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Originally Posted by AlbertaCowboy
My lovely wife has expressed a desire for an iPad Mini for her birthday. If it were up to me, I'd go with the Mini 2 with Retina display, mainly because I like tech and new toys, but in all honesty, all she'll use it for is for marathon Plants VS. Zombie sessions, web browsing and Facebooking.
Does anyone have hands on with both Minis? Is the speed and retina display worth another hundred bucks or so?
Also please note that she does not want a full sized Pad, even though the price difference makes it worthwhile to get the iPad Air, she emphatically wants a Mini.
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And difference is noticeable. Not only in terms of reading experience and how crisp and nice fonts can be, but in terms of speed.
The Retina is way faster! After most recent iOs update, the old Mini becomes even more slow. The new one also streams YouTube faster. My old mini had way more buffering than the new one and I have a 70 Mbps download connection, so it was my hardware, not my Internet.
The only positive thing, besides price of course, is that the old Mini is a bit lighter. But the higher contrast and better display on the new one I think compensates that.
I kind of wish the Kindle PW2 would be like the new Mini in terms of contrast and reading experience. But I am keeping my PW2 because it beats the Mini in terms of battery and out door experience.
Unless you are really tight on your budget, I would certainly recommend getting the new Retina Mini.