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iPad mini
- rpmisms 5y agoThis looks like a great device, but I honestly can't think of a use-case for it besides convenient streaming. Maybe for art?
- aith 5y agoAll the same use cases as a regular iPad. I just want it so it's easier to hold.
- sccxy 5y agoiPad minis are popular in marine & aviation. Compact size is good for small areas, where it can be mounted to cockpit.
- prawn 5y agoI have two minis that I use with my drone controller. They're a decent format for everything else also.
- oriolid 5y agoI have one (previous generation), and it's great for video streaming, web surfing, mobile games, as remote control for TV and music streamers. The only use case where I'd want a bigger tablet is displaying sheet music.
- rpmisms 5y agoSounds like my phone, honestly. Maybe I'm still biased by young eyes.
- warrantyloss 5y agoi guess its a perfect fit to play hearthstone or similar games on
- rpmisms 5y agoMy wife got a sub-$100 tablet from her job that I do that on. Maybe I'm missing something, but the iPad has never been appealing as a practical device to me. Maybe if I could code on it. Nice size, I can use a mechanical keyboard with it.
- potatoman22 5y agoIf you prefer digital notes, the iPad is by far the best way to take handwritten notes imo. I wish there were comparable Android experiences, but nothing really comes close. Some of those e-ink tablets look sorta neat though.
- wodenokoto 5y agoI find it really hard to figure out the iPad lineup. Things get updated at different intervals with different features. Is this last years iPad Air in a smaller form factor or is it an update of that in a smaller form factor?
- rcarmo 5y agoIt’s the new iPhone (new CPU and all) in an iPad Pro format, with the new Center Stage camera tracking feature. The Air doesn’t have the same feature set.
- wodenokoto 5y agoSo roughly speaking the air is a 10” iPhone 12 and the mini is a 8” iPhone 13 + center stage. That’s a lot easier to understand actually.
- notum 5y agoI can't wait until playing with screen sizes brings iPhones and iPads into a flux of ubiquity. Dibs on the new marketing terms for 2023: "Talky" and "Touchy".
- threatofrain 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28527931 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28527931
- gman83 5y agoThis is just a little bit bigger than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 phone. I'd consider getting that kind of form factor if it has iOS, because Android tablet apps aren't very good.