{"id":13074,"date":"2024-10-23T04:05:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T04:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13074"},"modified":"2024-10-23T04:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T04:05:49","slug":"apple-ipad-mini-a17-pro-2024-review-portable-and-powerful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13074","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPad Mini (A17 Pro, 2024) Review: Portable and Powerful"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I like the Pencil Pro mainly for its new \u201csqueeze\u201d capability that triggers the tool palette. It feels more intuitive than double-tap, especially while quickly jotting notes down. It also has a built-in gyroscope sensor, which lets you change the orientation of the tools as you twist them, giving you finer control. You could save some cash and get the Apple Pencil USB-C<\/a> instead, which the iPad Mini also supports, but that model skips many important features like wireless charging, pressure sensitivity, double-tap, and squeeze.<\/p>\n

The Pencil Pro often dips to $95 on Amazon<\/a>, so the $26 difference is easily worth it. But it bears repeating: Would it have killed Apple to maintain second-gen Apple Pencil support?<\/p>\n

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Powering the iPad Mini is the A17 Pro, nearly the same processor as the one in the iPhone 15 Pro<\/a>. Nearly. The chip inside the iPhone 15 Pro has a six-core CPU and six-core GPU, whereas the iPad Mini has a six-core CPU and five-core GPU. That means a small hit to graphics performance, but in reality, you’ll likely never notice this unless you’re playing the most graphically demanding games.<\/p>\n

Not too long ago, I started reusing the older 2021 Mini (I needed a small tablet to watch TV on during a hospital stay with a family member), and honestly, I haven’t noticed a big leap in performance with the 2024 model\u2014at least, with the everyday tasks most people are using these tablets for. I’ve used the seventh-gen Mini for note-taking, streaming Gilmore Girls<\/em> in the background throughout the workday, checking emails when I don’t feel like grabbing my laptop, reading an ebook on the Kindle app, and watching YouTube videos. It can handle all of these tasks with ease.<\/p>\n

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