Weird that they’re just dumping it on the market, midweek. Not even waiting for the rumored November release announcement.
Probably because there is absolutely nothing new to announce except the upgraded processor and support for the Apple Pencil Pro.
And that’s just fine. They don’t need to have an expensive release event for every point upgrade.
Have an older early 5th-Gen one, with the touch gestures starting to flake out, requiring reboots every day or two. The mini form-factor is perfect for reading, browsing, and watching video. It’s large enough to show two ebook pages, but light enough to hold up when lying in bed and not worry about it smashing your face if you nod off.
How dare they release another product without 120fps
I just upgraded my six-year-old phone and 120hz on a phone is BEAUTIFUL.
apple said hey i heard you like copilot so here’s an ipad built for ai that costs even more than copilot
I loved my old mini 2, but the forced obsolescence is bullshit and I’ll never buy another iPad.
What forced obsolescence are you talking about? The mini 2 is an 11 year old device that received feature updates for 6 years and security updates for 10 years. Seems fair to me and is probably more than most Android tablets would give you.
The same apps I always used no longer work because of OS requirements. The “download older version” feature is extremely hit and miss (mostly miss).
The device works fine and is functionally useless because Apple said so. That’s not cool with me. Android might be just as bad, I don’t know — I’m sticking with FOSS mostly these days and just don’t have a working tablet anymore.
It’s a combination of minimum security requirements and features of the OS as well as the developer of the apps. WhatsApp stopped supporting older iPhones and my parents had to upgrade their iPhone5 which is over 13 years old now. I used to use my old iPad mini 4 only for Zoom until they stopped updating it and now my iPad is useless after using it for 9 years. Zoom blocks it at a server level so there is no way to bypass it.
