Apple iPad mini 4 Pro Reviews

Unless you're absolutely in love with the iPad Mini 4's smaller size, opt for the faster, larger, identically priced, and still pretty portable iPad Air 2

The iPad mini 4 is going to be an underground hit for Apple. While last year's mini 3 was woefully disappointing (coming with literally just TouchID and a new color as upgrades over the mini 2) there's a real step forward here. The mini 4 should have been launched last year, and could have helped to reduce the slowdown in tablet interest we've seen over the last twelve months. I'm still not convinced that tablets will mimic phones in terms of sales in the future, but by having better hardware and an upgraded design it at least helps things. The same things that irk Android fans will remain of course - using iTunes to transfer anything across is still a slight hindrance, but it's manageable and it's not as onerous as it used to be thanks to the changes in the operating system allowing you to do things wirelessly. Apple did the iPad mini 4 a disservice by launching it so discreetly. It's a powerful, compact device that doesn't cost a huge amount - combine that with Apple's App Store library and you've got something very impressive.