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- What's up, guys, SuperSaf here.
And I believe we have a bit of an exclusive today.
I hope.
We have here,
the brand new 6th generation iPad mini 2021 edition,
in all four of the new colors.
Not only that,
we also have all of the new Smart Folio cases,
as well as the iPad 9th generation.
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Let's go ahead and get these unboxed
and see what they have to offer.
So inside each box, of course,
we do have the new iPad minis.
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As well as that, we do get some paper work,
a SIM card tool if you do go for the cellular version,
as well as some white apple stickers.
Now, you just get white apple stickers,
regardless of which color iPad you go for.
Then we have a USB type C to USB type C one meter cable.
And, yes, that is because the new iPad mini
now has USB type C, not Lightning.
Amazing!
And, there is also a 20-watt power adaptor
included in the box.
This is awesome.
This is a USB type C power adapter,
and you will be able to also use this to charge your iPhone,
for example.
Now, let's get to the iPad minis
and we'll unwrap them all at the same time.
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And, here we are guys,
the brand new iPad mini in all four colors, side-by-side.
We've got the space gray, the pink, the purple,
as well as the starlight.
The space gray, tried and tested,
I'd say this is one of the most popular colors.
Looks really nice, nice and simple.
We've then got the pink.
Now, this isn't too much of a stronger pink.
It's a very light pink,
sort of reminds me of the rose gold iPhones
that we used to have.
And then we have the purple.
Now, this one is quite striking.
I think this one stands out the most for me.
I do like this purple color.
All of the antenna bands are also color-coded,
which look really nice.
And then we've got the starlight.
Now, this is the closest to traditionally
what we have as a silver,
but it does have a slight hue to it.
Definitely let me know in the comments below
which color is your favorite.
Now, we do have an aluminium enclosure for all of these,
but, most importantly,
this is made with 100% recycled aluminum.
Big thumbs up for that.
And these are super thin and super light,
making them very compact, just around 6.3 millimeters thin,
and they weigh less than 300 grams.
Now, to put that into perspective,
the iPhone 13 Pro Max weighs around 238 grams.
So, around 50 to 60 grams more compared
to the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
So, very compact.
Now the biggest change we have is actually at the front.
So, let's flip these around.
(Saf snapping fingers)
And there we go.
So we've got an all new design here
with a much larger screen in the same body size.
So, this is an 8.3 inch liquid retina display
using IPS technology.
The previous iPad mini had around a 7.9 inch display.
This is a really nice display.
We've got around a 326 PPI pixel density,
meaning, things are really sharp.
We've also got to 500 nits of peak brightness,
and this is also a very accurate display
with a P3 wide color gamut.
Now, the way Apple has managed to get a larger screen size
in a similar-sized body
is because of the fact that we've got smaller borders.
So, you'll see that we've got uniform bezels
on the top, bottom, left, and right.
Now this does mean that we no longer have
a touch ID button on the front.
This has now been moved to the top.
Now this actually works really well,
and it's really, really fast.
I actually prefer this placement
and that means that the front
isn't actually interrupted whatsoever.
Now another big improvement we've got in the iPad minis
is with the cameras.
So we do have now a 12 megapixel ultra wide camera
for the front,
and this does support Center Stage.
Center Stage was initially introduced on the iPad Pro
and this essentially follows you around
so you don't have to be static in one place
when you're taking video calls,
and it's also going to zoom out
if you have more than one person.
I absolutely love this on my iPad Pro
and it's great to see that this has now made its way
to the iPad mini.
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The rear facing camera also has been improved.
So we've got a 12 megapixel camera with an f1.8 aperture.
This can record 4K video, but most importantly,
this now also has a new ISP.
What is an ISP?
The ISP is an image signal processor,
which is part of the new chip.
And this iPad mini is now powered by the same chip
that's powering the brand new iPhone 13 series,
and that is the A15 Bionic.
This has a 6-core CPU,
giving it up to 40% faster performance,
a 5-core GPU, with up to 80% faster graphics
compared to the previous generation,
as well as a 16-core Neural Engine.
Now, having this level of performance on an iPad mini
is absolutely amazing.
I believe this makes it the most powerful iPad
in its current lineup.
Yes, we've got the iPad Pros with the M1,
which are on another level altogether,
but this is the only iPad that's powered by the A15 chip.
So what does that mean in real world usage?
Well, I've actually tried editing videos and images on here,
and it's actually really, really smooth,
but on top of that, you've also got improved AI performance.
So, we've got the Translate App, for example,
and thanks to the A15,
we can actually live translate conversations.
So let's test this out, shall we?
My French, isn't great.
I only remember a few bits from school,
but we'll try it out.
(Saf speaking French)
And there you go!
That's absolutely amazing.
I mean, I don't even think I said it right.
Let's try a different language.
I know little bits of Arabic.
(Saf speaking Arabic)
That is absolutely amazing.
The iPad mini also comes with 5G support now too.
So if you do get the cellular version,
you're going to be able to get 5G connectivity.
And this is going to give you download speeds
of up to 3.5 gigabits a second.
So let's now take a look around the iPad mini.
So, as we saw earlier on,
we do have the power button at the top,
which doubles up as a fingerprint scanner.
There's also the volume buttons at the top this time,
not on the sides.
We have some speakers on the top and at the bottom.
And when you do have this in landscape mode,
then you are going to be getting stereo sound.
The speakers on this do sound really good.
And then at the bottom, we do have the USB type C ports.
I'm so, so glad this is here.
According to the Keynote,
this is up to 10 times faster than what we had previously.
And that's my argument for all Apple devices.
Let's switch to USB type C rather than Lightning.
Now, this is so useful if you are a photographer,
for example,
and you want to be getting your images on to here quickly,
you're going to be able to plug in a USB dongle
or even directly connect this to your camera, for example.
You can connect external hard drives.
We actually don't have anything on the left-hand side.
On the right hand side, we do have a SIM card tray
if you do get the cellular version,
as well as the magnetic connector.
Now, what is this magnetic connector going to be used for?
Well, of course,
it's going to be used for the generation two Apple pencil,
which magnetically connects here on the side.
It's funny because the length of the apple pencil
is almost the length of the iPad mini.
This is also going to charge wirelessly.
So you're not going to have to connect it here at the bottom
like you had to do with generation one Apple Pencil
on the previous iPad mini.
Now, personally,
being somebody who does lots of photo editing,
video editing, Doodle Ink,
I'm a big fan of the Apple Pencil,
and I know a lot of people swear by it.
We've got Adobe Fresco here.
I generally also use Procreate.
Let's try to draw something quickly here.
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Any guesses to what this is?
(light tapping sound)
There we go, not bad.
I'm not the best at drawing.
This is one of the doodles that I used to do back in school,
and I still remember how to do it.
But, yeah, Apple Pencil support, absolutely awesome.
This is sold separately.
It retails for about 120 pounds.
Now, for the battery, we have a 19.3 watt hour battery.
And, in my experience over the last week or so,
the battery life has been really good.
It should get you through the day absolutely fine.
Now, of course, it's going to vary depending on what you do.
If you're somebody who's going to be taking
lots of video calls during the day,
then this is going to run out faster
compared to if you don't.
And we have iPadOS 15 out of the box.
Now there are lots of videos online already,
which go into lots of detail on iPadOS 15,
but you can see here right away,
we've got lots of active widgets.
We've also got the App library here on the dock,
so you can get to it very quickly and easily.
And we also have improved multitasking.
So, for example, if I've got a web browser open,
I can just tap here at the top, select split-screen view,
see which other app I want.
So maybe you want to check out some podcast.
This podcast looks at super interesting,
so we'll just tap here.
There you go, nice and easy.
Now there's no smart connector at the back,
like we've got on some other iPads,
but you can connect a keyboard to this wirelessly
using Bluetooth.
And before we look at pricing,
as well as the ninth generation iPad,
let's take a look at different Smart Folio cases.
Here we go.
So there is the English lavender.
This will go really nicely with the purple.
There's an electric orange, dark cherry, a black,
and a white.
Black will go really nicely with the space gray.
These magnetically connect to the iPad mini
and protect the screen as well as you can see.
And they retail for around 59 pounds each.
And back to the iPad mini for the pricing.
So, this starts at 479 pounds or $499.
That is for the base 64 gigabyte wifi only version.
You will be paying around 140 or $150 more
for the 5G cellular version.
And here are also the prices for the 256 gigabyte versions.
Now, this is of course a higher price
compared to the previous generation iPad mini.
However, you are getting that A15 Bionic chip,
which reminder, is on the new iPhone 13 series,
which means this is going to be really powerful,
and it's also going to last you a good few years.
You've got the improved display,
completely redesigned with the smaller bezels,
and the larger screen.
Apple Pencil, gen two support with USB type C.
Of course, that's new Center Stage front facing camera.
Now I know that price is still going to be a little bit high
for some people.
And, for those of you,
you can opt to go for the regular iPad 9th generation,
which also has had some improvements.
Let's check that out.
Now, this starts at just 319 pounds or $330,
which in my opinion,
is very competitive for what this offers.
It now also comes with double the storage for that price,
64 gigabytes.
Now my niece bought an iPad 8th generation
following my advice, like, literally three weeks ago,
but that's because I had no idea
Apple are going to be upgrading this
and also including double the storage.
Now, the overall design, as well as the display,
are pretty much the same as what we had
on the eighth generation iPad.
So we still have the 10.2 inch display with the borders,
as well as the touch ID button here at the front.
There's still the Lightning connector, unlike the iPad mini,
but, this is now powered by the A13 Bionic chip,
which gives it up to 20% improvement for performance.
There's also the updated ISP, image signal processor,
that comes with that chip set,
so you get an improved rear facing camera,
and we also have a new front facing camera.
So this is the ultra wide 12 megapixel camera
with Center Stage.
So, some really good improvements here
for the iPad 9th generation.
And, if you are in a bit of a budget,
you still want a brand new tablet,
then this is a really good one to go for.
Let's quickly look at the size compared to the iPad mini.
As you can see,
the iPad 9th generation is significantly bigger
compared to the iPad mini.
Nevertheless,
I think it's a great lineup of iPads that are now available.
There's really something for everybody.
And, if you are interested in picking one of these up,
I'll leave some links down in the description below.
What do you guys think of the new iPad mini 6th generation,
as well as the iPad 9th generation?
Definitely let me know in the comments below.
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This is Saf from SuperSaf TV.
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