iPad mini 7 - 10 Actually GOOD Reasons to Upgrade!

Is Apple's NEW iPad mini 7 GOOD ENOUGH to upgrade to? Let me explain!

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iPad mini 7 is here! - 00:00
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Should you upgrade - 06:35

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[georgewashington]

Lame upgrade.

- Jelly scroll fixed? NOPE
- ProMotion? NOPE
- OLED/mini-LED? NOPE
- Thinner bezels? NOPE
- FaceID? NOPE
- Latest A-series chip (A18 Pro) since it’s updated only every 3 years? NOPE, just a crippled (“binned”) A17 Pro.

Pathetic.

[ordinaryalan]

Every other tech youtuber has concluded that this is a 'modest' upgrade and not necessary for most people...but of course Max Tech is gonna love anything Apple does. Literally Apple could have just updated the new colors and they'd be bursting with glee.

[RichieLanderos]

Alright, now it’s really getting insane that they continue to release products in late 2024 with no 120hz.

[Tobia]

Are you serious??? Old Form factor, old iPhone Chip, same thick display bezels, 60 Hz... Is Apple paying you for this promotion? Ohhhh they fixed a major bug in the Display. Wow! This is a joke, not a good one. The iPad mini should have no bezels, smaller form factor, being lighter and a 120 Hz display.

[newsnetworkz]

They should have put A18 SoC & 120 Hz display it would have been a decent upgrade

[FaceyDuck]

What is this dude on about, we got a basic spec bump that took them 3 years.

[boyantrifonov]

No 120Hz Pro Motion = No Buy

Simple.

[dunningkruger]

It's a little disappointing that Apple is using a 5-core GPU variant of the A17 Pro chip. This means that these are the leftover chips that didn't have all 6 GPU cores working up to standard and that the better binned chips were used in last year's iPhones. I'm interested in seeing the GPU performance benchmark results compared to the M1 iPad Air.

I had been a Mini user since the iPad Mini 2, but I bought a 256gb M1 iPad Air in July on sale for $499. I'm glad that I did given that the new Mini did not eclipse it in performance. Perhaps its neural engine is better suited to run the new AI features, so I'll be watching benchmark reviews in the future to compare.

[David-rtvj]

We got many iPad Minis with Apple Pencils in a Hospital and my heart stopped as you first said that the Pencil 2 is not longer supported and you have to buy the Pencil Pro because they just need it to click on apps and check some Boxes. Thank god the Pencil USB C is also supported

[ronakbarman]

I wish there was an ipad mini pro ish thing, it would be sooo damn good for gaming, my pro feels a little too big sometimes

[josephglover]

If I'm going to use an iPad, then I am sure to grab the iPad mini; that said, I never grab my iPad mini because it is in that gray area between the phone and the laptop. The iPad Pro + keyboard never made much sense to me, because my laptop weighs less and runs a superior OS; I ended up just giving it away.

[loughrey]

I'm upgrading as I'm having a lot of issues dealing with the 64gb iPad mini 6 (which is only about 50gb of usable memory). I also would love to get 8GB RAM at the 4GB doesn't cut it anymore and always find apps and tabs constantly reloading. It's also thr cheapest access for me into Apple Intelligence as I won't be upgrading to the iPhone 16 this year ( though I will have it on my 16 inch M1 Pro). For me it's great price for an 8GB iPad mini with 128gb storage. It's a much better buy than the iPad mini 6 was.

What I would love to know is if the iPad mini will get the 35w charging speeds like the iPhone 16 did, especially as they upgrading the USB-C to double the transfer speeds. I would hate that the iPad mini is still charging at 20w considering it's a bigger battery than the iPhone 16 so takes longer to charge.

It'll also be interesting to know if they bumped the battery capacity slightly as Apple Intelligence will require more power

[WestonWoodfin]

This might be the longest time between upgrades for the lest amount of "upgrades". I am a bit disappointed.

[Kudammxknesebeck]

So the broken 15 Pro Chips Are Coming to the iPad mini 1 year later. Apple is genius

[cybertruck]

Thoughts as using it instead of iPhone as your everyday device. I rarely use my existing iPhone to take calls. Using the mini to read when I am out makes more sense than the iPhone. Would it be a mistake to replace my iPhone with the mini?

[baskorosuryaputra]

Very disappointed that they don’t just give it the A18 chip. This was the one iPad release that I’ve been waiting for.
Edit: still gonna see how it performs for gaming since the iPad Mini 6 handles most games better than its iPhone counterpart.

[D_T]

My advice, buy a refurbished iPad Pro… 120hz makes a difference on bigger screens.. it’s worth the extra $200

[dipper]

I want a smaller iPad. Would this be a downgrade from iPad Air 5? Is the M1 much better than A17 Pro?

[siposdenes]

Also the new iPad Mini has 10Gb/s USB-C speed.

[Jjsargcjttx]

Removal of the Nano sim is a DEALBREAKER. I swap out the sim between my iPhone and my iPad Air Cellular constantly, when my iPhone dies i have a backup device.