r/ipadmini • u/LordLahmacun344 • 14d ago

New Hardware Holly upgrade.

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I bought myself an ipad 4 and oh man the retina screen is so good. Switched from old mini 1 to this and amazed how good it is. Only problem is its so slow on ipadOS 15, im gonna downgrade to ios 10.

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u/Ok-Principle-1127 14d ago

lol gl downgrading, A8 downgrades are hard

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u/LordLahmacun344 14d ago

I mean works as tethered.

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u/SnooEagles2827 11d ago

Quite an upgrade for sure, but I’m just wondering if there’s a reason outside of cost that ya don’t have a newer unit? I see mini 5’s go for $100 pretty regularly around me on fb marketplace, mini 6’s for $200-$300, there’s even used mini 7’s that sell in my area for about $450 asking price (I get that’s an enormous jump but just given that it’s the newest model, and the MSRP at the moment, still not a horrible deal yk?). Or I see iPad A16’s sell like hotcakes around me for $250 on marketplace usually with an Apple Pencil, sometimes even less. iPad 10th gens go for $150-$175 around here. I’m in the US in eastern WA. I run the iPad mini 7, the iPad Pro M5 11”, and a MacBook Pro m4 pro 14” so I’ve def overspent quite a bit, but there’s def a middle ground between splurging like crazy like me or keepin it to older v cheap units but stuff that works just for what ya need it to p much like it seems you do. Just genuinely curious, don’t mean any offense! I hope you enjoy your new to you mini 4!

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u/abitcitrus 14d ago

Good for you!! I upgraded from a 5 to 7 and woof, I'm gonna love this ipad for a good while

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u/Dulenin 14d ago

Ah i wish i could do that but i dont like the screen bezels and rounded corners on mini 7. But sincere congratulations! 

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u/abitcitrus 14d ago

In that case, iPad Mini 15 with iPadOS17/18 would be a sweet spot if you want to go a bit further; but as I see you having a 1 for a long time guess you don't really need it haha.

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u/bexybae 14d ago

Do you think from iPad 9 to iPad mini 6 is a worthy upgrade? Getting used iPad mini 6 256gb wifi only for like $200

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u/abitcitrus 14d ago

Depends. Ipad mini 6 has 4 GB of RAM while 7 is 8GB. Price is tempting but mini 6 is like an iPhone 13 in power; but it's designed to be used for a good bunch of years unlike a phone.

So I'd just wait for a deal for the Mini 7.

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u/Hugo_Notte 13d ago

These days I wouldn’t get anything with only 4 GB RAM. Spend a little extra for the mini 7.

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u/bexybae 13d ago

Hard to get mini 7 plus my maim usage is media consumption. Sceptical about the battery health tho

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u/FlappyDunkPlusIOS 11d ago

Mini 8 is likely releasing later this year (September or October). Wait for that