It is made for the comercial market. POS and form filling for small business. Much larger market. It also happens to fit the traveling pro who needs a consumption device. There are more than two markets as described above.
Brian Ibbotson - 5 years ago
Have to agree with Oli Clark – this hits exactly what I wanted in the new mini. I have a 2nd gen 12.9 iPad Pro 512mb, and I love it, especially for note-taking and marking-up highlighting PDFs and ebooks with the Pencil 1 – but it's a tad oversize for every situation I could use it in, especially during my commute (NYC subways, often standing).
The only thing that would be better, but not necessarily if it increased the price, would be the newer bezel design.
The camera, photo and video concerns? Couldn't care less – if I need to take a photo, I use my iPhone. Always have found using the camera on any tablet (I've had iPads and Androids across the size spectrum) to be awkward and unnatural. Larger storage would be nice to choose from, but I've only found size necessary for video storage, which I don't do. And the 'moji features? Never seemed like more than a gimmick on any Apple device. The retina display, pencil support and improved processor are all I needed.
Omer Bila - 5 years ago
I’ve been waiting for this moment a very long time. Now that is here i am extremely disappointed. I wanted a bezel-less device with pencil 2 support and flat edges like the pro. What we got is an old ipad mini with a microchip used to power a phone. Id rather own a Samsung Note 9 phablet than this. So, not only will i not buy it, i will buy from their competitor.
Oli Clark - 5 years ago
I don't quite see what the problem is - at least for my use case it's pretty perfect. My key priority was pencil support - and in fact Crayon support is even better - cheeper option only missing pressure sensitivity. (I'll be using it for note taking and marking up pdfs so perfect). Taking pics with any iPad is a mugs game - so camera quality doesn't bother me (I use my current mini 2 for FaceTime - and it's fine (I'm a filmmaker - so pretty picky about image quality - but for chats with fam, it really doesn't matter that much).
A12 seems like a good compromise - after all - iPhone xs etc are not underpowered.
Clearly it would have been amazing to get a bigger screen in the same form factor - but if it were to make it more expensive (which it would have) - I'm pleased about this option. I don't have to have the latest/greatest - what I need is something that is fast enough for web/magzine/video consumption - plus email/markup/note taking. This seems to hit that sweet spot.
For me, Face ID was the most serious omission.
It is made for the comercial market. POS and form filling for small business. Much larger market. It also happens to fit the traveling pro who needs a consumption device. There are more than two markets as described above.
Have to agree with Oli Clark – this hits exactly what I wanted in the new mini. I have a 2nd gen 12.9 iPad Pro 512mb, and I love it, especially for note-taking and marking-up highlighting PDFs and ebooks with the Pencil 1 – but it's a tad oversize for every situation I could use it in, especially during my commute (NYC subways, often standing).
The only thing that would be better, but not necessarily if it increased the price, would be the newer bezel design.
The camera, photo and video concerns? Couldn't care less – if I need to take a photo, I use my iPhone. Always have found using the camera on any tablet (I've had iPads and Androids across the size spectrum) to be awkward and unnatural. Larger storage would be nice to choose from, but I've only found size necessary for video storage, which I don't do. And the 'moji features? Never seemed like more than a gimmick on any Apple device. The retina display, pencil support and improved processor are all I needed.
I’ve been waiting for this moment a very long time. Now that is here i am extremely disappointed. I wanted a bezel-less device with pencil 2 support and flat edges like the pro. What we got is an old ipad mini with a microchip used to power a phone. Id rather own a Samsung Note 9 phablet than this. So, not only will i not buy it, i will buy from their competitor.
I don't quite see what the problem is - at least for my use case it's pretty perfect. My key priority was pencil support - and in fact Crayon support is even better - cheeper option only missing pressure sensitivity. (I'll be using it for note taking and marking up pdfs so perfect). Taking pics with any iPad is a mugs game - so camera quality doesn't bother me (I use my current mini 2 for FaceTime - and it's fine (I'm a filmmaker - so pretty picky about image quality - but for chats with fam, it really doesn't matter that much).
A12 seems like a good compromise - after all - iPhone xs etc are not underpowered.
Clearly it would have been amazing to get a bigger screen in the same form factor - but if it were to make it more expensive (which it would have) - I'm pleased about this option. I don't have to have the latest/greatest - what I need is something that is fast enough for web/magzine/video consumption - plus email/markup/note taking. This seems to hit that sweet spot.