Can Apple's smallest iPad become the "biggest iPhone"?
The iPad mini 6th generation (iPad mini 6) has a larger screen than the iPhone, but it can't be used for phone calls, unlike the iPhone, which is like the iPod touch Max.
If you talk about its charm, it is more like an iPad Air 4, the same single camera, the same TouchID power button, the same right angle edge, the same aircraft carrier-class bezel.
The difference is that the iPad mini only has an 8.3-inch screen, which can be easily put in the pocket, and has great potential to become a portable device, of course, provided that the money is added to buy the 5G cellular network version.
Of course, small stature also has big troubles.
The biggest difference between it and the iPad Air 4 is the position of the volume keys, the iPad mini 6 In order to make room for the second generation apple Pencil to charge magnetically, the volume keys were moved to the top of the fuselage.
Thus two questions were born, "mistaken touch" and "habit".
When we hold it horizontally, it is indeed easy to touch by mistake, but it is not the volume key that everyone imagines, but the power button, especially the multi-finger player, the index finger is placed in the upper left, a fierce operation, the result is not coincidentally locked the screen.
Therefore, it is highly recommended to enter Touch ID on the index finger of the left hand, so that you can quickly unlock the open screen, so that you can see yourself "into a box" faster.
In other ways, the iPad Air 4 is almost identical to the iPad mini 6, which makes it a scaled-down version of the iPad Air.
And slow, it and iPad Air 4 differences between the screen ratio and resolution, on the iPad mini 6, most of the apps are not suitable, the top is a little shorter, the bottom is a little shrinkage, the original slender 8.3-inch screen, currently only use 8 inches.
The screen area, which was not enough, is now more stretched.
Fortunately, the iPad mini 6 is a "brother in brother" in terms of volume, but the performance belongs to the level of "king of kings".
It uses a shrunken version of the A15 chip, and in the GeekBench 5 running score, the CPU performance is not as good as the full-blood version of the iPhone 13 Pro Max A15, but on the GPU, the score is not much different.
Whether it is "Glory of kings", "Peace Elite" or "Original God", players can rest assured that the picture quality will be full, the frame rate will basically be maintained at the top of 60 fps, there is no obvious frequency reduction phenomenon for a long time, and the average GPU occupancy rate is within 70%, far from reaching the limit of the iPad mini 6.
▲ The troughs in the frame rate that occurred 15 minutes ago were all caused by cutscenes
Even after 30 minutes of the original god test, and then use the thermal imaging temperature gun to try, the hottest place is in the lower left corner of the back, the temperature is displayed at about 35 ° C, it seems that the temperature control of the iPad mini 6 is still good.
A 20W charging head is also included in the package.
The Lightning interface of the previous-generation iPad mini has now been replaced by a USB 3.1 Gen1 Tpye-C interface, which greatly enriches the scalability and allows us to connect it to cameras, hard drives, and even 4K displays.
But after all, it only has 4GB of storage, and it is difficult to avoid being "cleared" when opening more games or applications.
Everything is very clear, Apple is reminding you to be single-minded, do not learn while playing. It also implies that the iPad mini 6 is not a device built for productivity.
The second-generation stylus and iPad mini 6 are simply a heavenly match, and the size is just not cumbersome. The smart double-sided clip is too single, there are no more accessories, and it seems to be a little less productive.
Of course, most people also use it to take notes, play games, and watch iQiyi. It can be seen that the iPad mini 6 should be aimed at "players", not Pro-level "users".
The iPad mini 6, embedded with the A15 chip, has a lot of potential, it can cope with the basic needs of note-taking, painting and occasionally topped productivity, but when it comes to becoming a professional-grade device, it is a bit difficult.
So if you're a young person who loves to play games, a student who watches online classes a lot, an amateur painting enthusiast, and a young person with an electronic ledger, the iPad mini 6 is like a product tailored for you.
▲ The device in the picture is iPad Pro
In my opinion, the iPad mini 6 is more like a Pro device without ProMotion technology, it has a stable output A15, portable enough, can use the second generation of Apple Pencil, and USB-C expansion power, to see the big picture, achieve lowercase big.
However, the iPad mini 6 does not support phone and Apple Watch pairing, which makes it more inclined to a powerful "small" tablet with a distinct personality, and it is difficult to become the main "big" mobile phone on its own.