iPad mini (2024) Review: Small but Mighty

[@ChrisLawley]

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[@VisualGameDev]

Chris you have a typo in chapters at 9:29 Stroage ;) Nice review by the way

[@tomsop]

I like how you took the effort to prove jelly scrolling is gone for latest model and not just relying on just a casual look.

[@243300000]

Agreed. This was probably the best demonstration of the fix IMO.

[@haku_leon]

not sure if jelly scrolling is really fixed because I’ve seen other videos showing that it still has it but reduced, and I also heard that it is changed to the horizontal orientation instead of vertical

[@PBvsPK]

@@haku_leon you can still See it in his Demo

[@JeffTheBrad-sf4rw]

Sorry to say this, but the jelly is still on the Mini 7. Unfortunately, since you work with Apple and hide the cons from the iPad, you’re no longer my value, honest reviewer anymore, as you just played it safe to be on Apple’s good side. 😞

[@Oneverythangilove]

I’m trying to really understand this jelly scrolling thing. I ordered the new iPad mini will be here tomorrow. I’m upgrading from the 5 and I watched videos about it . And my conclusion is that no one uses their iPad that way who is scrolling super fast to see information on the screen? No normal person uses it that way. If you are reading something on the screen you are scrolling slowly to read it. Man some many KZbinrs has blown it out of proportion it not a big deal maybe if you are one of those speed readers 😅

[@243300000]

This is hands down the best iPad mini A17 Pro review I've seen. Thank you for addressing the jelly scroll (with convincing video proof) AND the heat of the A17 Pro in the mini. No one else I've seen has mentioned that. A huge relief!

[@Blox117]

not sure, but people here realize jelly scrolling is an intentional animation feature right?

[@Chatsworth1979]

YES! I was limping along with an old mini 5 with a dying battery, anxious now to use the new 7😊🎉❤

[@Arctis34]

@@Blox117I really don't think so. I had an old android tablet that did the same thing

[@Blox117]

@@Arctis34 that is intentional... screens dont refresh differently on one side.

[@Toyeboy89]

@@Blox117 no it's not intentional it's a natural effect of displays. Apple was dumb in the original iPad mini 6 and mounted the screen controller to favor horizontal(landscape) refresh when most users use the mini in portrait or vertical.

[@pug_63]

Getting mine tomorrow. Upgrading from the 2019 5th Gen. Thanks for the content.

[@lantern214]

Who is this iPad for: - Doctors and nurses - Home inspectors - Realtors - Students who deal with small desks - Construction to view blueprints - Aviation - Power readers who don’t want all the weight of a book - and other professions not listed I utilize the mini for work as a companion, since I already have a main computer at home for heavier, lifting.

[@chrisd997]

for victims

[@jayteknica1175]

Power readers are going to use an e-reader so they don't have to charge every 6 hours

[@Jimmyfly215]

Airplane Pilots use mini iPads as well

[@timbukstu]

Power readers should be using eink. Got my wife a kindle and she rarely uses her 11” M1 Pro anymore. She reads a couple books a week, unsure if that makes her a power reader though. 30 day charge is golden for her.

[@MrApiiinr]

I love my Mini 6. The thing I like about the new Mini, is the fact that it means the line is continuing.

[@JohnLusher]

This is why your channel is one of the best Apple centric channels around, Christopher. For one, you didn’t jump on the “this upgrade sucks bandwagon” when the Mini 7 was announced. Two, you took the time to demonstrate that the jelly scrolling was fixed. And three, you stated “this may not be the iPad that everyone needs.” I use my 12.9 Pro for daily work, but love my Mini for emails, text, media consumption, taking notes, etc. Since I have the Mini 6 and it serves my needs just fine, I won’t upgrade right away. Keep up the good work!

[@bramhubbell]

I’ve been using iPad minis since the first one. When the first iPad Pro came out in 2015, I really fell in love with the iPad mini as my second device. I’m a historian and writer, and I love the iPad mini as my reading and research device. I travel a lot around the world, so I love having this little device for reading epubs, Kindle books, or PDFs. I even have a little portable bluetooth keyboard for a quick and light writing machine.

[@kahnsoft]

So, over the weekend, I went into the local Apple store with the express intent of upgrading my iPad Mini 6 to 7. I was upgrading because I knew what it was going to cost me with the trade in and I wanted the ability to play AAA games on it (primarily Resident Evil). I also liked the idea of double the storage and RAM (though frankly, my 6 never gave me any problems). I was a bit surprised and impressed that when I showed the store clerk my Mini 6, and he realized that it was in near perfect condition, he tried to talk me out of upgrading. He emphasized the minor changes to the new machine and how my existing solution did not appear to need replacing. I explained my reasons and we went ahead with the transaction. I was impressed. I'm a recent Apple convert and every time I interact with someone from Apple, I become more impressed with the company. My only complaint? Nobody told me that my V2 Pencil would no longer work (and I didn't see that in any of the YT videos I had watched). It would not have changed my decision but I would have liked to know up front.

[@on9luddite]

I use the mini 6 almost on a daily basis for work. I go out and talk to people a lot, not wanting to carry notebooks around anymore but still preferring to write things down instead of typing (feel a bit more personal), I use the mini and pencil 2 a lot. That why I'm quite disappointed that now, if I do want to get the mini 7, I have to spend money regardless on either a worst pen (USB-C) or a pen that's just as expensive as the one I have that's still perfectly fine. So ya, a lot of note taking with the pencil, organising my notes, basic emailing, reading and simple doodling as stress relief. I'm such an avid user of the mini that this update feels super underwhelming because it really is the bare minimum that apple could have done...

[@kauigirl808]

This will be my very first iPad. Excited 🎉

[@spiritualweatherman]

THANK YOU for giving us a thorough update/review on the jelly scroll issue. And I'm honestly a bit shocked at how many people say they considered it a non-issue, when it was the sole reason I returned my Mini 6 THE VERY SAME DAY I purchased it back in 2021.

[@NeilLavitt]

Have a 6 and to this day, it has never bothered me.

[@findingmyway2788]

I run my business from my mini, help manage a 501(c)3 youth organization, consume media, and I also use it as a navigation tool in my jeep and for streaming music (almost like a CarPlay setup). It comes with me everywhere. I loved my larger iPad but the mini is the perfect size for me to throw in a small backpack and go. All of my work is in the cloud so I’m able to access my schedule, run payroll, answer emails, whatever from my mini.

[@apple-guy9394]

I’m a daily commuter and the iPad mini 6 was perfect for me.. this upgrade works for me and I can’t wait to upgrade today!

[@j.d.5709]

If it was 120hz OLED and could run stage manager, I'd use it as my main computer. Like you said, an ipad mini pro is what I want.

[@Channe1F2k]

really appreciated the review! you went straight into the key points unlike many others who basically read off a spec sheet

[@WestonWoodfin]

I am a Motion Graphic Designer so I may just be hyper-sensitive to it, but the "Jelly Scroll" is still slightly there. Definitely improved, but I can still see it. I owned the Mini 6 and could see it right away, but over time you sorta forget about it and don't notice it unless you look for it. Though I don't think the issue has been "fixed", I imagine that the new Mini's improvement will just make it a bit more unnoticeable in person.

[@nss0223]

Tf you know you dont even have it

[@WestonWoodfin]

@@nss0223 It doesn’t seem like you read the entire comment. Not sure what you are upset about?

[@conorgillespie7832]

I legit use my Mini as my phone, basically because its more enjoyable watching content. Honestly once you get used to its not that unwieldy. For the record im the type of guy if the small bottle of coke is the same price as the big one, im going big.... and going to enjoy the diabetes with it lol.

[@Ganimeworld]

I started with the iPad Mini 5 and skipped the 6, I'm like 90% sure I'm gonna get the 7. I use it daily for media consumption and smaller productivity work. I sometimes edit 4k 60 gameplay footage from my xbox and used to edit a podcast on it using Ferrite. At one point I exported all of my projects from the iPad Pro to the mini 5, and basically had my mini rendering and uploading video while I continued working on new videos on my iPad Pro.

[@cybermistt]

Jelly scrolling is NOT gone. It is very much still there, just is less visible

[@MikeJay-f6n]

@@cybermistt I agree I bought one last week.. I can still see it.

[@Internatmusiker90]

I'm a photographer and will use my iPad Mini for at least two situations. On the one hand, if I'm doing photojournalistic stuff and an assignment is very dynamic (e.g. a protest), then on the one hand I want to be as light as possible on the move and on the other hand I want to edit and send my pictures directly on site and on the fly. Another use case are shootings, where I like to give important people like the make-up artist a live review of my pictures so that something can be changed if necessary.

[@pb.j.1753]

I am upgrading from iPad mini 4 that I bought in 2019. Excited for this one

[@nikkic36]

Got my iPad mini today and I’m so impressed

[@veronica0406]

I love my M1 iPad Pro 12.9, but it is just getting too heavy for my grandma hands. I can now park it on my desk with a keyboard and trackpad for photo editing and productivity. I am hoping to use the new Mini for streaming, reading, and social media. My big iPad falling on my nose while I am streaming movies before bed can be painful! 😢 I am looking forward to receiving my new Mini this coming week. 🎉

[@seste87]

I love my iPad mini, and I going to upgrade just for the Final Cut Pro support.

[@Kenny-bt4vb]

I have the mini 7 and I don’t really notice the jelly scrolling at all. Then again, I didn’t really noticed it that much on the mini 6 either

[@MightyRob1]

Just traded my iPad Air 5th gen for this and enjoying it so far. Big adjustment to the smaller screen but much easier to handle

[@SzilveszterGava]

Still using the previous gen and will likely not upgrade to the new one. What I use it for are: at home, reading, trip planning and when on trips, I also use it for reading books, transferring/reviewing video files from my GoPro (using a USB-C hub with a microSD slot), browsing the web/maps for nearby places and information, along watching KZbin videos or streaming services (it's even better if the TV at your accomodation supports screen mirroring/AirPlay). Now, of course my iPhone could do these also, but I don't want to stress the battery too hard in it with such tasks and obviously the bigger screen of the iPad Mini is just perfect for what I listed above.

[@joeyabanks]

Easily the best review out there for this one. Thanks for sharing!

[@_marta30_44]

Can you test if there is jelly scrolling when the iPad is in landscape mode? Because it was said that Apple would fix jelly scrolling by "rotating" the display hardware (not sure how to explain this) and so in theory it was assumed that jelly scrolling would be visible in landscape mode. Thanks in advance for your reply and thanks for the review! :)

[@ArnauDisrepair]

If this had secondary display support, and some sort of keyboard, this could be a banger netbook. Small, portable laptop, easy to hold tablet, and could become a computer that can edit video. I really want to play with Final Cut on this.

[@NeilLavitt]

Apple wants you to buy an iPad Air 11 or above to do this.

[@danpootato896]

Please fix the captions. A trick I use is to split every sentence into new lines in the script, then let KZbin sync it to the audio automatically.

[@BillSprague]

That video helped me decide on an iPad Air. It, for me strikes the proper balance between my iPhone and my MacBook Air. I’m waiting for the SE coming in the Spring. My old iPad Pro 9.7” is very long in the tooth.

[@paulomark]

the best ipad mini revie so far

[@katinasoutherland7693]

Idc what anyone says this is a damn good refresh/upgrade, love the fact Apple didn’t raise the prices if this were Samsung or Google trust and believe it would’ve been $100 more as they’ve proven time and again. Thanks Apple!

[@BrennanArrold]

Thanks for sharing. It’s great to know about the apps such as Final Cut Pro; you’re the first I’ve seen giving that and other apps a heads up. 😊

[@danielwilliams310]

Great review! Love the form factor of the mini and think it could work really well in my personal workflow. Now I've just got to see if my work will pay / subsidize one for me 🤣

[@contanimationnation8615]

Thanks Chris

[@Hahejo]

iPad mini is the best iPad. It’s the iPad that’s still holding true to the first iPad and that is a device made to use in between and along with a computer and a phone.

[@honkingclown]

I really hope they give the next mini model a liquid retina 90-120hz display.

[@Jimmyfly215]

my only trust worthy iPad reviewer.

[@lukeleyco9681]

I'm planning to get the ipad mini 7 as my first ipad. I do not have an ipad ever. Firstly, I really love its size which is also the reason why I'm leaning to the mini. I have a macbook for heavy work but I just wanted to use the mini as an extention of my work especially while on the go or travelling. I am a social media manager so I can use the mini for quick photo/video editing and manage my client's socials. I also want to use it for media consumption, emails, taking notes, journalling, planning and do some art and sketching for fun. I'm still thinking whether to get 128 or the 256 one. Btw, love this review! I'm binge watching all ipad mini reviews. :)

[@foehammer9871]

Good review on the differences between 6 & 7! Got my first ipad ever about 6 months ago with the mini 6/2nd gen pencil. Doesnt seem worth upgrading just yet. Absolutely love the mini6/2nd gen pencil combo so far.

[@fizziefizzer]

I'm a user of the 6 and honestly I never notice a jelly scrolling but maybe that's just me... Looking to upgrade to the 7 though. That bump in performance is huge for me who does heavy gaming on it.

[@NeilLavitt]

Me neither - not upgrading though.

[@user-he5nd1bs3q]

Jelly scrolling isn’t gone, it’s just improved. It’s the exact same hardware inside the 6 and 7.

[@decidocisum]

What a fantastic video. Best I have seen. Subscribing! Thanks!

[@tigerlily6512]

This would be my first ipad tablet.

[@genericmike7361]

Man what the heck! I just traded in my fav ipad of all time, the 6th gen ipad mini, a few days ago for the 11in ipad pro m4, because I wanted final cut pro... and the requirement was an M-chip a few days ago on the App Store... darn

[@ElvaCabriales]

What convinced me to click on the video was Riot's cover haha

[@JCU84]

I don’t need an iPad mini. I just upgraded to the M4 iPad Pro 11 from my 2018 Pro 11. I just love the minis size. One of my favorite iPads was the first gen mini. At some point I’ll buy a cheap mini 6.

[@DarkSapphireJAs]

I used it for design research purposes! mainly planning, reading and surfing articles, and also instead of mobile game, i played on the ipad mini instead, So Funny fact, I just got my ipad mini 6 like 2 months ago. 😵‍💫

[@peteranderson7497]

Thanks for the video! My blue iPad mini A17 Pro will be delivered (in Australia) in two days time (although as I write this, my iPad has already landed in Sydney and is shown as "out for delivery". I am an avid Kindle books reader and I have the Readly app (an essential if you read magazines); so my iPad mini will be primarily a "reading device" and something I travel with or take to the coffee shop. I have an iPad Air 6 (13 inch) for everything else. As an aside, I was using my iPhone 11 as my "reading device" and while that's doable, it's not ideal. I'm looking forward to my new iPad mini. Regards, Peter

[@Chatsworth1979]

Happy for you, you sound excited, I am too, mine gets here in two more days.

[@Tech4YourNeeds]

iPad 10th generation comes in fun colors, just wanted to point that out for those who may not be aware.

[@RVDL]

Excellent review, Ser

[@MegaAmoled]

I really like the mini, but now I use the M1 11-inch Pro. Although I prefer the mini’s size, the mini 7 doesn’t give me any reason to switch back.

[@Oscar.AnangeloftheLord.Perez.1]

I like the 8Gig ram

[@decidocisum]

If they really wanted to make this an e-reader to give Apple Books a great device, it would be an iPad mini with the pro’s antiglare display.

[@Jooma008]

I traded my ipad air 4 for this new ipad mini. No regrets! I enjoyed the air but it's just too uncomfortable to use sitting on the couch which is how I use it most of the time. My ipad is basically a glorified chess playing device and being able to hold it with one hand is an upgrade for me.

[@andrewcrossley2448]

Very thorough. I’m glad the scrolling is fixed. I bought the last gen one online, but went into the Apple shop to look at the screen. Jelly scrolling was very obvious to me. So I sent the device back. So now I’ll probably get one as I use the bus to go in and out of work (an hour each way) to read newspapers, books and sort my emails. Think I’ll save the money and get the basic one as we have the Apple Premium family account with 2TB of storage. The mini will also be useful for checking photos from pro cameras in the field, where even an iPhone Pro Max is too small to check focus and exposure. Can it do Apple Sing connected to an external display as I use that for my choir?

[@thatonerampartmain8843]

Did not expect to see my favorite band in the thumbnail

[@michaelwoolcock5600]

I have a 128 gig mini 4. People spent 499.00 for a mini 6 with 64 gig. There was a 150.00 difference between that and 256 gig. On the new I pad there is a 100.00 difference. I am going to buy the 256 gig as I plan to have this iPad a long time. My 128 gig mini 4 lasted 9 years. With AI, you don't know how much memory the other apps are going to eat up so you are covered in that regard. Oh and for people who thought there wasn't a demand for mini, Amazon in the UK have sold out already!

[@kianb4990]

Mine’s arriving tom. I can’t wait. I dont edit at all but it’s nice to know that it can run Final Cut Pro. I downgraded from Ipad Pro 11 inch. It’s really good and powerful but still limited by the OS. And my use case does not really demand that much power. Refresh rate isn’t really a big deal for me esp with this screen size. What I really use a lot is Face ID though. 😢

[@trentgilliam5192]

I’m cool with the upgrades, but I do wish Apple had at least moved the camera location.

[@jotjotzzz5357]

I never noticed jelly scrolling, so oh well 😆. I will wait for a couple more years to upgrade.

[@NeilLavitt]

The 10th generation iPad seems to have quite a few very vivid colours

[@JoelDino]

Very informative video on iPad mini 7. Thanks

[@Arctis34]

Thanks for a really thorough video! I'll be using it in the clinic I am a doc

[@Muhiyaddeen4]

you can speed up balatro in settings

[@David-bn3ih]

So if I upgrade from the previous gen iPad mini, I can’t use the 2nd gen Apple Pencil that snaps to the side??

[@ashleigh1276]

im getting an iPad mini 7. Im upgrading from a iPad mini 5

[@little.prince]

5:39 I have the iPad Air with M1 and it runs Final Cut Pro just fine 🤷‍♂️

[@ronjr831]

I was going to get new 7 mini even though my 6 mini works fine. I am wondering if the new powerful chip runs hot. I think I will wait and see. Thanks

[@croissants1280]

iPad Mini 6 or 7 : Is it worth paying the extra for the 7? How about the Lenovo Legion y700 instead?

[@JudgingKitty]

For software updates, longevity and Apple`s good support, I would pick the iPad. Maybe high quality apps for video editing or some other productivity apps could be better on the iPad. For Emulation/Gaming and Media playback (watching a lot of KZbin videos etc.) I would pick the Lenovo. (smaller black bars because of the aspect ratio and maybe better speakers) Some people really notice the 144?hz of the Y700 a lot- then you must buy it. I would pay a good amount more for the iPad mini 7 instead of the 6, especially because of the 8GB Ram? and the 128GB of storage. The device will probably last a few years longer.(smoothly)

[@croissants1280]

@elinavance3476 Thanks for your reply

[@NeilLavitt]

Given that Stage Manager and proper extended displays is missing from this, I’d argue that this also means that there will never be a clamshell mode on the iPad as Apple does not consider the iPad as a highly mobile portable computer solution that one just plugs into a monitor and uses with a BT Keyboard and mouse. If they did, they would have enabled this on this device.What a shame.

[@AH247-qn5uf]

Final Cut Pro, yes!

[@gregjo3808]

Great review. I have a 64gb IPad mini 6, got it 3 months ago. I use it only for: Streaming YT, Netflix, web browsing, 1 light game, email, note taking on notability,. I never download anything. (I also gave tge IPad Pro 12.9 M2). Question: Do I need to upgrade to the mini 7 for 128gb storage? Or will what I have suffice? Thanks for any help.

[@captainhook88]

does it have the 80% charge limit?

[@b2bgood870]

The average customer dont care about scrolling 😂😂

[@nutube6291]

How many speakers? How do they sound, volume and quality?

[@CSTLLNS]

You could still see the jelly scrolling on the new one in your video with the slow motion and regular speed.

[@alatorreluis]

Is It mad to change my iPad Pro m2 for this one due to portability? Or m2 is way better

[@falconreconeight]

I haven’t noticed anything wrong with the screen.

[@Andyxay]

Is the jelly scrolling present in.... horizontal mode? Or they fixed it completely?

[@TheMreargasm]

Sorry but I can still notice the newer one still has jelly problem. Therefore, it is not as obvious as the 6th gen

[@emreakaln8202]

It could have been a mini LED screen instead of an OLED screen, or 90 Hz instead of 120 Hz. I don't think it would affect the cost that much.

[@JudgingKitty]

Did anyone notice if it has the same speakers as the iPad mini 6? The iPhone 16 models had a nice speaker upgrade for example.

[@hishamonepackage7067]

If jelly scrolling happened because of the placement and they didn't change the display. I wonder does that mean it will happen now on landscape?

[@Blox117]

jelly scrolling is an intentional animation. it can only be disabled not "fixed"

[@hishamonepackage7067]

@@Blox117 What do you mean. Like Apple made it that way?? And why?

[@Blox117]

@@hishamonepackage7067 yeah they did, its an animation to make things look nice and pretty. its a flag that you can even check in chromium browsers as well if you like it

[@leemifsud2486]

What was that card game called?

[@KrzysztofChomski]

Balatro. Available on Apple Arcade and other platforms.

[@jmunayer]

Having to do this to prove jelly scroll is gone proves how much of a nonissue it was. Great comparison though!

[@shinfuuliu9532]

Wanna know how e-sim works in it

[@Gupes]

Apple please just give me official stage manager support on iPad Mini. Please!!!

[@user-pv9cf4fr6d]

Not sure if it’s just me on iPad mini 6 but I hate how the screen does not detect my touch properly when trying to scroll on KZbin (fast forward/rewind). It always mistaken my gesture as an app swap. Extremely difficult for my mini to recognize my finger on this scroll bar. No jelly screen though

[@tipoomaster]

How many binned A17 Pros can they even have? I thought they'd want to move off N3B as soon as possible

[@andyH_England]

Apple is using the discarded A17 Pro chips that never made the grade, hence the binned GPU. It means that they can keep costs low and save on e-waste.

[@SirMopy]

idc about the 120hz display... what for me matters the most is the 500nits... when i'm outside in the shade on the balcony it's so hard to watch content. it's just not bright enough... i hoped that this updated fixed this but sadly no...

[@Oneverythangilove]

I have a question I have the iPad mini 5 and it has an update for 18.1 with apple intelligence what features of Apple intelligence does it get?

[@chrisd997]

60hz with 500+ dollars?

[@Jpantab]

Still can’t believe in 2024 they didn’t bother sliming down the bezels to give us more space and at least a 90hz display man

[@gnocchidokie]

What does external display support look like? Is it just screen mirroring like that time?

[@ChrisLawley]

It just mirrors unfortunately.

[@gnocchidokie]

@@ChrisLawley Such a shame!

[@chiarico]

Wow watching that jelly comp made mi dizzy 😅

[@Jorven-w1z]

I’m not here to bash it, and I might still get one, but the price is high enough that people expect more. Even a 90Hz display would’ve made a big difference. Samsung’s doing 90Hz on their S9 FE midrange tablet, and it’s cheaper than the Mini and the same price as the regular iPad 10. If you think people are asking for ‘Pro’ features and this isn’t that, then how do you justify the price of the Mini compared to the standard iPad?

[@jammies701]

Nice vid mate