Originally Posted by
Karenkcoulter They are perfectly compatible. Screen sizes may be different but they have an identical resolution.
The only issue is if you get the original iPad mini (vs the retina mini) it may have trouble with graphics intensive games because the original mini has the same processor as the iPad 2. But for most things the original mini is fine. My kids have them and don't have any problems.
That's great to know, good info about the processor.
Was it ever an issue for you? My son is just a toddler so he won't mind the lower processing power because most of the stuff he plays will not be graphic intensive. Also my understanding is that most new games adjust resolution on the fly for example angry birds go look amazing on my LG G2 but it looked pixelated however ran just fine on my nephew's Tab 2.0 7.
I was going to get Galaxy Tab 3.0 7" but looking at the app selection with app store, I think Ipad mini might be a better option, what do you think? Especially since you have kids using tablets. My 3 year old (soon to be 4) has been asking us for an upgrade from Playbook for a while now, because he wants to play with elmo and thomas and pirate jake, etc.. I got him leapfrog so he could play those but games cost $20. I spend $80 on day 1 and I only paid $50 for the leapfrog2.