Rating 4.4 126 reviews
Manufacturer: Apple
price $294.99
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What Hi-Fi?
12 years ago

Apple iPad Mini 2 with Retina display

The iPad Mini 2 with Retina Display is the iPad Mini we always wanted. We really liked last year's original model, but it always felt like the underpowered, under-specced smaller sibling to the full iPad. Now all that separates the two is size, and that makes for quite the pint-sized proposition.
Pros:
  • Stunning screen
  • Fast performance
  • Premium design
  • Fantastic app selection
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MacNN
12 years ago

iPad mini with Retina display

The Good - Superb build quality and design - Cutting-edge processor and graphics performance - iOS 7 a beautiful and powerful complement to hardware - Outstanding built-in and free iWork, iLife apps - Retina display most pixel dense iPad display yet The Bad - Relatively high up-front price -...
Pros:
  • - Superb build quality and design - Cutting-edge processor and graphics performance - iOS 7 a beautiful and powerful complement to hardware - Outstanding built-in and free iWork
  • iLife apps - Retina display most pixel dense iPad display yet
Cons:
  • - Relatively high up-front price - Slightly thicker and heavier than non-Retina model - Retina display outclassed by iPad Air Retina display - No Wi-Fi 802.11ac support
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review.goodgearguide.com.au
12 years ago

Apple iPad mini with Retina display review

In our review of Apple's original iPad mini last year, we remarked that its exceptional iOS app catalogue, outstanding build quality and super light weight were only let down by a mediocre screen.
Pros:
  • Excellent battery life
  • Retina screen a big upgrade
  • Fast
  • snappy performance
Cons:
  • More expensive than predecessor
  • Screen can't match iPad Air
Read more on review.goodgearguide.com.au
New Zealand PC World
12 years ago

Apple iPad mini with Retina display review

In our review of Apple's original iPad mini last year, we remarked that its exceptional iOS app catalogue, outstanding build quality and super light...
Pros:
  • Excellent battery life
  • Retina screen a big upgrade
  • Fast
  • snappy performance
Cons:
  • More expensive than predecessor
  • Screen can't match iPad Air
Read more on New Zealand PC World
Pocket Lint
12 years ago

iPad mini with Retina display review

The iPad mini Retina is here and it clears up one of the biggest complaints about the original iPad mini: the screen. With the original it wasn't as good as the iPad or the iPhone, but with the Retina display now on board the iPad mini 2 looks to be an incredible tablet device.
Pros:
  • Portable
  • powerful
  • great screen
  • as a tablet should be
Cons:
  • No Touch ID
  • not 802.11ac
  • no microSD
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The Register
12 years ago

Dear-ly beloved: Apple's costly iPad Mini with Retina Display

Review Last year's iPad Mini really was playing second fiddle to the regular iPad. Not merely smaller than its sibling, the Mini had a much lower resolution display. It had a less powerful processor too. It felt like a product Apple was obliged to make rather than one it actually wanted to.
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Stuff.tv
12 years ago

Apple iPad Mini 2 with Retina display review

Small doesn't have to mean second-rate, we've seen the future of tablets and it looks like the Retina iPad Mini
Pros:
  • Gorgeous build
  • stunning Retina screen
  • All day battery life
  • Much faster than the original Mini
Cons:
  • Very expensive compared to 7/8in tablets
  • No expandable storage
  • Marginally inferior colours compared to Air's screen
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wired.co.uk
12 years ago

Apple iPad mini 2 review (Retina display model, late-2013)

Apple has taken its landmark tablet and made it significantly better. There's no doubt this is the best small tablet on the market, and should budget not be a primary factor in a buying decision then it's the device to go for whether it's for screen quality, range of apps, battery life, physical...
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Wired
12 years ago

Apple Ipad Mini 2 review

Amazing display, excellent battery life, fast processor, great 3D graphics, easy to use, app store still number one for quality and variety A more expensive choice in the current tablet market Despite being scored eight-out-of-ten when it was first released in 2012, Apple's iPad mini has been a firm...
Pros:
  • Amazing display, excellent battery life, fast processor, great 3D graphics, easy to use, app store still number one for quality and variety
Cons:
  • A more expensive choice in the current tablet market
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T3
12 years ago

iPad Mini 2 review

At £319 for the 16GB, cellular-free, model, the iPad Mini Retina isn't cheap, especially compared to its rivals. Things get almost MacBook-like at the top-end, with the 128GB/4G model setting you back £659.
Pros:
  • Stunning Retina display
  • Speed performance
  • Size and weight for daily use
Cons:
  • Price
  • No Touch ID
Read more on T3
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