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Last year, the overwhelming message of the iPad mini was simple: the iPad mini was smaller, but it was still an iPad. Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, and Jony Ive all reminded us over and over that Apple had to make hard choices to make the iPad mini — it had a...
Gorgeous display, Great battery life, Hugely improved performance, Unbeatable ecosystem...
iOS 7 has problems, Expensive for a small tablet, I miss the black color...
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GADGET DESIGNER Apple's first iPad Mini carried a high price tag and was underspecified compared to the full-size iPad, Apple has rethought its strategy and has unveiled a radically upgraded iPad Mini 2 . Design The iPad Mini 2 is fractionally bigger th...
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When the iPad mini was introduced last year, consumers were excited to finally see a miniaturized version of Apple’s full-sized tablet. Like seriously, it was a logical offering, which also helped to compete almost on the same scale as some of those ch...
Sharp Retina Display, Premium construction, Snappy performance...
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Now that it’s packing a Retina Display, the 2nd generation iPad mini is more in line to being a premium tablet – whereas before, it felt a smidgen underwhelming. As much as we appreciate its arrival, in addition to the usual hardware upgrades, its new...
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The Apple iPad mini 2 ($299, 16GB) is just a shrunken, original iPad Air$319.99 at Best Buy. With a new, lower price, though, it's become the best inexpensive on-ramp to the world of iOS apps. Think of it as Apple's lowest-cost laptop, Apple's netboo...
Beautifully built. Fast. Sharp screen. Excellent app options.
Not the latest Apple tech. Not as easy to hold with a single hand as narrower small-screen tablets...
The iPad mini 2 is the best value iOS product on the market today, letting you into the Apple app world without breaking the bank...
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I've been using the iPad mini with Retina display for a couple of weeks now, and after using it as my primary tablet device during that time (setting aside my iPad Air) I think it's time to report back with my findings as it pertains to Apple's secon...
This is the iPad mini we were hoping for last year, and the iPad mini I didn't expect until next year, based on last year's specs. It's a pleasant surprise to see that Apple decided to keep what worked about last years iPad mini, while upgrading just abou...
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Ever since we saw the original Apple iPad mini, we've been hoping for a Retina screen for this wonderful compact tablet. Now that it has it, it's everything we expected it to be. A high-quality screen with immaculate sharpness makes a world of differe...
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If there's any one product that embodies Apple's entire product philosophy, it's the iPad mini with Retina Display. This is not a tablet that's designed to go head to head with cheaper slates like the Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire HDX. With its crazy sha...
Sharpest screen in a small tablet, Fast A7 processor, Better FaceTime HD camera in low light, Vast array of high-quality apps, Superb battery life, Welcome iOS 7 improvements...
Lacks Touch ID, Colors not as saturated as on iPad Air, Pricier than most small tablets...
The iPad mini with Retina Display boasts the sharpest screen in its class, a powerful A7 chip and epic battery life -- plus the best app selection -- all in a compact and elegant design...
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It’s the iPad mini we’ve been waiting for: Apple’s smaller tablet that, thanks to a Retina display and brand new A7 processor, now punches above its size and makes a legitimate alternative not only for compact-screen Android and Windows rivals, but App...
As upgrades go, you can’t fault the iPad mini with Retina display. Apple took the two biggest complaints – speed and screen – in hand, and returned with a tablet that looks great, performs great, and still delivers on battery life and portability. The...
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Sometimes it's the little things. Introduced in late 2012, the iPad mini was as slow as the iPad 2 (which was then almost two years old). It didn't have the gorgeous Retina display that Apple had added to the iPad earlier in the year. But none of that mat...
Highresolution Retina display, Same A7 processor as iPad Air, Highresolution Retina display, Same A7 processor as iPad Air...
Camera not as good as on iPhones, No Touch ID fingerprint detector, Camera not as good as on iPhones, No Touch ID fingerprint detector...
The iPad mini was a great size when it was introduced in the fall of 2012, and it's still a great size today. It's small enough to hold in one hand and read like a book, yet powerful enough to pivot into landscape orientation and get some work done. The...
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Thanks to the discourse that was exposed during Samsung and Apple’s legal spat in California, e-mail records revealed that Eddy Cue (senior vice president of Internet Software and Services at Apple) was pushing for a 7” iPad in 2011. Reportedly, Steve...
Sleek, compact design, Fast A7 chip is up to the task of gaming, iOS 7, if you like the new interface, Same long battery life as before, Robust app ecosystem, Nice Retina display...
Needs more system RAM, So-so camera performance, Very pricey for the segment, No Touch ID fingerprint sensor...
From a design standpoint, there's really nothing to see here that wasn't seen already in the initial version of the iPad mini, but the overall package is far more compelling. The form factor suits those who are only interested in smaller tablets that can...
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When Apple announced its iPad mini with Retina Display, quite a few jaws dropped, as it kept the crazy 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution of the larger iPad, ensuring record for an 8-incher 324ppi pixel density. With this screen, and a 64-bit A7 processor...
The Apple iPad mini with Retina Display is perhaps the best small tablet money can buy at the moment, and it shows in the $399 basic price. It has an extremely high resolution display, premium design, blazing 64-bit chipset, very long battery life, and...
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Come on folks, this is something we knew that was bound to happen! Apple and Google have been waging war against one another for a long time now, and considering that this year meant that we would see refreshes to several popular tablets, which we did...
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Last year Apple introduced the iPad mini, a second size option for its tablet lineup. In addition to being, well, miniature, it featured a beautiful design -- so beautiful, in fact, that the iPad Air now mimics it. More importantly, with a starting price...
Stunning display, Solid performance, Long battery life...
No Touch ID, Relatively expensive...
The iPad mini matches the full-sized iPad Air in display quality, design and performance. Just be prepared to pay more than you would have for last year's model...
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What. More. Can. We. Say? The Mini was such a phenomenal piece of design – as important to Apple's future slates as the iPhone 4 was to its smartphones – that not only is it almost identical on the second Mini but the 9.7in iPad Air is now just an oversiz...
Gorgeous build, stunning Retina screen, All day battery life, Much faster than the original Mini...
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If it wasn't for the tiny niggles of colour reproduction, performance and price, we'd give the iPad Mini with Retina display the overall tablet crown. Colours look slightly more vivid and accurate both on the iPad Air (which also performs ever-so-slightl...
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The Nexus 7 proved to be such a hit that Apple, which had previously argued there was no market for a 7in tablet, made a U-turn and unveiled its first 7.9in iPad Mini . One year on Apple has released an upgraded iPad Mini 2, but with Google having again b...
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I suppose there's only one way to start this review, and that's by looking back at last year's iPad mini review . In that review I had a section dedicated to the possibility of an iPad mini with Retina Display. The low resolution display and slow SoC were...
When I concluded our iPad Air review I assumed the iPad mini with Retina Display was a true no-compromise, smaller alternative to the iPad Air. In many senses that's true. Wireless connectivity is identical between the models, battery life is pretty much...
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This is the iPad mini we've all been waiting for.When the first generation iPad mini debuted last year, it was a terrific product. Apple's first stab at a smaller tablet looked more far more elegant than the competition, managed to squeeze a larger 7.9-i...
Gorgeous 2048 x 1536 pixel display. 10plus hour battery life will more than serve your crosscountry plane flight, or close to a week of casual daily use. A7 processor (with M7 coprocessor) offers more power than you may ever need on a 7inch tablet. Tons o...
Priceysimilar sized and specced tablets go for closer to $200. Stereo speakers both located on one end of the device. Would be nice if it had better networking capabilities...
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Each and every year, Apple refreshes their tablet line-up with new hardware and new features. The full sized iPad got faster, lighter, slimmer and even received a new name (iPad Air), while the second-generation mini is more impressive than ever, thanks t...
Very portable, with a well built, well designed body. Retina display is very crisp, powered by fast, significantly upgraded hardware. iOS has by far the best selection of tablet apps going around.
Pricey, especially for storage upgrades and the cellular model. Display color gamut is lacking.
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makeuseof.com Updated:
2014-02-05 02:32:49
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The $399 iPad mini (16 GB Wi-Fi) with Retina display is over $100 more expensive than the 16GB Nexus 7. It's also $100 more expensive than the original iPad mini model (without Retina display), costs exactly the same as a 16GB iPad 2, and is only $100 che...
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computershopper.com Updated:
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When made its debut in late 2012, it was an instant hit for two reasons. First, at the time, it was the least-expensive path to Apple tablet, and second, it was your option if you wanted an ultraportable one. However, that initial Mini demanded sign...
Compact, lightweight design, Brilliant, sharp display with high pixel density, Strong battery life...
Display, like on previous-gen iPads, is glare-prone, Thin-sounding audio, Less-than-ideal speaker positioning...
Like a sized-down iPad Air, the Retina iPad Mini gives Apple an equally strong contender in compact tablets, marrying a terrific display with close-to-perfect aesthetics. Though pricey for the size, it's one of the best small tablets you can buy...
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Last year, apple released a product many of us were convinced would never happen, a miniature tablet.The late Steve Jobs himself talked poorly of smaller tablets, from a usability standpoint, on an earnings call just two years ago. Nonetheless, the compan...
Great, high density display, Incredible performance, Great battery life, Extremely lightweight and portable, Virtually endless supply of content for consumption...
Speaker placement isn't the best, iOS 7 is in need of further tablet optimization, Moderately expensive, Just big enough to not fit in some jacket pockets...
To say the original iPad mini was a disappointment would be an understatement for many. The display and the internals were not up to snuff, and it didn't take long for people to realize. But Apple seemingly listened to the complaints and has come back w...
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Virtually every good (and bad) thing you can say about Apple 's iPad Air is applicable to the new iPad mini with Retina display. The 7.8-inch tablet's second edition is virtually identical inside and out to the 9.7-inch iPad Air, with the obvious exceptio...
Excellent design, Formidable power, Wide app selection...
Pricey, Bottom Line: You'll be a happy camper if you buy Apple's iPad mini Retina, Bonus: iPad Air vs. every iPad EVER, Image: Mashable...
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At first glance, the upgraded iPad mini with Retina display, launched earlier this month, doesn't seem like a major improvement over the original model. Priced $100 higher, some may be asking if the added cost is justified. Our full review follows. Read o...
This considering the iPad mini with Retina display are likely doing so for a number of reasons, two of which include price and portability. In both areas, the Mini has its advantages over the iPad Air while maintaining largely the same key features, no...
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IntroductionApple had introduced the original iPad Mini without the RETINA display and that pretty much confirmed that the second generation of Apple iPad Mini would come with the RETINA display. As expected, Apple crammed a high resolution display(sa...
Overall, the iPad Mini with Retina display is a great upgrade over the original iPad Mini. The iPad Mini with Retina display comes with one of the best processors from Apple – A7 and combines it with M7 co-processor. On the performance front, it is def...
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In 2012 Apple took the year-old 9.7-inch iPad 2, condensed it down to 7.9 inches, and re-launched it as the new iPad mini . Every inch an iPad, yet one of stark contrasts - a design from the future wrapped around technology from the past. It had an Apple...
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The original iPad mini was a great product, but it had one glaring flaw: its screen's resolution just wasn't on a par with the rest of Apple's recent devices. So now, a year after the release of the first iPad mini, we have the inevitable follow-up with a...
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When Apple announced that the iPad mini with Retina Display was coming "later in November," most of us assumed that meant the end of the month. Well, who said Apple couldn't surprise us anymore? Yesterday the company quietly launched the highly anticipate...
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mobilephonereviewss.com Updated:
2014-03-19 02:18:59
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At $399, this isn't a wildly affordable alternative to the iPad Air, rather it's for those who want a top spec Apple tablet but in a more portable size than the 9.7" Air. Since Apple slimmed down the Air and dropped weight significantly to just a pound, t...
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£379.99 eBay.co.ukThe iPad mini with Retina display is the latest 8-inch tablet from Apple, boasting improved specs and Apple's signature Retina display. Unlike the original iPad mini, which was essentially a scaled down version of the iPad 2, the newest...
Excellent display quality, Lightweight, Fast 64bit Apple A7 processor...
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The Apple iPad mini with Retina display is easy to carry around, it looks great, and it offers much faster performance than its predecessor, a necessity for running iOS 7 well. The biggest issue TPCR is confronted with is the price for storage, because m...
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In my initial review of the iPad mini with Retina Display I stated that it was an almost perfect mobile device. That still holds. If you like a smaller Tablet form factor the iPad mini with Retina Display is a great choice. It is small enough to tote anyw...
As someone who has uses the iPad mini with Retina Display alongside the iPad Air since their release there's not many more observations I can make as to the specifics of the smaller iPad mini. The differences in my view rest solely on size and how that af...
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recombu.com Updated:
2014-03-26 03:21:28
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When we first clutched last year's Apple iPad Mini , we were instantly sold. The compact and featherlight body was a dream compared with the 4th-generation iPad 's bulky, heavy build, making it friendly on our puny biceps. The iPad Mini wasn't perfect, ho...
Beautifully crisp and responsive screen, Impressive performance, Still comfortably slim and light...
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The new iPad Mini with Retina display is a serious step up from the original tablet. The vastly improved screen and welcome boost in performance make it a more enjoyable affair than the original iPad Mini, and that slim and light frame is still a joy to c...
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Good things come in small packages. And that's what the iPad mini with Retina Display delivers. The new iPad mini is a 7 inch Tablet packed with almost all of the power of its larger sibling, the iPad Air, and now equipped with a Retina Display. It quickl...
Amazing performance with no compromises, Great battery life, Great looking Retina Display, Power in a small package...
Pricey, Some touch targets not always easy to hit, No Touch ID, Screen image ghosting on some models, The iPad mini with Retina Display, iPad mini with Retina Display | $399 and up, Review Guide, Hands On/Video Review, Design, Display, Performance and Har...
In a competitive 7 inch Tablet market where price points are key differentiators for many consumers, is a premium iPad mini with Retina Display starting at $399 worth the extra cash? That certainly depends on your budget. $399 is a starting price for a Wi...
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The iPad Mini Retina is a very well balanced slate announced in the fall of 2013 and for some reason it has delayed reaching our test table till now. The product is very welcome here, because I'm an iPad Mini owner and I will be constantly comparing the n...
pretty light and thin by today's standards, very powerful hardware, excellent screen, excellent audio, pretty good camera, games look fantastic, all the productivity you need with associated apps, And the...
are all things we can live with, without regretting the purchase, that's why this is a very solid slate. The iPad Mini Retina gets from us a 9.6 out of 10 for design, a 9.7 for hardware and a 9.5 out of 10 for OS and UI. The final grade is a 9.6 out of 10...
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maclife.com Updated:
2014-05-14 04:39:33
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Over the past year, if you asked iPad mini owners what one thing they'd change about the device, odds were good that they'd respond with “add a Retina display.” Well, they obviously weren't unheard, as the second generation of Apple's scaled-down (in size...
Finally, a small formfactor iPad with Retina display! Unmatched build quality. Fast A7 processor for a firstclass experience.
Display is slightly less bright than the iPad Air. Colors look washed out when compared to iPad Air and iPhone 5s/5c...
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What a difference a year makes. Last year, the then-new iPad Mini was the unquestioned top pick for a media tablet , thanks to its friendly iTunes software for managing your personal media and its superior hardware, which easily outperformed the corner-cu...
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There's no question that you'll get a thrill the first time you pick up the iPad Air. It's so much more holdable, even in just one hand, than the previous full-size iPads. The new iPad has shed a quarter of the old weight, has the nicer-feeling case desig...
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The iPad mini with Retina Display is now available to be purchased, if you can get your hands on one. Supply constraints look to make this a challenging task throughout the holiday season. This new addition to the iPad family of Tablets brings with it the...
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The second-generation iPad mini has been on the market for six months now, and several of us on the Gotta Be Mobile team have been playing around with the new slate since its launch back in November.With a price tag of $399, it's certainly not the cheapes...
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You needed to know two things about the first iPad mini. The first thing is that it was, well, mini —it was a 7.9-inch tablet from a company whose CEO once said that users would have to sandpaper their fingers down to comfortably use anything smaller than...
Retina display resolves all of our gripes with the old mini's screen, A7 SoC blows the old mini's A5 out of the water and nearly runs as quickly as the version in the iPad Air, Great battery life, and the battery charges more quickly if you use the includ...
iOS 7 is still a little rough around the edges on this and every iPad, Air gap between glass and LCD keeps screen from being as good as it could be, Features like Touch ID will have to wait until next year at the earliest, Scattered reports indicate that...
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consumersearch.com Updated:
2014-06-27 05:26:52
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As fast at the iPad Air. While critics liked the original iPad mini well enough, many were disappointed that Apple decided to hobble it somewhat by using older technology and a more mundane display. Well, there are no such issues this time around. The iPa...
Fast performance, Great display, Huge library of available apps...
Some other great performing tablets cost less, Harder to use one handed than smaller, 7inch tablets...
The Apple mini with Retina Display is every bit as great as the Apple iPad Air (Est. $500 and up) , but packed into a smaller tablet. You can argue about value, or grouse that the iPad mini with Retina Display is harder to use with one hand than competing...
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This morning, Apple released its new iOS 7.1.2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch , another update to the iOS 7.1 update that it rolled out back in March. After spending some time with the new iOS 7.1.2 update on the iPad mini with Retina Display, Apple's cu...
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Last week, Apple rolled out a brand new iOS 7.1 update in the form of iOS 7.1.2 , a small bug fix update aimed at alleviating iOS 7.1 problems. Of course, small incremental updates like iOS 7.1.2 have been known to deliver problems of their own and that's...
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The iPad mini with Retina display ($399-$829) became inevitable the day its predecessor was announced in October 2012: legions of people explicitly skipped the excellent first-generation iPad mini because they wanted a version with a high-resolution 2048x...
Nearly identical in size but significantly evolved inside, this 7.9”screened tablet is five times as powerful as the original iPad mini, and only around 10% behind the iPad Air in overall performance. Retina display enables finedetail reading, web browsin...
New 326 PPI Retina display matches past iPads in resolution but falls noticeably short in color performance; some screens also have image retention issues. Larger battery adds slightly to thickness and weight of original iPad mini. A7 processor speed matc...
Concluding our review of the excellent iPad Air, we suggested that the key question in early November wasn’t so much whether the 9.7” screened device was better than the upcoming 7.9” Retina iPad mini, but how demand would cleave between these mo...
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The iPad mini was never supposed to exist. With such a firm grip on the 10-inch tablet market, Apple made its stance on the smaller form factor very clear: “7-inch tablets are dead on arrival,” Steve Jobs said. Jobs would go on to add that Apple performed...
It's easy to stick the iPad mini in the same category as the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX. They're certainly close, but Apple has created its own beast entirely, one that has a superior design and unmatched app experience. With a starting price of $400, it...
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Two top dog 8" tablets that sell for $399. The choice is easy if you're an Android or iOS fan, but if you're OS agnostic, deciding between the iPad mini with Retina display and the new Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 can be challenging...
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Yesterday, as promised, Apple released the iOS 8.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch . With the iOS 8.1 release date finally here, we want to take a look at how the iOS 8.1 update is performing on the iPad mini 2, the device formally known as the iPa...
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techreviewsource.com Updated:
2014-11-12 06:46:55
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The Apple iPad mini 2 ($299, 16GB) is just a shrunken, original iPad Air . With a new, lower price, though, it's become the best inexpensive on-ramp to the world of iOS apps. Think of it as Apple's lowest-cost laptop, Apple's netbook, or the true sequel t...
Beautifully built. Fast. Sharp screen. Excellent app options.
Not the latest Apple tech. Not as easy to hold with a single hand as narrower smallscreen tablets...
The iPad mini 2 is the best value iOS product on the market today, letting you into the Apple app world without breaking the bank...
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The tablet market doesn't look very different than it did a year ago from the perspective of who's doing well and who's not. Perhaps the most exciting developments came towards the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 from the usual big guys: Google released...
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Last Monday, Apple released a new iOS 8.2 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch . The new update delivers the company's new Apple Watch application and it also brings tons of enhancements and fixes for lingering iOS 8 problems. In the past week, we've sp...
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Last week, Apple finally released its brand new iOS 8.3 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch . The iOS 8.3 update brings tons of bug fixes, new features including an updated emoji keyboard, and some bugs and issues of its own. In the past week, we've sp...
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The Retina iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HDX, Nexus 7, Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 Pro, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 go toe to toe in InfoWorld Test Center's reviewWhat a difference a year makes. Last year, the then-new iPad Mini was the unquestioned top pick for a...
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The new iPad Mini with Retina display offers a no-compromise option for tablet fans who want the speed of an iPad Air and the portability of the smaller iPad.It took Apple two and a half years after the debut of the first iPad to rollout the smaller, more...
Are the new iPads worth the cost? Yes. In concert with Apple's phenomenal App Store and iTunes digital ecosystem (including the brilliant iTunes U), the iPad lineup produces a user experience that is unmatched. My only real complaint is the lack of th...
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yahoo.com Updated:
2015-07-04 09:43:57
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And then the big story: Same screen.Oh, it's smaller, all right: 7.9 inches diagonal instead of the iPad Air's 9.7. But it's exactly the same number of pixels, smaller and packed in closer together. Same image, slightly smaller and crisper. As you'd guess...
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At £319 for the 16GB, cellular-free, model, the iPad Mini Retina isn't cheap, especially compared to its rivals. Things get almost MacBook-like at the top-end, with the 128GB/4G model setting you back £659.But if, like us, the size and feel of the Mini is...
Size and weight for daily use. Excellent build quality, iPad Air Performance in a compact shell, Excellent app ecosystem...
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