Equipped with Apple's A-series processor, the iPad mini is not only powerful, but also moderately sized, excellent to operate, and is recognized as a "game artifact". So can Apple's latest iPad mini 6 continue this "title"?
The iPad mini 6 is equipped with the latest Apple A15 bionic processor, compared to the previous generation, THE CPU performance is improved by 40%, gpu performance can be improved by up to 80%, which is the most powerful iPad mini to date. Supported by such strong performance, the iPad mini 6 should have continued to be called a "game artifact", but this is not the case.
Past generations of iPad mini have been called "the strongest game consoles" because the iPad mini has better thermal conditions, can better play the performance of A-series processors, and also has a more suitable screen size, and the gaming experience is better than the iPhone and the large-size iPad.
However, at the moment when the 120Hz high refresh rate is popular, the iPad mini 6, which still adheres to the 60Hz refresh rate, has not much advantage in the game experience.
At present, mainstream mobile games such as "Glory of the King", "Peace Elite" and "Original God" have supported 90Hz or 120Hz high refresh rate mode, and most domestic tablet computers and mobile phones have also fully adapted to high refresh rate games. The iPad mini 6, on the other hand, has only a 60-frame refresh rate, so it can't get a better gaming experience.
Although with the powerful and unmatched performance of the A15 processor, the iPad mini still has the advantage of frame rate when running ultra-high load games such as "Original God", but because of the large shortcoming of the screen, the overall experience of the "Original God" game of the iPad mini 6 does not have an absolute advantage.
Since the positioning of the iPad mini itself is an entry-level tablet product, other hardware is very "conservative" except for the processor. The screen of the iPad mini 6 not only does not support high refresh rate, but other qualities are not excellent, after all, this is only a traditional LCD screen, brightness, contrast can not be compared with OLED screen.
However, it should be pointed out that the iPad mini 6 screen peak brightness is 500 nits, the resolution is 2266x1488, 326ppi, at least in terms of fineness is not to worry. And this 8.3-inch Liquid Retina screen also has a true color display, A P3 wide color gamut display and ultra-low reflectivity. This means that the iPad mini 6 can present sharp text and vivid colors in most environments, which is perfect for reading books or reading comics.
In the actual experience, the author also found that compared to playing games, the iPad mini 6 is indeed more suitable as an e-book reader.
The size of the iPad mini 6 is very close to the Kindle, most users can hold it with one hand without pressure, which can be said to be an excellent size for e-book readers, and it is also very convenient to carry out.
I have a Kindle Paperwhite 3 in my hand, but it is not used very often, because the extremely slow response speed and simple and lagging system interaction logic will always make people lose interest in reading. Without the habit of deep reading, users will easily abandon it and let it "eat ashes".
Apple iPad mini 6 is different, iOS's excellent response speed and interactive experience will always make people "linger", and the Apple App Store can also download a large number of high-quality reading APPS, you can easily get the information you want to read, and the price may be much cheaper than the e-books on the Kindle Mall.
When reading books, most people are accustomed to taking reading notes and copying famous sayings and aphorisms, and Kindle lacks many supporting functional services in this regard. A large number of reading software in the Apple App Store have their own feature-rich recording and excerpt functions, and with "Evernote" and other note-taking apps, it is also very convenient to organize reading notes, with a stylus and keyboard, and can quickly output the after-reading feeling.
For most ordinary readers, the main advantage of the Kindle is "eye protection", and the iPad mini is indeed inferior to the ink screen in this regard. However, the iPad mini is equipped with an LCD screen, which will not have such a serious strobe problem as the OLED screen, and although it is not as good as the Kindle in the eye protection problem, it is also better than other devices equipped with OLED screens.
Overall, the new generation of iPad mini can not talk about the title of "game artifact", and because of the smaller screen size, the information display efficiency is not high, not suitable for use as a business office tablet. However, thanks to the right size, excellent interactive experience and software ecology, the iPad mini 6 definitely deserves the title of "reading artifact".