I found those claims are pretty accurate, using the device for about three hours per night three nights in a row for reading and browsing Reddit before I needed to recharge it. That drops to nine hours if you're on cellular. Apple promises up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching videos or listening to music. It's useful to keep the pencil in your bag for when you need it.īattery life remains about the same as the last iPad mini. Plus, the iPad software also supports the pencil for all sorts of stuff, such as writing in search bars, converting notes from handwriting to text and dragging and dropping photos. Artists might like the feature that allows the smaller iPad to double as a portable sketchbook. I used it to sign several child-care documents. The new iPad Mini supports the better second-generation Apple Pencil, which sticks to the side of the tablet and charges magnetically. I don't use the Apple Pencil often, but it's super handy to have when I need to sign something. It works great and I'm glad Apple started to bring this to all of its iPads instead of just the more expensive Pro models. It's a great new feature, also in the new regular iPad, which tracks you as you move around during a video chat. It replaces the lower-quality 7-megapixel camera on the older model and now supports Center Stage, which made its debut in the iPads Pro in May. The front-facing 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens is a more important upgrade. I don't take photos with my iPad, since the one on my iPhone is always better and easier to reach for, but it's a sharper 12-megapixel resolution and is still useful for snapping pictures of documents or other things you need to sign. The cameras also received a much-needed upgrade. It doesn't support the fastest mmwave flavor of 5G like the iPhones and iPad Pro do, but those mmwave networks are still really sparse and you need to be standing near the tower to use them, so I don't think that's a huge loss right now. But you'll pay an additional $150 for 5G support. The graphics bump really just means it will hold up to the latest games and photo or video editing apps better than the last version, though serious photogs should consider the Pro models, which are more powerful.Īpple also added a 5G option to the iPad Mini for the first time, which means you can download apps, music and movies faster if you're away from home. It's a noticeable change over my aging iPad Mini from 2019, especially now that Apple's latest iPad update includes things like home screen widgets and improved multitasking. It has Apple's latest A15 processor, which gives it a 40% processor bump and 80% graphics bump from the A12 chip used in its predecessor. It takes some getting used to if you're used to a home button or Face ID on an iPhone or iPad. Instead, there's a small fingerprint reader in the power button, just like on the iPad Air. I've been a big iPad Mini fan since the first model was introduced, and I dig that it's all-screen now, without a home button. It's perfect for reading on the couch, sort of the same way I'd use a Kindle, but with the option to also listen to music, continue texting with friends or check in on my fantasy football team.
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