Ondrej Holzman After today's keynote, the main talk will be about the big news, such as they are new iPhone 6s, iPad Pro or Apple TV 4th generation, but the iPad mini also enjoyed its few dozen seconds of fame. Its new version got the guts from the iPad Air 2 and is also Apple's thinnest small tablet to date.
The iPad mini 4 is practically a scaled-down version of the iPad Air 2. It's 18 percent thinner (6,1 millimeters) than the previous generation, 10 percent lighter (299 grams), and also has a 30 percent faster GPU and 60 percent faster graphics than the iPad mini 3.
The iPad mini 4 also received improvements in the camera, where the optics and sensor are improved. There is Touch ID, and as part of iOS 9, new multitasking will arrive in the smaller tablet, when you can run two applications side by side or a window in a window.
Along with the iPad mini 4, the iPad mini 2 remains in the menu, which does not have Touch ID and you cannot get it in gold color and 128GB variant. iPad mini 4 starts at 10 crowns for 690 GB with Wi-Fi. The most expensive version – 16 GB with LTE – costs 128 crowns. You can buy the cheapest iPad mini 19 for 590 crowns.
30 percent faster GPU and 60 percent faster graphics // this will probably need some fixing,,,
Crap. The iPad mini 4 has an A8 processor and not an A8X like the iPad air 2. So it has only two cores and only 1GB of RAM like the iPhone 6 (6 plus).
Where do you get the information about the RAM size on the iPAD mini 4 or iP6S?
Apple writes in the technical information that the iPad mini 4 has an A8 processor. It also marks the processor in the iPhone 6 ( 6 plus )
the question was about RAM size, of course
iPhone 6 has 1GB of RAM. The RAM is in the processor, so the iPad mini 4 must also have 1GB of RAM
I don't think so, it's definitely not the same processor, the A7 processors in the mini 2 and the A7 in the mini 3 are different. And besides, Apple doesn't offer split screen without 2 GB of ram
I don't think iPad mini or Air are worth buying now. This year, Apple is focusing on the iPad Pro, and next year it will give similar options to smaller iPads as well (at least the same display technology and thus probably pencil support). Therefore, I would certainly not rush to buy.
Why do you think older iPads don't have Pencil support?
Because it is primarily intended for creative creation and is not taken as a stylus. The iPad Pro probably has some kind of sensitive layer under the display, something like forcetouch, and according to that, the pencil recognizes how much pressure is being put on it, etc. Apple will definitely keep this accessory exclusively for the iPad Pro. Maybe in time.
And what do you derive that from? It wasn't said on Keynote, and it isn't on Apple's website either.
Maybe you're right, but it's also possible that the stylus will work, even if it doesn't recognize the thickness.
But the iPad Pro does not have 3D Touch, and if the Pencil was based on this technology, why wouldn't it also work like 3D Touch on the iPhone?
If you think like a user, you would make such a device for all available devices, as after all all manufacturers do. This is perfectly logical. However, from Apple's strategy, there is a high probability that when they make such a thing, they want to give it a stamp of exclusivity and limit it to only the latest devices. After all, they want to support the sale of the latest equipment. It can also be for older devices where it will only perform basic functions like a stylus, but that would go against the idea that Jobs said years ago. Or for taking notes without being able to recognize the thickness, etc. as you say. Then, of course, it will be quite an overpriced pencil :D ..PS: At one point in the keynote, during a demonstration of the use of the pen, you could see how it touches the display and a close-up of what it does under the display, and from this it could be concluded that some of the improved technology for the touch sensing sensitivity is there. But just my guess.
The pen charges, so it's an active device. Of course, the pencil can have a touch tip in which something like touch force is integrated, and information can be transferred to the iPad, of course, via bluetooth. Or it's a combination of the touch tip and the sensitive layer in the iPad Pro. In any case, the Pencil is an active device with a battery. It is not an ordinary plastic stylus ala Samsung. With the Note 3, I can use anything to write. It doesn't know the force of the pressure or the angle. There is even a button that the phone recognizes when you press it. With Apple, it's a few levels higher and, above all, it's not necessary to control. If you are not an artist, then simply do not buy Pencil.
This was supposed to be the iPad mini 3! ;)