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Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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252 points diwank | 8 comments | 15 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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jerojero ◴[15 Oct 24 14:07 UTC] No.41848765[source]▶
I wish they had improved the screen a little bit as well.

It makes sense to update the model with apple intelligence but that might not be enough for a lot of people to upgrade.

Perhaps we're looking at a device that simply will be out of lineup soon (next few years).

I do like this form factor a lot though, well, eventually we'll get foldable phones to become mainstream I hope.

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1. tiffanyh ◴[15 Oct 24 18:10 UTC] No.41851346[source]▶
> I wish they had improved the screen a little bit as well.

What do you mean, the iPad mini has a higher ppi (326) vs iPad Air (264).

I think the issue is that, iPad OS is scaling the display to a weird resolution.

https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/specs/

https://www.apple.com/ipad-air/specs/

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2. fckgw ◴[15 Oct 24 20:14 UTC] No.41852645[source]▶
Probably a 120hz screen like the Pro has
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3. michpoch ◴[15 Oct 24 20:31 UTC] No.41852790[source]▶
Then it’d also get the IPad Pro price?
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4. jsheard ◴[15 Oct 24 22:45 UTC] No.41853898{3}[source]▶
120hz panels are dirt cheap at this point, look beyond the Apple ecosystem and they're everywhere at nearly every price point. Even barebones office monitors meant for doing spreadsheets are often ~100hz now, there's no reason to make them 60hz when faster panels are more or less the same price.
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5. heraldgeezer ◴[15 Oct 24 22:53 UTC] No.41853947{4}[source]▶
>120hz panels are dirt cheap at this point

So is storage and RAM but every OEM has their added vendor tax and so does Apple.

2TB Samsung pro nvme SSD is 170$, how much is 2TB Apple storage...

Same with screens.

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7. hollandheese ◴[16 Oct 24 04:15 UTC] No.41855539[source]▶
It's much less bright than the iPad Pro and iPhone in daylight. In a bright day it's barely visible.

And adding OLED would make it the great for nighttime reading.

8. mort96 ◴[16 Oct 24 07:27 UTC] No.41856483[source]▶
Who mentioned DPI?