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My old iPad Mini 4 was starting to show signs of getting ready to quit (battery life shrinking, ‘phantom’ screen touches), so I set to finding a replacement. I don’t have craploads of apps or music or images, so I can easily get away with the lower-end storage. Looking to save a few $$$, and thinking it would be better for my aging eyeballs, I opted for an iPad 8. First thing, after years of using Mini’s, and years before that using a Blackberry Playbook, the 10.2” screen felt huge. In fact, even after two weeks it still feels huge. I mostly use mine for gaming; any really serious chores I mostly do on the Mac desktop. Holding and handling the iPad, I find the added size and weight to be more of a detriment than a benefit.
So I bit the bullet and ordered me a new Mini 5, and the wife wins an early Christmas present in the form of my mostly new iPad 8 and a very nice leather-look smart case. The new Mini case already arrived, and just holding it feels oh so much nicer than this brick. Should be getting here Tubesday, hopefully the setup and restore goes as smoothly as the last one.
Just wondering if there are any other Mini users who tried going full-size and went back ... or just never left the Mini format at all?
So I bit the bullet and ordered me a new Mini 5, and the wife wins an early Christmas present in the form of my mostly new iPad 8 and a very nice leather-look smart case. The new Mini case already arrived, and just holding it feels oh so much nicer than this brick. Should be getting here Tubesday, hopefully the setup and restore goes as smoothly as the last one.
Just wondering if there are any other Mini users who tried going full-size and went back ... or just never left the Mini format at all?