It’s not often that an Apple product release completely underwhelms me, but that’s how I felt when the iPad mini 3 was introduced. Given how I use my iPad, 16GB Wifi only, I would have been paying $100 for Touch ID! Not a great value in my opinion, and my mini 2 was still doing the trick.
With that in mind, it was not a surprise that Apple fairly quickly replaced the mini 3, but kept the mini 2 as its entry level option with the introduction of the iPad mini 4. The new iPad mini 4 gives us what I expect to see in a new product release! A improved processor with the A8 Chip, an eight megapixel iSight camera, and a new anti reflective screen to reduce glare. With the release of iOS 9, it’s nice knowing that the iPad mini 4 is going to have the horsepower to run my apps like a champ for a long time. Add in that it is now thinner and lighter than ever before, and you’ve got the best go anywhere do anything tablet on the market and I think it’s time for me to finally upgrade from the iPad mini 2!