Yes. No. Maybe.
They sold a jelly-scrolling screen acting like it's normal for three years, they won't tell you so you'll have to wait until someone on Reddit or YouTube tests it out for you.
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Apple announces new iPad mini with Apple Intelligence support
- Thread starter Spectromixer
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They sold a jelly-scrolling screen acting like it's normal for three years, they won't tell you so you'll have to wait until someone on Reddit or YouTube tests it out for you.
The A17 Pro is in the iPhone 15 Pro and has been confirmed for Apple Intelligence from the jump.
8GB RAM is necessary and the A17 Pro has it.
Oh duh. I forgot iPhones don't have M chips. But that's nice. I have a 15 Pro. So basically the new iPad would be a giant 15 Pro. lol
And I just checked the comparison page and the colors are slightly different now. The purple is now only slightly more purple and less pink, and the blue that looks like green is now actually pink. But that's it.
Except the iPhone 15 Pro comes with 6GB of RAM and there's a pretty decent chance this thing won't have more than 6 either.
That's not correct. The 15 and 15 Plus have 6GB. The 15 Pro and Pro Max both have 8GB.
Serves me right for trusting Google's info card, I stand corrected.
Ah, you're right, I didn't realize I was on edu pricing, which is how I always get my stuff lol. Great point about the tax-in price. Europe is far superior that way.
Apple's really looking out for the best interests of consumers aren't they.
Yes please! If the new Mac Mini gets an option for M4 Pro and 10gb Ethernet, I will order it day one.
I switched from 12.9 + mini to an 11 when the mini jelly scroll became truly too much for me to deal with. That said, if they have sorted the jelly scroll on this one I could definitely be tempted.
To the people whining about ProMotion: keep wishing for a Mini Pro. You're not getting it before that becomes a reality.
I would buy an iPad Mini if it had 120 Hz. Still my favorite form factor, but can't do it without 120 Hz at this point.
Sad they didn't add M1 but also glad they are still making this form factor. After I heard that pilots use the mini I feel it will stick around but there is always the possibility of Apple killing it.
I don't think that's fair, both the insult and the expectation that this is a Pro feature. You can buy Android phones at 250 bucks with 120Hz screens at this point.
honestly releasing anything with 60Hz at this price point is taking the piss.
I don't disagree. I'm just trying to hint at what's going to happen.
Assuming your device does/will support it, it's essentially baked into the phone. That said, in its current form, it basically just summarizes your notifications and is another wrapper for ChatGPT in the Notes app.
The iPad mini has never had the M-series chip (or the A#X-class chip before that), so I'm not sure why you'd expect this one would?
The real head-scratcher is why the A17 Pro (built on the first-gen, lower-volume, dead-end 3nm process) instead of the A18 (built on the higher-volume, more widely used and potentially cheaper second-gen 3nm process). There's a reason the M4 came out so soon after the M3; the first-gen 3nm process was very much a stopgap and a pilot project.
I recently bought an Android tablet with an excellent 12" 3k 120fps screen and that cost me a whole £200.
That scrolling problem was really annoying once you notice it. I doubt that will be fixed, sadly, but there was some rumor that they might change the orientation of screen breakup so it's less noticeable or something.
www.macrumors.com
'Jelly Scrolling' Rumored to Be Reduced on iPad Mini 7 Thanks to Rotated Screen Assembly
The seventh-generation iPad mini's screen assembly will be rotated to reduce the effect of "jelly scrolling" that some users complain...
www.macrumors.com
Weird update. A17 Pro instead of A18 is disappointing, and it looks like that's really all they've done to it. Hopefully they fixed the jelly scrolling too at least, and it should have 8 GB of ram which is a big upgrade.
After buying the 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, literally no chance I'm ever going back to non-OLED. Best screen in the game.
I'm really tempted to get this, the 8" screen would be perfect for reading on. If I force myself to think about it rationally for a little while though I realize that between my 6.9" iPhone 16 Pro Max and my 13" iPad Pro M4 I really can't justify a third device (especially when the screen is such a step down from the two devices I do have).
I think the answer might be that they're using binned A17 Pros.
This version is a 5 core GPU, and the iPhone 15 Pro had 6 cores.
Since the iPad mini is low volume, maybe they have enough of these chips left over to get through a year or two while still meeting the requirements for Apple intelligence.
Given how long the wait was for this one, it's pretty unimpressive. A series instead of M series means no true Stage Manager external monitor support, right? So basically this is for people choosing between the base model and the small option.
Unless they're going to refresh this much sooner next time, 120hz is a long ways down the road. Kinda crazy for a $500 device.
Unless they're going to refresh this much sooner next time, 120hz is a long ways down the road. Kinda crazy for a $500 device.
Sounds like a Windom Earle type cruel remark to me Coop.
That said, the mini has been at a bad spot in the lineup for a really long time for features vs. price, particularly now that the Air is on M chips as well. At this point they might as well just make the mini an 8.3" version of the base ipad and acknowledge it as the afterthought that it seemingly is.
Yeah people be whining about missing cheap baseline features
OLED would be nice, but no 120hz is pretty much a dealbreaker in 2024. Nice about the storage bump, but that should have been the baseline years ago and they should really be looking at 256 as the baseline these days. Still, I'd consider this if it had a solid discount. the ipad mini is my favorite way to read books and comics, and my gen 2 mini chugs so hard even opening the Apple Bookstore that its almost unusable these days.
Not even having 90Hz is blowing my mind, it feels like this device exists just to recycle some parts.
Well, the Air also didn't have it up until a few years ago and then they added it. So I think it's not unreasonable to expect Apple to move all non entry level ipads to the m series.
Anyways, that will probably happen in 2026 with the rumored ipad mini with oled and pro motion. This is a stop gap for now.
Yeah, 120hz being locked to Pro models is such a weird decision for something that is sold as a high end product. 90hz should be base for anything Apple really, especially how stupidly expensive they are compared to Android.
If I didn't upgrade from mini5 to mini6 due to my kids cracking the mini5 screen I'd probably bite. Best form factor, 128GB would be nice, I use the mini a ton — but it does what I need and the 17 pro usage seems suspect at best.
If we get a OLED mini in 2026 great, if not I'll just keep using my current mini6 till the kids get it stuck in Between the couch and break it again.
If we get a OLED mini in 2026 great, if not I'll just keep using my current mini6 till the kids get it stuck in Between the couch and break it again.
