Whoa, what's with the huge bezel? My only Mini is a 1st-gen, but that has a tiny bezel on either side, with somewhat larger ones top-and-bottom, and I really like the resulting overall size & proportions. Did the top and bottom bezels shrink a ton so it just <i>looks</i> like the whole thing's bigger all around because they all match now, or did they widen the sides? Looking at the dimensions on WP it looks like the height is what got bigger, with the width staying the same, which is confusing—did they change the screen proportions, too? I thought the old size & look was just about perfect, like a trade paperback.
I will say, having USB C on my iPad is very nice. Now if only they would do it for the iPhone. After the CSAM stuff hit I switched back to Android and it's so nice to only need one cable for everything.
<i>iPad mini features an all-screen design</i><p><i>half inch bezel on all sides</i><p>Removing the home button is not the same as making an all-screen design.
Is there a good reason that Touch ID can only be on the iPad Mini and must be replaced by Face ID on the iPad Pro? Face ID works terribly for students that use their iPad Pro face-up on a desk or table where the camera isn't directly pointed at the user's face.<p>It would be much easier to just place my finger onto the power button whenever it's time to transition from listening to a lecture to writing notes.
Is it just me or are these latest announcement events lackluster and over-produced? I'm not judging the devices (going to pick up the watch series 7) but the events themselves are tough to sit through.
From the macrumors keynote feed comments:<p><i>These keynotes are ****ing uncanny. Plays like a Black Mirror episode. Don't know why.</i><p>Nailed it.
USB-C is nice to see. I wonder if the next iPhone will finally make the upgrade...<p>EDIT: of course the new iPhone 13 is still lightning.... <a href="https://www.apple.com/iphone-13-pro/specs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/iphone-13-pro/specs/</a>
Speaking for myself here, I can't really get into iOS devices like this new iPad mini anymore in part because I have grown accustomed to being able to:<p>a) roll back apps if a new version is broken/undesirable.<p>b) sideload apps if an app is not available on the app store because they fell out of grace (eg. fortnite).<p>c) choose a web browser, on iOS you can have any skin you want, as long as the engine is Safari.<p>d) choose a media player, no hardware decoding on iOS if it is not an Apple-blessed codec and last time I looked, Apple did not allow mkv and I fail to understand why I need to transcode or remux just to please them otherwise it is software decoding.<p>e) no emulation of other systems allowed or environments that can run code.<p>Android still allows all of these things.
I waited for an update for the mini for years.<p>What i can’t get my head around is the limitations in storage.<p>256GB maximum is a joke - and no, i don’t want a Pro since the form factor is what makes the mini work for me.<p>Packaging aside, i doubt this is an engineering driven decision and well… walk away highly disappointed not ordering one.<p>Otherwise it’d be perfect.
Everyone commenting about bezels being huge :-/ people, bezels are there so you can hold the tablet more comfortably.<p>Anyone who made extended usage of tablets with and without bezels can quickly figure this out. It is more ergonomic, it reduces accidental touching and screen occlusion.
Probably the biggest news is the death of the Lightning connector. USB-C now paves the way for connecting anything, across different hardware platforms.
I can't see any mention of a headphone jack, does this mean they've removed it?<p>I ditched my iPhone because of the lack of something this basic, I'm glad I bought an iPad mini last year while they still have this functionality.<p>N.B.
(1) I can't use in-ear ear-buds
(2) I have high quality wired headphones I want to use
(3) I want to use it in my car which although it has bluetooth, does not work with music, only with phone calls
That's exactly what I needed. I want to replace my Moleskine, and a smaller iPad with USB-C and Apple Pencil 2 support is precisely the device I wanted.<p>I tried a Microsoft Surface Go 2, but it turned out to be a mediocre art device and a mediocre Macbook replacement.
I am happy with this announcement I traded in my iPad Pro V2 to order a new iPad mini today. I can use it in my overlanding rig and read books when I get to the camp site. This product announcement fits my specific needs well.
This looks really good, but my mini 5 is still plenty powerful for what I use it for. I do like the TouchID placement and wish they would bring that to iPhones.
"All-screen design" seems like a stretch, the bezels are perceptibly large, maybe even more than usual because of the smaller screen they wrap around.
I have just noticed that they say “iPhone” not “the iPhone”, “the iPad”, “my iPad”. It’s as if they were talking about a person, such as “I’m using Hal”.
I love how everything has to be a "revolutionary breakthrough" with apple. Wow the 73rd version of the 19th variation of the ipad gets better performance. What a break though.
It's incredible how CRINGE these over-produced events have become. Everything is totally cliche and looks like some Hollywood idealized view of the world garbage.
Everything looks nice, but I really don't mind these devices if I can't install my own desktop software on them. Seems nice for things like casual content consumption though