Anyone interested to get one

Changes from previous gen:
- A17 Pro with 6 core CPU and 5 core GPU
- New blue color
- Starting at new 128GB base (vs old 64GB base)
- Apple Intelligence in iOS18.1
- WiFi 6E (vs old 6)
- Apple Pencil Pro support with Apple Pencil hover (no more pencil 2 support)
- New Smart HDR 4 (vs old Smart HDR 3)

Price list

128GB RM2,199
256GB RM2,599
512GB RM3,499

This post has been edited by farkingdom: Oct 15 2024, 10:10 PM

Me! Always love the mini. I have the 6. Thinking of trading it in.

Love my Mini 6, despite its flaws. In my eyes, the iPad Mini series is the only remaining iPad that doesn’t suffer from an identity crisis. The Air and Pro models are too busy pretending to be laptops these days with their keyboard cases (which cannot even fold back, so portability is totally killed), yet still fail miserably compared to MacBooks for most tasks.

Will probably pass on the 7 and cross my fingers hoping Apple releases a 120Hz Mini in a couple of years, along with a 120Hz MacBook Air. It’s not about price. All I want is a hand-holdable tablet and fanless laptop with high refresh rate screens.

from current gen ipad to new gen ipad no difference.

looks like the ipad air is as small as they can get to put a M1 chip inside.

might consider to get one since im using mini 5 .. hmmm but not so tempting . .spec ...60 hz still ... old 17 pro chip.. see how ..

Been waiting for this updated iPad Mini, planning to get for my daughter. Also happy this one supported the Pencil Pro which she loves to draw on the iPad.

Price alright, double base storage and more powerful chip yet cheaper. But that is it. still thick bezel. Hopefully future will have a Pro Variant that using M chip

US open at 23 oct .. wonder we are the same bo ..

Not sure if I want to upgrade from iPad Mini 6. I have the Pencil 2 too, so everything has to be changed.

Nice

nice. but already bought Air M2.

Yeah Apple revised the price for the Air M2 to RM2,499, that’s RM300 difference with the new mini RM2,199 price.

So it’s just which form factor one will want from an iPad since most specs are identical (except new mini has True Tone flash, while Air has keyboard support)

Weight of mini vs 11inch Air:
293g vs 462g

A17 Pro vs M2 benchmark:
93 vs 99 cpu benchmark
95 vs 98 gpu benchmark

A17 pro is more efficient in battery life, probably why Apple chose this for the mini
97 vs 92 battery efficiency

Source: https://nanoreview.net/en/soc-compare/apple...s-apple-a17-pro

Not a full size A17 pro, It's 1 GPU core less compare to iPhone 15 Pro

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/16/ipad-m...-chip-downside/

But even iPad Air M2 also one less GPU core compare to actual M2. I think it's down to preferences where you want a 11 inch or 8 inch.

Apparently, Apple trade-in price for iPad Mini 6 is higher than Switch. I'm referring to WiFi only 64GB. I will switch to Mini 7 then.

My only heartache is the Pencil 2... Probably I will sell it cheaply somewhere or to my sister whose Air is using Pencil 2.

is the Apple Pencil Pro worth it just for this upgrade? or better to wait next cycle, since my mini6 only 3yo

Are you going to trade-in? What do you like about it to upgrade?

depends on your need on the pencil.
for me, i love the squeeze function on the pro.

This post has been edited by soulz69: Oct 17 2024, 02:35 PM

Yeah, either trade-in or sell it to my oldest sis (she wants it) at trade-in price/
It is already 3 years and the price is not bad, I only top up around 1k, why not?

This post has been edited by fruitie: Oct 17 2024, 03:00 PM

I almost forgot its already 3 years already lol. Ok good enough.