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03-18-2019, 07:47 PM | #16 | |
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Currently, iOS doesn't support external storage (workarounds exist but they're limited in what they can be used for). I think it's safe to assume the mini, like its bigger Air brother, will have 3GB RAM. Internal storage options are 64GB and 256GB (+$150). There is no external RAM. CC stores synced books to internal storage (which is a relatively fast "SSD" for a mobile device). Last edited by ilovejedd; 03-19-2019 at 10:26 AM. Reason: argh. it's - its (it's kinda a pet peeve) |
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03-18-2019, 07:57 PM | #17 |
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Assume you meant A12x? Also it looks like the new Mini has the A12, better than current chip in mini but not the same as A12x.
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A8 -> A12 is a very significant improvement. Besides, I doubt the mini's form factor could adequately handle heat dissipation for the A12X GPU. |
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03-18-2019, 09:20 PM | #19 |
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Good to know. Another interesting thing to find out--I'll wait for early reviews to wring it out before buying--is what impact the new CPU has on the Mini's battery life.
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I don't think CC uses a lot of RAM actually. Not unless you have hundreds of thousands of books in your library. For syncing books, I expect it's the storage speed that matters, not the amount of RAM. Edit: Just a thought, I was only thinking of metadata.db (or quite likely JSON) in terms of RAM and that's pretty small even with thousands of books. Covers are another matter. I would expect CC is flushing that metadata to storage, though and not just keeping everything in RAM. A12 isn't just faster for general processing, it's also got faster storage compared to A8 so I expect transferring from RAM to storage would be quicker, too. Last edited by ilovejedd; 03-18-2019 at 11:04 PM. |
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A10 introduced something similar to big.LITTLE. The A12 is even smarter since it's able to heterogeneously run both high efficiency and high performance cores at the same time. I think the A12's high efficiency cores are actually equivalent in performance to A8 or A9 while using much less power. |
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I still find my iPad Mini 3 to be perfect for my needs, but I am SO glad to hear they are finally making another Mini! I much prefer the smaller devices - had a full-sized iPad back in the day and couldn't understand why anyone would gravitate to a smaller screen...but I have never looked back since I got mine. Much more pleasant to hold while "couch surfing" and easier to store or tote around. I honestly don't "see" the screen as small. When I am engrossed, it is just fine for what I need it for.
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Back when they were beta testing CC for iOS, CC would blow up trying to sync the first time with Calibre with my library. According to the developer, the issue was that my old original iPad mini had very limited internal memory and I had a big enough library where it didn't all fit. My iPad pro didn't have a problem with it. The developer made some changes to the code to get it to work, but it was still a lot faster syncing on my iPad pro verses my iPad mini. The difference isn't as obvious on my iPad mini 4, but there definitely is a difference. |
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Storage memory is not RAM, but some form of EEPROM ("flash memory"). It can indeed be randomly accessed, but that doesn't make it RAM. RAM refers to a specific type of memory technology, which it ain't.
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Considering selling my iPad mini 2 and iPad Pro 9.7" 2016 model to go toward a new iPad mini 5, but not yet convinced. I've already got an Apple Pencil 1st generation that I use with my iPad Pro 9.7", but to be honest I don't use the Pencil that much. I thought I would use it a lot, but that just never happened for some reason.
Two things have me thinking twice about trading the two iPads I currently own for the new iPad mini 5.
I thought I wanted the larger screen size of the iPad Pro 9.7" when I got it, but truth is I still prefer the smaller form factor of the iPad mini. Last edited by OtinG; 03-19-2019 at 10:19 AM. |
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There's a considerable difference in size between an iPad Pro and the Mini. Do you not use your iPad Pro for any purpose that the larger screen would be beneficial for, such as watching video or reading PDFs? I certainly wouldn't get rid of my 10.5" iPad Pro - I find it the perfect compromise between size and portability for such tasks.
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RAM and storage are both forms of memory: RAM: primary or volatile memory (often colloquially referred to as simply memory) Storage: secondary or non-volatile memory The iPad Pro doesn't just have more RAM compared to the iPad mini. It's also a much faster device. App crashing with large on-device library? Very likely to be out of memory errors. Slower transfers over the same wifi network? That's actually more likely to be processor and/or storage speed rather than RAM. You'd need either a way to monitor resources used by the app or two nearly identical devices with either amount of RAM or chipset being the sole differentiator to determine the cause. Alas, it's rare being able to test the latter and you'd likely need to be a dev to do the former. Mind, going from just 2GB to 3GB is already pretty significant. If the operating system uses, say, 0.7GB, with 2GB RAM you only have 1.3GB available for apps to use (and they still have to share with other apps). With 3GB RAM, that's 2.3GB available for apps. |
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