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From a Reddit comment, in addition to the bump from a A8x to A9 chip: - It's as thick as the iPad Air 1 (and thus thicker than the Air 2/9.7" Pro). - No lamin
by berberous 10y ago
From a Reddit comment, in addition to the bump from a A8x to A9 chip:
- It's as thick as the iPad Air 1 (and thus thicker than the Air 2/9.7" Pro).
- No laminated display (and no AR coating, True Tone, or wide color).
- Air 2 quality camera.
- The iPad mini 4 is now only available in 128GB, at $399.
- The chamfers look matte, like the iPhone SE.
Also, no Pencil support or smart connector.
- hellofunk 10y ago> Also, no Pencil support or smart connector. the website shows pencil support: http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/ Edit: My apologies, I thought we were discussing the 9.7 Pro.
- dagw 10y agoNot any more as far as I can see.
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- conradev 10y agoUnless we are seeing different pages, the website seems to show that the iPad does not support the Pencil, whereas the iPad Pros do.
- blowski 10y agoAre you looking at the 9.7" iPad (which we're talking about here), or the 9.7" iPad Pro?
- throwanem 10y agoNo, it doesn't. The only models with a check mark in that row are the two Pro models. Perhaps they've just updated the page?
- davb 10y agoWhen you compare the new iPad and the Pro 9.7 on the Apple site it says Pencil is supported on both (but Smart Connector is only on the Pro).
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoLooking at the site now and it says pencil is only compatible with the Pro models
- panzerboy 10y agoUmm ... no, it's not supported. The first two columns show the two Pro models and the third column is the new 9.7 model. If you scroll down to "Compatible with Apple Pencil" you'll see that only the first two columns have the checkmark.
- dagw 10y agoAlso, no Pencil support Does anyone know is there is a hardware reason that the normal iPad can't use the Pencil or is purely a software thing to make people buy the more expensive iPad Pro.
- herrkanin 10y agoThere is a lot of hardware going into the pencil working as well as it does. For one thing, they increase the update frequency of the display while using the pencil to make the drawing appear more responsive.
- berberous 10y agoIt requires hardware built into the display. I'm guessing that it's not very expensive though and the reason they don't incorporate it across the whole line-up is to retain their high margins on the Pro.
- klodolph 10y agoI'm not super knowledgeable about this so take this with a grain of salt. Some of this might be wrong. Good modern touch screens, like the iPhone/iPad/Macbook trackpad are capacitive touch screens. An array of sensors emit a changing electric field which is affected by the dielectric constant of nearby materials, and fingers have a different dielectric constant from air. Capacitive sensors cannot detect pressure (although you can fake it a little). Good modern digital pens, like the Wacom or Pencil, use radio waves. An array of antennas emits radio waves which are picked up by an antenna in the stylus. A microcontroller in the stylus computes the position and angle of the stylus, reads the pressure from another sensor in the stylus tip, and transmits the data back to the tablet over radio. So you can see that they really are completely different technologies. You can make a capacitive stylus, and those exist, you can even buy them at the store. However I've never seen a capacitive stylus that can detect pressure or angle at all, and capacitive sensors can't tell the difference between a stylus and your hand, so you can forget about resting your hand on the screen when you draw. The main reason I'd use a capacitive stylus is because I want to use an iPhone or iPad while I'm wearing gloves.
- 10y ago
- joestr87 10y agoSo the 128Gb iPad Mini 4 has a smaller screen and a slower chip than the new 128Gb, but it's only £10 cheaper?
- emdowling 10y agoIt is hard to see Apple keeping the mini around for much longer. I assume they are simply running down stock and will remove it soon, before end of the year.
- kalleboo 10y agoWhy do you say that? It's still mid-life, same as the Pros. The mini is still the iPad form factor I prefer, so that would be a shame.
- wiredfool 10y agoThat's too bad. I really like my Mini 2.
- chrissnell 10y agoI doubt it. The Mini is a great tablet for little kids. It's just the right size for toddlers and they can still hold it even when you put an Otterbox Defender on it.
- rayiner 10y agoHow can they justify such a huge regression in the screen?!
- orbitur 10y agoThe loss of lamination is a regression, but the other features were only present on the Pro model.
- signal11 10y agoThey probably got rid of lamination to reduce cost, but I wonder if the loss of lamination will improve repairability.
- thesmok 10y agoSure it will. I once successfully replaced the shattered touchscreen on iPad 2 after just watching 1 YouTube video instruction, and it was pretty cheap since I only had to replace the touchscreen, keeping the same display. With laminated displays, you have to replace the whole package, or employ sophisticated techniques to re-laminate new glass on top of display. It's possible, but requires skills, more specialized tools, and exact amount of special optically clear glue.
- zimzam 10y agoThey dropped the price by $70
- haikuginger 10y ago20% larger battery.