Why iPad Mini 5 (2019) is a GREAT VALUE For Money! [Review] By TechReflex

So I am really not an Apple fan, mostly because I don’t like the limitations of iOS. But I do think that the iPad Mini 5 is a really great value for money, which I didn’t think I would say for an Apple Product. Hey guys, I am Siddharth, and let’s find out why YOU should buy the new iPad Mini 5. There isn’t a lot to say about the design of the Mini 5, as it is identical to the iPad mini 4, which looked almost the same as the first iPad Mini, but I do not think that it’s a bad thing, because is still very thin for what it has inside, and at 300 grams, it is very light for one handed use, even while using a cover. There are very non 2019 sized bezels at the top and bottom, but I don’t mind them that much as they make it holding it easier in one hand for longer periods of time. It also allows the front of this iPad to have touch ID instead of Face ID, which I see as an advantage because touch ID can be used from any angle, and I prefer it on a tablet over Face ID, even if it doesn’t feel as modern.

The display is a 7.9 inch IPS Panel with a 2048 x 1536 resolution, and it is pretty nice with all its DCI-P3 color gamut, brightness, viewing angles and stuff. I have seen people making a big deal out of the True Tone support that we have this time, but I don’t find it to be that special. But yes, the display *is* really good, as I was expecting, and it’s also laminated so everything appears to be on the surface. This display has a pixel density of 324 pixels per inch, whereas the larger iPad Air has it at 265 ppi, so while this is a smaller display, it is significantly sharper, and the pixels (pixel grid) do get noticeable below 300 ppi, so the Mini having the sharpest screen on any iPad is a great thing. We do not have a USB type C port where the lightning port is, like some people were expecting, but we still have the headphone jack which the larger iPad Pros don’t have, because that makes a lot of sense.

Speaking of size, the Mini is of course going to be more and less suitable than the larger iPads depending on what you want to use it for. The processor and other specs in this and the larger iPad Air are the same, so the only difference is that of size. If you will be using it for watching videos, surfing the web, reading books, playing games, then the iPad Mini should be the perfect size. Its weight and one-handed usability really make it very comfortable to use. For playing games this size is just perfect, as you can hold it in your hand like a smartphone, and with the power that this has, and the great selection of games that iOS offers, it can be the perfect gaming tablet for you.

On the other side, if you want to use it more for doing actual work, and use it like a laptop, then the bigger iPads are going to be better. The photo and video editing apps would be much nicer to use on larger iPads. It’s kind of small if you use in on a table or on your lap instead of holding it in your hands, and while the split screen feature is nice to have, it’s not the best thing to use on a 7.9 inch screen. Unlike the larger iPad Air, the Mini does not support have the smart keyboard connector, so you won’t be able to use the smart keyboards from Apple. But you can use any Bluetooth keyboard, which could actually be a much better option given the size of the Mini.

iPad Mini 5 is the first iPad Mini to have support for Apple Pencil, (first gen), which is pretty impressive, but the larger iPads are of course going to be much better if you have a use for that, as they will offer a much bigger canvas. So overall, as long as you are not trying to replace your laptop with this, and you want to use it in your bed or other similar places, I think that the size of iPad Mini is the best. Apple’s A12 Bionic CPU is probably its biggest selling point, and the reason why I am calling it a great value for money. It’s basically the same chip that you would get with an iPhone 10 S which costs 3 times more than this, which has the most powerful CPU in a smartphone at the moment. The gaming performance of this device is amongst the best, you have one of the most powerful GPU available here, and you can really play all the demanding games at their highest settings.

PUBG easily runs at 60 FPS at highest quality settings, and other games like Elder Scrolls Blades are going to perform well too. The UI is of course perfectly smooth, with all the nice animations that apple is known for, the gestures for switching apps, multi tasking, using the keyboard are all really great, and with the A12 CPU, you *really* don’t face any lags or slowdowns whatsoever. Everything flies flawlessly, without dropping a frame of the animation, and it does feel really nice to use. Taking us into another great feature to have on iPad, which is iOS. I am running the beta version of the soon to be released iPad OS, and It *really* fixes a LOT of annoyances I’ve had with iOS and brings some much needed improvements.

You still can’t do many things you’d be able to do on Android, but Android just doesn’t have anything that competes with iPads or offers a similar value, and there are some areas where iOS is actually better than Android. There are some very high quality apps that are not available on Android, Garageband is AMAZING and free, I don’t know if there’s something that’s as good as Lumafusion on Android, so all of that is nice, but there are cases where Android has the nicer app too, so if you have an Android phone, you can basically use all the apps that exist, and I think it makes the iPad very appealing for people who don’t use an iPhone, and if you use an iPhone you can use all the ecosystem features like Airdrop and Handoff. This is how the speakers on the ipad mini 5 sound, they sound pretty good, except for when they get covered, because they are only on one side There are cameras on this tablet, but your smartphone probably has a better camera, and you don’t look very intelligent taking pictures on a tablet. The upgraded front camera on the other hand is pretty decent, the microphones also record great audio when you’re filming yourself, so for facetime and for recording yourself, this is pretty decent. Apple claims a 12 hour battery life on this and the battery life is pretty good, Apple devices have outstandingly low idle power consumption, so that’s great.

Although, I personally use Airplane mode in the control center to turn WiFi and Bluetooth off because switching it off in control center doesn’t actually doesn’t turn them off, which I find to be pretty stupid So in conclusion, I think that the iPad Mini 5 is one of the few products from Apple that I would actually consider a good value for money. We don’t have a 128GB variant, which would have been perfect for a lot of people, and that’s one of the things that Apple does, but the 64 GB variant should be good enough for a lot of people too, especially because we stream most of our content online these days. This tablet works exactly like you would expect, which is a good thing. And except for the lack of an AMOLED display, which Samsung’s Upcoming Tablets are going to have, I really can’t point out any flaws. The performance is outstanding for the price, and with iPad OS, iOS has improved a lot, which really improves the experience of using it, so it is a product that I highly recommend, and I’ll have my links in the video description if you have decided to buy it So that was it for this video, do give it a thumbs up if you found it helpful, subscribe with notification bell icon for more videos like this, and I’ll see you, in the next one.

Source : TechReflex