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Originally Posted by maximus83
That is a good write-up and states better than I have to this point, why I still prefer a smaller form factor tablet-type device. Though I'm not retired, my uses are quite similar. When I need to do "real work" I always flip to a Win10 PC workstation or at least my Surface Pro laptop. I would use those options also for PDF's, which I probably can count on one hand the number of times in a year I need to edit PDF's. So for me, buying a larger tablet wouldn't feel necessary, this is why I gravitate to those in the 7" to 8" range. I thought I was going to have to buy a larger tablet as there were no current 8" tablets until the new Mini came along.
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I bought the iPad mini 2 a few years before I bought the iPad Pro 9.7" model. Now two or three years after the fact, I find I really don't need nor care for the iPad Pro 9.7" as much as I thought I would. I was drawn to it by the larger screen as well as the Apple Pencil feature. But I find the mini is more my size and quite frankly the only reason I use the Pro most of the time is because my mini 2 is too old (5.5 years old) to operate efficiently with the latest iOS and app versions. The mini 2 has become too sluggish for most of the tasks I perform. If the mini 2 ran as fast as the Pro, I would be using it way more than the Pro. So my decision that I can go back to a smaller screen, smaller and lighter weight mini is based on quite a bit of experience using both a mini and a Pro. Plus the new mini 5 has the Apple Pencil support. But the lack of quality sound is still a big question. Maybe Apple has improved the sound enough since the mini 2, but I suspect not.