Apple iPad mini 2 Review By PhoneArena

So I'll share. There are a lot of people who are disappointed to know that the iPad Mini didn't feature a Retina display, but with the second-generation model they kind of cleared that, obviously, with the inclusion of that Retina display beyond the display, the iPad Mini this year is treated with all the upgrades we'd expect to find. So it has beefed your hardware specs, a nice premium construction and an updated iOS 7 experience. Well, it's nothing really new with the design. The iPad Mini with Retina display employs the same distinctive design as it last year's model. So it still has a nice premium finish to it.

The design isn't new here, just because it still employs the same iconic design as before and see it as a larger panel. Seven point: nine inches: it's a lot wider than the 7-inch tablets out there, so you might have stretched your hands just a little, but the nice thing about the iPad Mini second-generation is just that. It's less all the quality elements that we like in a very compact tablet. It's streamlined thin as a good weight and feeling the hand and top that it just has a premium element with that brushed aluminum casing. Of course, there going to be a lot of people happy this time around that the iPad Mini features our Retina display.

So high resolution screen still same 7.9 inches. The resolution drones at 2048 by 1536, giving it a pixel density count of 324 pixels per inch, a lot of sharpness to it, of course, and installed an IPS LCD panel with the high resolution display and toe this time around. Of course, it able it's able to deliver some crisp looking details, even the web browser, even the finest of text more than legible, even from a normal viewing distance. Seeing that the screen relies on IPS LCD technology, there's a lot of quality elements of balloted. First superior outdoor visit II, it has a strong brightness output, so it makes outdoor visibility a really easy in the eyes.

Secondly, it has sported some very wide viewing angles, and you can see it maintains its cloudy there's no distortion, even at the widest angles and as far as color reproduction. It's nice, but it's not as vibrant when compared to the iPad Air. It's just a little more subdued. Furthermore, it's your late, no dab, but we're happy. Nevertheless, to know that the iPad Mini vicious sports, a higher resolution, Retina Display, something we want with original Maul, but hey it's here.

So we can't complain about it. Sorry, folks, there isn't a biometric touch. I'd fingerprint sensor here, so just typical hole, bud recessed, but still has a nice responsive feel when it's pressed down above the display. There's a light sensor and the front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera, taking a pic around its edges on the right side, we have its separated volume controls and the mute switch up top. We have the distinguishable and raised power bud yeah when the microphones- and you also have 3 and 1/2 millimeter, headset jack and finally, along the bottom edge.

We have those dots which consist of its dual speakers, and you have the Lightning docking port for charging and data connectivity and finally, in the rear, we have its 5 megapixel autofocus camera, which features an F 2.4 aperture lens a backside illuminated sensor, digital image, stabilization and 1080p. Video recording in terms of storage options, the iPad Mini with Retina display is available in either 16 32, 64 or 128 gigabyte versions, and it starts out at 400 with each model going up, $100, okay, so with the iPad Mini with Retina displays running iOS 7. So if you're using an iOS device right now, this should be a very familiar one. Nothing really different about it. But regardless of that, it's just nice that we have that updated experience over lasher's, offering I'm not going to go to great detail about what's new here with the iOS 7 experience just again, because it's same thing we find on other recent devices out there, but it's still released claim to having a very simplified experience.

You could tell here with the home screen with its typical grid, like view, but it does get treated to some really nice visual changes, a lot of translucency new font and flatter overall design notifications are handled in the same manner just swipe down from the top bezel. We gain access to the Notification Center. This is what aggregates all notifications and the cool thing it has. A nice translucency effect with it. Conversely, when we swipe up from the bottom bezel at any time, we jump right into its control center and from here we gain access to some connectivity features.

We can adjust the volume and even the brightness, of the display we and iPad. The experience again retains the same gestures from before. So, for example, if you want to close down or minimize an application, we could use the five fingers with pinch gesture automatically we'll minimize it. We have also the swipe method where we can jump between open applications very quickly, so you can just swipe left or right and from here we could gain access to all the different open applications. If you want to see all them simultaneously, we can just swipe up and from here we get the windows here, so we can jump into any of them at any time, and they're all just very useful and practical.

Overall, the iOS 7 experience here at the iPad Mini retina display is very refreshing one over last year's model. Of course, the visual changes are all appreciated, but at same time it still adheres to having a very simplified experience, which is the thing we come to expect out of iOS in general. Just like some other recent devices from Apple, the iPad Mini with Retina display is most notable for featuring and 64-bit based processor, a rarity still in the space. Of course, it's actually a dual-core 1.3 gigahertz Apple A7 trip, and it's coupled with the power VRG 64 30 GPU. So when it comes to simple things like opening up applications, it exhibits a really nice snappy feel instantaneous with all of its operations and actually that 64-bit based processor is going to help out when it comes to gaming, but right now still doesn't matter of developers getting used to it and offering games that take advantage of it.

But nevertheless it still has a really great performance with high intensity. Stuff does going. Keyboard is the same from before, so nothing really different about it. It's nice and responsive and quick to the touch and as far as usage, we prefer using the on-screen portrait one just because our thumbs are able to encompass the entire land and, of course, some people will appreciate the split style option. But if you're going to be using the landscape one you can try to use it normally, like you would on any other keyboard.

It just feels a little cramped for the most part, the web browsing experience here doesn't change, but with the addition of that Retina display. It's just icing on the cake here, just because it's able to produce some very sharp looking details, so it just makes pages pop with a lot more clarity beyond that it says all the qualities we like about the experience. You have some instant page loads here, very quick that yet page renderings on the fly and navigational controls are nice and smooth with the introduction of iOS 7. We see an update to the presentation of the music player but, generally speaking, it's a little very conventional looking one as far as the audio quality from its dual speakers, we got to say it's very pulling strong and even offers a hint of bass with its output. It's great watching High Definition videos on the iPad Mini, with Retina display, of course, that high resolution screen really helps out.

But as far as codec support, it's very limited. You got to do a lot of conversion for 1080p videos, so they load properly onto it. The camera app is pretty bad of any manual controls or shooting modes. The only things were presented with are the standard photo mode. We could select HDR mode.

If you want to, we could switch to video there's even a square shot mode now, even though it lacks any deep controls or anything like that. It's just nice that this the experience is simplified, so the emphasis is just on taking the shot. Luckily, it's five megapixel camera is perfect for a tablet. So if your clients you use it, then you're going to be pleased by what you see now, there's just a good fine balance with outdoor shots. You get some nice details in the shots colors, depending on how you capture them.

If either can come out a little saturated or sometimes it has a very natural stance and, of course, exposure seems to be held very well by the camera under lower lighting conditions, though, we tend to see a lot more noise which in turn, of course, you know, softens its details, but it's still pretty good at same time. We're very content with its 1080p video recording quality. This has some nice-looking visuals crisp. Looking details, you have gradual exposure, so it's not too jerky or finicky. You have very smooth recording too, so it's never too choppy artifacts is held at the minimum, which is great, but in lower lighting conditions we tend to see a lot more noise in the shots which, in turn softens its details and the one thing that we notice that, when we're holding tablet when we're shooting something, sometimes we have this habit of covering up the microphone.

So it tends to record some distorted audio. But aside from that, it's mostly clear and generally speaking or very happy with the quality, even with the inclusion of its high resolution, Retina display and beef here in Turtles, the battery life is average here with the iPad Mini, with Retina display kind of matches. What we saw last year with the iPad Mini for heavy usage, we're able to get by at least a solid one day and where we're using it normally not making it a prime primary driver, we're able to get close today in half out of a fully charged battery. Now. This is what the first-generation iPad Mini should have been from the start.

But, regardless of that, we're finally happy that the Retina displays on board with it. Overall, the iPad Mini with Retina displays a fantastic tablet. It excels in all the areas who wanted to. We have that sharp high-resolution display you have a premium construction, a very intuitive and easy user experience, snack of performance and heck. You can even take some pretty good photos and videos.

However, the one that we don't like is just the increase in price point. Last year's iPad Mini started at $330. This year's iPad Mini with Retina display, starts at $400 for the base.16 gigabyte Wi-Fi only version expensive cost when you think about some other big players in the space right now, knowing all that, it's a tough sell for the iPad Mini with Retina display, especially if you think about some offerings out there, you could pay less $100 less and pick up the iPad Mini 1st generation model for only $300 or if you want, you could pay $100 more and pick up the iPad Air for 500 doing all of that. It's a tough sell for the tablet. Just because there's a host of different options, you can go with unless you want the latest and greatest, and you want that small form factor of what it has to offer.

You might want to think about some other options out there. So if you guys want to learn more about the iPad Mini with Retina display, you could check out our website phone ring come anti thanks for watching.

Source : PhoneArena