But theoretically those unused chips had all 6 GPU cores already built into them, no?
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Here are reasons to upgrade :
- apple intelligence
- a17 chip
- 8gb of ram
- pencil pro support
- pencil hover support
- 128gb base storage
- HDR 4 in photos
- New flash light
I’m curious if the jelly scrolling is fixed? That was a deal breaker.
It's a smart move for sure -- we all heard the rumors the initial 3nm N3B yields were bad, so it makes sense they were stashing a ton of binned chips and looking for somewhere to use them... Makes me wonder if this could be the next iPhone SE chip as well, or perhaps the next Apple TV (since it's a much lower volume product).
Also curious that the metal score is nowhere close to 5/6 of the iPhone 15 Pro. I suppose iPad mini is pushing those cores a bit harder to compensate, and/or the cooling is better.
N3B is inferior only from cost perspective- new 3nm technology which is more expensive than a18. I don’t mind getting more expensive chip even though it is “inferior” from cost perspective to the manufacturer.
I had a mini 6 and loved the thing to death. It was so much more powerful than people realized. I only sold it because work allowed us to use personal devices and I wanted extra screen real estate for all my office-y things.
Years later work rescinded that rule and I ordered a mini7 the second it was announced. I missed that screen size so much. It’s perfect for so many things especially travel.
M1 is better than M2 for audio production and M2 is better than M3 unless you move up to a better class every time. They add efficiency cores and remove performance cores every update. Many audio production apps only utilise the performance cores.
When will the reviews come out - fixing jelly scroll in portrait mode might make me upgrade.
44% more screen area on the iPad Mini vs 16PM
40% increments as well going 55 vs 65 vs 77 inch tvs, which are absolutely noticeable.
yup
I was cross shopping a 65 inch and a 77 inch OLED and I was absolutely stunned at how much larger the 77 is
Slight jelly 😵💫 Do you enjoy the pain every time you use your IPhone? I tend to not to buy or keep products that ruined the experience for me.
HobeSoundDarryl
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If rumors prove true and they only rotated the same screen, it's "fixed" in portrait but lives on in landscape.
On the other hand, if they actually IMPROVED the screen, it may look better in either orientation. TBD.
Same for me
If that hasn't been addressed, it's instantly out of consideration -- yet again
If I had to bet money on it, I think this is what they will have done as it's the cheapest and easiest "fix"
However, if they didn't do that here, after all the kvetching about it for years ... wow...
Apple will be in an even lower spot (to me) than I realized if that ends up being true
HobeSoundDarryl
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Don't let two seemingly close screen measurement numbers fool you. Either look up and/or lay out the screen dimensions of iPhone 16 PM vs. iPad mini and you'll see a dramatic difference... even though the raw numbers look close.
For example, one could compare a movie theater screen averaging about 48 feet to a piece of string that also measures 48 feet. They both have the exact SAME number. But projecting an image on each would be towards a maximum extreme difference for the viewer. And it would be no better for the latter in a 48-foot cinema screen vs. a 96-foot piece of string contest.
I mean they are both new 3nm tech, even if N3/N3B is slightly more dense. I'd still prefer A18 over A17 in any device due to the other advantages.
But we’re specifically talking about scrolling long content.
If you use your iPad mini in landscape to game or watch videos you are not scrolling. If you use your iPad mini in landscape for most apps you are not doing a lot of vertical scrolling. Only if you insist on scrolling a webpage, or Reddit or instagram in landscape would landscape jelly scroll effect you. And yes there are some people who use their tablet that way but the aspect ratio and size of the mini makes those particular activities much more efficient in portrait. That’s why jelly scrolling should be minimized in portrait.
I’m more curious about the screen. The iPad mini always gets the short end of the stick in that department.
The mini 2, for example, may have gotten a Retina display, but it had worse color gamut than even the first retina iPad.
It didn’t catch up until the mini 4 with the air 2, and then never really caught back up.
Even the mini 6, it could have at least not had the jelly-scrolling issue.
The mini 2, for example, may have gotten a Retina display, but it had worse color gamut than even the first retina iPad.
It didn’t catch up until the mini 4 with the air 2, and then never really caught back up.
Even the mini 6, it could have at least not had the jelly-scrolling issue.
I would just argue that it should be in Landscape because it's there in landscape on my iPad Mini 5 and I never notice it at all due to the "length" of that orientation ... it happens so far on the other side of the panel that it never catches my eye. On the Mini 6 I literally couldn't stop noticing the jelly
I honestly don't understand why this is an issue. It only happens when you're scrolling at a speed far faster than you could ever read.
For anything you actually use the screen for (reading, drawing, watching videos etc.) nobody is ever scrolling that fast and will never see the "jelly" effect.
So why do many people perceive it as such a problem?