iPad Mini Review - The Perfect Consumption Device
2019-06-04 · Tech review, setup or bag tour · Ali · recording, 5:19 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Tools, apps and tech · mode: Review and recommendation · tags: Aimed at students
Reviewing the 2019 iPad mini for students, Ali does not recommend it: its small screen makes handwritten notes and split screen worse and it has no Smart Keyboard connector, so students should save £80 for the budget iPad or spend £80 more on the iPad Air; for pure content consumption he calls the mini perfect.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Upfront verdict: no iPad mini for students; the iPad Air or the budget iPad instead
- ★★★ Ali would not recommend the 2019 iPad mini for students. — 00:00:00 · iPad Air, iPad, iPad Pro
- ★★★ Instead of the iPad mini, Ali tells students to get the iPad Air if they can afford it, or the budget iPad if budget is an issue. — 00:00:29 · iPad Air, iPad, iPad Pro
- ★★ Ali puts the iPad Air at about £80 more than the iPad mini and the £319 budget iPad at £80 less. — 00:00:29 · iPad Air, iPad, iPad Pro
00:00:58 — Handwritten notes and split screen on a small screen
- ★★★ Ali calls the iPad mini great for content consumption but not great for content creation, handwriting or taking notes. — 00:00:58 · iPad, iPad Pro
- ★★ Ali took notes on the iPad mini while planning this video and found it doable in an app like Notability or GoodNotes. — 00:00:58 · Notability, GoodNotes, iPad, iPad Pro
- ★★ Ali cannot think of many situations where a student needs to take notes holding the iPad mini in one hand and the Apple Pencil in the other; he mostly sat in a lecture hall or at a desk with the iPad on a table. — 00:01:27 · Apple Pencil, iPad, iPad Pro
- ★★ A bigger iPad screen gives more room to write neater and bigger, draw more diagrams and scroll less, so Ali finds note-taking on the iPad mini less nice than on even the £319 budget iPad. — 00:01:56 · iPad, iPad Pro
00:02:37 — No Smart Keyboard connector
- ★★ Split screen, such as Notability beside a web browser to drag and drop images, is nice on 9.7-, 10.5- or 11-inch iPads but works a lot less well on the small iPad mini. — 00:02:37 · Notability, iPad Pro, iPad
- ★★ The iPad mini has no Smart Keyboard connector like the iPad Air's, so a keyboard means a Bluetooth attachment, which Ali finds a less nice experience than a built-in one. — 00:02:37 · iPad Air, iPad, iPad Pro
00:03:06 — The Paperlike screen protector
- ★★ Ali recommends that any student using the Apple Pencil get the Paperlike screen protector, which he has used for over a year. — 00:03:06 · Paperlike, Apple Pencil
- ★★ Used to Paperlike, Ali found writing on the glass of the new iPads he bought for review very weird: the screens of the budget iPad and the iPad Air differ a little, but Paperlike and glass differ by a world. — 00:03:06 · Paperlike, Apple Pencil, iPad, iPad Air, iPad Pro · first in: 2019-04-23, Which iPad should you buy - Analysis of iPad Pro vs iPad Air vs iPad Mini vs iPad
00:03:53 — A perfect device for content consumption; buying and returning three iPads
- ★★ For this video Ali bought the iPad mini, the budget iPad and the iPad Air from the Apple Store two weeks earlier and is returning all three within the two-week window. — 00:03:53 · iPad, iPad Air, Apple, iPad Pro
- ★★★ Ali highly recommends the iPad mini to someone who only consumes content, such as Netflix, YouTube and web browsing; any kind of creator is far better served by the budget iPad or the iPad Air. — 00:04:27 · iPad, iPad Air, Netflix, YouTube, iPad Pro
- ★★ Ali seriously considered keeping the iPad mini: it is cute, fits in his bag when travelling instead of the bigger iPad Pro or laptop, and weighs about as much as his iPhone. — 00:04:27 · iPad Pro, iPhone, iPad
Threads in this video
- refine · Which iPad should you buy? — Ali would not recommend the 2019 iPad mini for students. (00:00:00)
- restate · Which iPad should you buy? — Ali highly recommends the iPad mini to someone who only consumes content, such as Netflix, YouTube and web browsing; any kind of creator is far better served by the budget iPad or the iPad Air. (00:04:27)
- refine · How should you take notes when studying? — A bigger iPad screen gives more room to write neater and bigger, draw more diagrams and scroll less, so Ali finds note-taking on the iPad mini less nice than on even the £319 budget iPad. (00:01:56)
- restate · Which tech is worth buying? — Ali recommends that any student using the Apple Pencil get the Paperlike screen protector, which he has used for over a year. (00:03:06)
- kept · Ali promises a more detailed review of the iPad mini (2019) — Ali posts his promised review of the 2019 iPad mini, from the perspective of students. (00:00:00) → refers to Which iPad should you buy - Analysis of iPad Pro vs iPad Air vs iPad Mini vs iPad
Where the stories that moved here went next
Mentioned
Central: iPad · iPad Air · iPad mini
Also: Organizations: Apple · Netflix · YouTube
Places: Cambridge
Products: Apple Pencil · GoodNotes · iPad Pro · iPhone · Notability · Paperlike · Smart Keyboard
Also centred on iPad mini: Which iPad should you buy - Analysis of iPad Pro vs iPad Air vs iPad Mini vs iPad
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