Mini an overdue revamp that's unnecessary for most. But I won't be doing any serious writing on it. And really, all of its features seem upgraded, making for a lovely, speedy little tablet. The Mini has grown on me the more I've used it.
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