

Apple Pencil tracking is extremely accurate. The display is laminated so there's no gap between the pen tip and the line on the screen. All the visuals look sharp and pixelation is not noticeable.īrightness is up to 500 nits so this can be used outdoors under bright conditions too. The new iPadOS 15 also offers additional space for your fingers to go onto the display without hitting any icons accidentally.Ĭolours on the IPS LCD display look good. The bezels offer space for your fingers to grip onto. But because the tablet is much smaller, the bezels look proportionally bigger. The bezels are actually the same size as the iPad Air 4 and iPad Pros (2018 and newer, shown above). My hands are small and even I can grip the tablet securely on both edges in portrait orientation. You can even hold it horizontally with one hand easily, especially when using Procreate since you have to use your thumb to reach the slider controls on the left. This is a tablet you can hold easily with one hand to draw on for long periods of time without feeling discomfort. Even with a case added, it's still considered light. The weight is 293g which is considered quite lightweight. If you want to rest your hand on the tablet, it's going to cover a larger proportion of the display compared to the larger iPads. The smaller size of the tablet does affect drawing experience though.

And when you factor in the bezels, the actual drawing area is much smaller than an A5-sized sketchbook. This is slighter smaller than an A5-sized sketchbook. Physical dimensions measure 195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm. As far as I know, this is currently the most powerful tablet in this small form factor.

The main selling point of the iPad mini is the compact portable design. The other thing included is the USB-C to USB-C cable. With auto-brightness, battery life is around 8hr 30min depending, of course, on what you are doing. Battery life is around 6hr 30min with maximum brightness.

There's a 20W charger that can charge the tablet from 0 to 100% in around 110 minutes. You can decide whether the new iPad mini 6 is worth the extra $100. While the benchmarks of A15 are most certainly much higher than any tablet out there, the overall user experience is actually no difference from the iPad mini 5. Apple's using the same A15 Bionic chip which is used in the iPhone 13. There's also the increase in RAM from 3GB to 4GB. The price of the iPad mini has increased from US $399 to $499. The downgrades affect the display which I will talk in detail further down. With that comes a larger 8.3-inch display in the same physical size as the iPad mini 5 (2019), the switch from lightning to USB-C port, and the support for Apple Pencil 2nd gen that charges by the side of the tablet. I'm glad to see the new updates to the iPad mini 6 but unfortunately there are some downgrades too.ĭesign of the iPad mini 6 has finally been updated to the same design aesthetics shared by the iPad Air 4 (2020) and the iPad Pros from 2018 or newer.
