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My iPad Mini from 2020 is also surprisingly good today. It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever. They are a dying breed.

by nicbou 8mo ago

layer8 8mo ago
> It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever. Except for the battery, which isn’t that easy to replace on an iPad. And apps relying on anything online (including browsers) stop functioning at some point, because you can’t replace the OS or install arbitrary apps.
- mikepurvis 8mo ago
  Is it significantly worse than an iPhone? I've opened up iPhones 4, 5s, 7, 8, and 13 to do home battery swaps, and none were particularly horrid, especially if you'd not passionate about trying to restore the factory water-seal adhesive on newer models.
  - 05 8mo ago
    It’s a shitload of glue around the screen, so yes, it’s worse. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPad+Air+5th+Generation+Battery+Replacement/156671 https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPad+Air+5th+Generation+Battery...
    - mikepurvis 8mo ago
      An iPhone 13 is also a shitload of glue around the screen, though pulling apart an iPad sized device using suction cups does sound especially hair-raising.
- MarcelOlsz 8mo ago
  The sleepyti.me app I've been using for years no longer works on iOS 18+ and now I keep the icon around on my homescreen as a tombstone :(
  - asdff 8mo ago
    They changed to sleepopolis.com and you can just make a webapp for it.
    - MarcelOlsz 8mo ago
      It's not the same :( Are you sure https://sleepopolis.com/ https://sleepopolis.com/ is the right site? Oh no, sleepyti.me does infact redirect there.
      - faddi27 8mo ago
        hey if that may help i built this https://www.fixsleep.app/tools/sleep-calculator https://www.fixsleep.app/tools/sleep-calculator. You can also set alarms from the app
- jama211 8mo ago
  The “point” is very far in the past though. My 2016 ipad still working great for anything online.
- chipotle_coyote 8mo ago
  I mean, you can take your iPad back to Apple and have them replace the battery, you know. For my current one (a "4th generation" Air) that'd be $120, which is not cheap, but it's cheaper than replacing it for $700 and a lot less stressful than trying to replace the battery myself. (Having said that, I'm not ruling out replacing it, but I don't think I'll be inclined to do that until they stop updating its version of iPadOS.)

My iPad Mini from 2020 is also surprisingly good today. It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever. They are a dying breed.

by nicbou 8mo ago

My iPad Mini from 2020 is also surprisingly good today. It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever. They are a dying breed.

layer8 8mo ago

> It's one of those devices that just quietly do their job forever. Except for the battery, which isn’t that easy to replace on an iPad. And apps relying on anything online (including browsers) stop functioning at some point, because you can’t replace the OS or install arbitrary apps.

mikepurvis 8mo ago
Is it significantly worse than an iPhone? I've opened up iPhones 4, 5s, 7, 8, and 13 to do home battery swaps, and none were particularly horrid, especially if you'd not passionate about trying to restore the factory water-seal adhesive on newer models.
- 05 8mo ago
  It’s a shitload of glue around the screen, so yes, it’s worse. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPad+Air+5th+Generation+Battery+Replacement/156671 https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPad+Air+5th+Generation+Battery...
  - mikepurvis 8mo ago
    An iPhone 13 is also a shitload of glue around the screen, though pulling apart an iPad sized device using suction cups does sound especially hair-raising.
MarcelOlsz 8mo ago
The sleepyti.me app I've been using for years no longer works on iOS 18+ and now I keep the icon around on my homescreen as a tombstone :(
- asdff 8mo ago
  They changed to sleepopolis.com and you can just make a webapp for it.
  - MarcelOlsz 8mo ago
    It's not the same :( Are you sure https://sleepopolis.com/ https://sleepopolis.com/ is the right site? Oh no, sleepyti.me does infact redirect there.
    - faddi27 8mo ago
      hey if that may help i built this https://www.fixsleep.app/tools/sleep-calculator https://www.fixsleep.app/tools/sleep-calculator. You can also set alarms from the app
jama211 8mo ago
The “point” is very far in the past though. My 2016 ipad still working great for anything online.
chipotle_coyote 8mo ago
I mean, you can take your iPad back to Apple and have them replace the battery, you know. For my current one (a "4th generation" Air) that'd be $120, which is not cheap, but it's cheaper than replacing it for $700 and a lot less stressful than trying to replace the battery myself. (Having said that, I'm not ruling out replacing it, but I don't think I'll be inclined to do that until they stop updating its version of iPadOS.)