New ipad Mini review: Good screen effect, slight increase in weight

[Guide] Although the new product in the thickness and weight of a slight increase, but still a "perfect" products. Tencent Digital Message "amazing! "This is the Apple Vice President Schiller in the United States to face the new ipad mini on the first day of sales sent a wild sigh. Although there is no specific figure, but he believes that his boss Cook will be the same expression. Quickly returning to China on November 12, Apple shelves the new ipad mini with virtually no official voice. No flashy publicity doesn't mean the product won't appeal to consumers, but the delivery time is 5-10 days from 1-3 days on the shelf, but only a few hours. New ipad Mini Two-point upgrade, Retina screen and A7 processor. Has the new ipad mini been upgraded to perfection or is it still out of reach? We are now taking you closer to the ipad mini with Retina charm. If you don't have time to read this review, we can still make a decision in advance for you, "now it's time to throw away your first generation ipad Mini!" ”。 Weight/thickness increase has no effect on mobile performance objectively speaking, the thin fuselage, the 7.9-inch screen and the weight of 312g have reached a more complete degree of mobility in the previous generation of ipad mini designs. So, when there's a new generation of ipad Mini news coming out, maybe we're more concerned with its color changes and screen effects. Of course, finally we look forward to the "Tyrants Gold" version of the ipad mini although did not appear, but the retina screen to make it to achieve the real perfect. As we expected, the new ipad mini with the Retina screen was almost identical in design to the usual screen version, except that the addition of the retina screen made the machine slightly different in thickness. Compared with the previous generation, the new ipad Mini has a 7.9-inch screen, but the overall thickness of the machine increases by 0.3 mm (from 7.2 mm to 7.5 mm) and weighs 312 grams from the previous 331 grams (4G weight is 341 grams). In addition, in addition to the "Tyrants Gold" version did not appear, has been the expected fingerprint recognition has not appeared in the new ipad Mini. Unless you are digitally controlled, the 0.3 mm thickness and less than 30 grams of weight lifting will certainly have little effect on you. Moreover, even if the two-generation ipad mini products are deliberately put in the hands of the comparison, the difference between them is negligible. In contrast to the previous generation, I suddenly discovered that the last generation of the ipad Mini, with its deep, grey, gray, had highlighted "traces of time" in the corners and back of the machine, and it made me realize that the new generation of ipad MiniIt is likely to become so in the near future. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you either buy an ipad Smart vinyl on Apple's website or buy a protective kit, and try to avoid "streaking". The Retina screen gives a qualitative boost to the display. At the beginning of the previous ipad Mini, it was criticized for using a backwards-era 1024x768 resolution screen to display pixel-grained pixels. As a result, updates to the Retina screen in the next generation of ipad mini have been the focus of attention for all. The new ipad Mini with a Retina screen resolution of 2048x1536,326 is even more than the 9.7-inch ipad Air, which actually shows a quality improvement over the products of the generation. Normally, when we use the ipad tablet, the actual screen is about 30-40 centimeters away from the eye. After the two-generation product screen part of the comparison we see, in such a distance, if let two products open the same page, the picture may not be too obvious differences, but from the text part of a glance can identify which is a new generation of products, which is the old model. Believe that if you previously had the old ipad Mini, when you first saw equipped with Retina screen of new products, immediately will send a feeling: Wait so long, this is what I want. In addition, in contrast to the screen, we also added a new ipad Air. We know that although the ipad's air screen resolution, which was released simultaneously with the new ipad Mini, is 2048x1536, the ipad Air's PPI is only 264 because of different screen sizes, and the actual display should be less effective than the next generation of ipad Mini. But in contrast, we found that in the two products with the highest screen brightness, although the sharpness is not much different, but the next generation of ipad mini screen in color significantly inferior to the large size of the ipad Air. Whether this is an individual difference or a general phenomenon, we will continue to focus on this matter in the follow-up. Overall, the next generation of ipad Mini is very prominent on the screen, which is clearly the biggest driver for the old ipad mini user. But one thing to be particularly reminded, with the introduction of new products, Apple on the previous generation of the ipad mini price adjustment, the current 16GB WiFi version of the official website price is only 2098 yuan, and the new difference of nearly 800 yuan. So if the two-generation product is just a screen difference, will you pay for it? Don't worry, guys. Equipped with iOS 7.0.3 system iwork all free new ipad mini with a brand-new iOS 7.0.3 system, the overall flat style of the system is believed to be very familiar. Many previous ipad mini users reflectAfter upgrading the new iOS 7 system there will be a bit of cotton, but the new ipad mini is completely without cotton, thanks to the next generation of ipad mini hardware upgrade, the system fluency is very good. In the photo function, the new ipad mini inherits the ability of the ipad Air to be super high speed, and through actual hand experience, the speed performance although not compared with iphone5s, but still reached a fast speed. In addition, as a result of optimization and settings, the ipad Mini and the ipad Air, as the user hold down the shooting button when the camera speed is slow, and manual clicks will be relatively high, the use of the experience and iphone5s press and hold the camera button can be very different from the experience of high-speed burst. On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that Apple offers iwork free support for new devices purchased after September 1, and that the ipad mini retina is clearly in the category of getting free. But if you log on to another account, when opening the App Store, the iwork component displays 68 yuan, but when the system detects hardware is refreshed with new hardware it becomes "free", so you have to wait a while for Android apps. If iwork is free to make the ipad Air more suitable for use as a production tool, the ipad Mini, which is only 7.9 inches in size, is more suitable for reading, gaming, etc. 3.5 times times more hardware performance without pressure on the hardware side, the new ipad mini's biggest upgrade comes from the screen. The new ipad mini uses a 7.9-inch PPI 326 2048 x 1536 resolution IPS wide-view hard screen with a very good display, and it is clear that a generation of users ' biggest expectations of the ipad mini upgrade have been fully realized by Apple in the new product. With the processor and screen resolution upgraded at the same time, is the actual experience being weakened by resolution enhancement? The answer is no, compared to the previous generation of ipad Mini, the new ipad mini retina is performing very well in the same game, in addition to being more delicate, we do not feel any obvious deficiencies in the fluency, after all, the improvement in performance of the processor is quite obvious compared to the previous one. The data from the chart shows that the new ipad mini Retina uses a A7 processor that is significantly higher than the previous ipad Mini, with single core performance rising from 496 to 1387, and multi-core performance up to 2517 points from the previous 751 points, Almost 3.5 times times the size of the A5 processor used by the ipad mini in the previous generation, it is this elevation that ensures increased resolution and overall fluency after iOS7. But compare the ipad family's flagship IPAD Air, the new ipad mini Retina Performance score is slightly less than a few, the difference is about 100 points, but this gap is almost negligible, we can see the ipad mini Retina and ipad Air performance level is basically the same level. The next generation of ipad Mini has 1GB RAM, which is easier to use than the previous ipad mini 512MB size RAM, and it will be a good time to respond to updates to iOS systems in the future. It is well known that the new ipad mini Retina is equipped with a faster and more power-saving A7 processor, and the addition of the formal processor allows the ipad mini to have a pretty good lifetime with the retina screen, knowing that the last generation of ipads The mini has no such treatment. The new ipad mini Retina has a pretty good performance, with a normal intermittent use of only 30% of the power within 6 hours, and it seems to be fine for the normal continuous use to reach the official 10-hour endurance. Apple has never fooled consumers on propaganda, and the credibility is high. Indoor light Environment photo proofs Indoor natural daylight + light proofs Beijing haze Real picture proofs In addition to the camera, the machine continued the level of the previous generation of ipads, the rear camera reached 5 million pixel level, and the front camera resolution reached 120 pixels. The overall photo-taking effect of the rear camera is still quite reliable, but there is no obvious effect to improve or let people feel some regret. Which ipad is better for you? As we all know, Apple now has ipad Air, ipad 2, the new ipad mini with Retina screen and the old ipad mini four products for sale after the launch of the ipad Mini and ipad Air with the retina screen. So, the old ipad mini is worth buying? And how do we choose between the ipad Mini with the Retina screen and the ipad Air? In fact, when Apple released a new generation of ipad Mini and ipad Air this year, users ' choices on the ipad would be simpler when the hardware configuration of two products was almost identical. Whether you already have an ipad or not, the new ipad Mini and the ipad Air can all be taken into account. Specific buy which, as long as the size, think about your mobile needs, the rest of the full look at the money in the pocket. Here we can also give you some advice, if you like to play games on the big screen, like to use the ipad to read magazines, like to find the fun things on the Internet with the ipad display to others, then the larger size of the ipad Air must meet your mouth, and if you use the ipad more on the road, in the restaurant, even under the quilt, then the small new ipad mini will be more suitable for you. Of course, if you've never experienced a retina screen and don't want to spend too much money, it's a good choice to have the lowest-priced ipad mini in all ipad products. But you have to be clear, new and old two ipad mini in addition to the screen has a big difference, the processor and other hardware performance is also different, and the same difference is larger. As for why the ipad 2 is still being sold, there is a claim that the ipad 2 is selling well and profitable. Indeed, while many consumers now have a passion for ipad products on the Retina screen, the ipad has become a productivity tool in the hands of some industry users. This type of user wants only a rich function and a relatively practical performance, the appearance, display effect is not in their special consideration. Although the ipad 2 is expected to gradually retire, it is not now. Summary: The best choice of small size tablet it is undeniable that Apple has been in the lead in the entire tablet market, and the appearance of the ipad mini has stimulated people's demand for small-scale flat-panel products. Although the first-generation ipad mini's "backsliding" on screen resolution seems to give a glimmer of hope to the smaller partners in other camps, but during the year when Apple was "waiting", no matter whether it was the Android camp or the moribund Windows side, it did not come up with a bright-looking product. In the dialogue of the movie, it is "give you the opportunity, you are useless!" ”。 As a result, the arrival of the ipad mini with a Retina screen is more of an ostentatious and demonstration of Apple's return to the tablet market. From the launch of the new ipad mini with a Retina screen, it is more than just a show of improvement, the advanced 64-bit architecture of the A7 processor and the M7 coprocessor is once again showing the strong technical strength of apple. And all this, coupled with the launch of iOS 7, is more experienced than other similar products. Although the new product has a slight increase in thickness and weight, and does not have the fingerprint recognition function that everyone has been looking forward to, these are not enough to affect our final "perfect" evaluation of the products. If you need a word to judge the future of the new ipad Mini, we don't hesitate to tell you, "it will be the protagonist of this Christmas and next year's gift."