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Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by JonathonW »

jsheard wrote: post #21
234120987654 wrote: post #2

A17 Pro huh, that's a first for putting a pro chip in a non pro iPad, isn't it? I guess it's, as they advertise, to handle Apple Intelligence although I don't understand why they are doubling down on this _now_ while nothing from the newly announced AI stuff is available as of today...

It makes sense, the iPad Pros graduated to using full blown M series chips so the A Pro chips they used to use can filter down the stack. edit: oops I mixed up A Pro and A X

The A17 Pro (originally in the iPhone 15 Pro; now also in the iPad Mini) and A18 Pro (currently only in the iPhone 16 Pro) are the only chips Apple has produced with a "Pro" suffix.

Apple used to use the X suffix for bigger versions of their phone processors that went into iPads (starting with the A5X); that went away when the M-series was introduced.

And the "Pro" suffix itself doesn't seem to denote anything in particular-- there was never a non-Pro A17, and the "A17 Pro" going into the iPad Mini is itself a cut-down version of the chip that went into the iPhone 15 Pro (it has one GPU core disabled).

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by sgerenser »

jerojero wrote: post #3

I wish they had improved the screen a little bit as well. It makes sense to update the model with apple intelligence but that might not be enough for a lot of people to upgrade. Perhaps we're looking at a device that simply will be out of lineup soon (next few years). I do like this form factor a lot though, well, eventually we'll get foldable phones to become mainstream I hope.

There was some chatter on Macrumors that they flipped the orientation of the controller board so that the Jelly scrolling will be gone when used in portrait mode. That was the #1 display complaint on the outgoing model, so if its true then I’d count that as a win on improving the screen.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by ranunez64 »

throwaway48476 wrote: post #17

It is interesting that one of their examples is a "community repair fair", they want to market a sheen of social responsibility without actually taking part themselves.

It is interesting that one of their examples is a "Mahjong Club", they want to market a sheen of board game enthusiasm without actually taking part themselves.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by roughly »

ivanjermakov wrote: post #8

It's sad that "ultraportable iPad" marketing works, but "ultraportable iPhone" does not make sense for most people. iPhone 13 mini was the last flagship smartphone with such dimensions.

The typical iPhone Mini product cycle:

Make iPhone Mini -> Mini only accounts for 10% of sales -> Cancel iPhone Mini -> Notice that 10% of iPhone customers haven't updated for 3 or 4 cycles -> Make iPhone Mini -> Suffer crippling corporate amnesia ->

I'm expecting the brain worms to reach step 4 of the corporate consciousness cycle around the next generation or so.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by skydhash »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #25
marbletiles wrote: post #7

The mini is the absolute sweet spot for me - enough portability that I don’t mind the many restrictions of iPad OS. But the A-line chips and low-quality screen are problems, and not being able to properly dock it at a monitor is a real hinderance. None of those are addressed here, unfortunately.

Considering the bestselling laptops at Walmart for $400-500 still sometimes have Twisted Nematic displays, I think the screen is fine. I also don’t get the complaint about the A-series chip. What does an M1 unlock in iPadOS that the A17 doesn’t?

I think stage manager? And the A1 can get hot sometimes (PDFs and Procreate).

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by dumbo-octopus »

zie wrote: post #39
rvnx wrote: post #20

Is there somewhere where this Apple Intelligence can be used ?

Some of it is available in the beta's, but no, it's not released to stable yet.

Which boggles the mind… did nobody tell the software team that a release was coming?

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by saagarjha »

roughly wrote: post #45
ivanjermakov wrote: post #8

It's sad that "ultraportable iPad" marketing works, but "ultraportable iPhone" does not make sense for most people. iPhone 13 mini was the last flagship smartphone with such dimensions.

The typical iPhone Mini product cycle: Make iPhone Mini -> Mini only accounts for 10% of sales -> Cancel iPhone Mini -> Notice that 10% of iPhone customers haven't updated for 3 or 4 cycles -> Make iPhone Mini -> Suffer crippling corporate amnesia -> I'm expecting the brain worms to reach step 4 of the corporate consciousness cycle around the next generation or so.

One can hope.

Re: Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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Post by insane_dreamer »

Nice choice, always been my favorite size.

Surprised though that they don't have an option with cellular so you can have always-on data access (i.e., with a data-only plan).

Updated: my bad, it does come with cellular -- it's just not advertised on the main product page

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