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Ipad Mini's not really that small.

Thomas1977

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When I first heard about the Ipad Mini 2 which I ended getting this year back in January I thought they were going to be really small. they are not really. I think calling it the Mini might be a little bit of a misnomer.
 

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Compared to the standard iPad at 9.7 inches or the iPad Pro 12.9, I think the mini at 7.9 inches is appropriately named.

I used my mini2 for a couple of years and it served me well doing basketball stats and general usage. When it failed, I replaced it with an iPad Pro 9.7/128 which is much faster in operation, but I can definitely feel the heft. The 12.9 is much too large for my needs.

I would have been tempted to replace the mini/2 with a mini/4 had the mini/4 come with the updated A9X processor the Pro uses. The A7 in the mini/2 was really struggling for me and had some choppy game play and very long loading times for certain apps (2 plus minutes). I originally thought 32GB would be plenty, but was starting to get squeezed for space. It's funny how the space seems to disappear over time. ;)
 
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Well there is something called the Ipod Touch and thats smaller and thats almost like a tablet. but I guess your right compared to the bigger ipads they are quite small. but I admit its not what I thought at first when I hear mini.
 

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Does Apple still make the iPod Touch? What's that, a 4 inch display? These days, I would consider that a micro screen. :D

But I guess it's all what one prefers. For instance, the older I get, the larger I like my screens. So my current phone is 5.5 inches. But I want it bigger next time. ;)
 

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Does Apple still make the iPod Touch? What's that, a 4 inch display? These days, I would consider that a micro screen. :D

But I guess it's all what one prefers. For instance, the older I get, the larger I like my screens. So my current phone is 5.5 inches. But I want it bigger next time. ;)
The 6th generation iPod touch is still being sold. It has the same size display as the iPhone 5 series.
 
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I also think the mini is an appropriate size. Any smaller, it would be the iPod touch (like others have mentioned) :D
 
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even smaller would be the iPod nano or iPod Shuffle but those are music players and not tablets.
 

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