We recently wrote about the just released iPad Air. Although it's a nice update, before making a
decision on a purchase it's important to also look at the iPad Mini. Being that it's the 2nd generation
it's important to look at what Apple is offering.
We'll...
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We recently wrote about the just released iPad Air. Although it's a nice update, before making a
decision on a purchase it's important to also look at the iPad Mini. Being that it's the 2nd generation
it's important to look at what Apple is offering.
We'll start with the best part. When the iPad Mini was first introduced one thing Apple left out was
a Retina display. With the introduction of the 2nd generation iPad Mini, a 7.9 inch Retina display
has arrived. This new display has a resolution of 2048 x 1536 and 326 ppi. The processor was also
updated to the new A7 chip with 64-bit architecture. This results in a processing jump of 4x and the
graphics performance is now 8x faster. The battery life was not sacrificed giving the 2nd
generation iPad Mini the same 10 hour battery life as the previous generation. It also has the M7
motion coprocessor that was added to the iPad Air. The Wi-Fi was updated with a 2nd antenna and
MIMO technology giving Wi-Fi performance a 2x speed increase over
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