Das iPad mini Retina überzeugt mit seinem neuen Prozessor und dem hochauflösenden Display. Nur die Ausleuchtung dürfte besser sein.

If it’s a smaller, lighter iPad you are after you can’t go wrong with the new iPad mini with Retina display. It’s better than last year’s model in all the ways that really matter, especially in terms of the screen and the speed. While it would be nice if the iPad mini 2 had slimmed down, it’s hardly fat, and the iPad Air is practically the same thickness.

Handling (50%): 98" "Display (20%): 94" "Mobilität (20%): 89" "Ausstattung (10%): 92

... Seine kompakten Abmessungen, in denen Apple ein extrem hoch auflösendes 7,9-Zoll-Display unterbringt, sind vielleicht das Kaufargument schlechthin für das Mini. Denn trotz minimal dickerem Gehäuse und "ein paar Pfund mehr auf den Rippen" ist das kleine Apple-Tablet nach wie vor die Referenz in Sachen Gewicht und Volumen, erst recht im Verhältnis zur Anzeigefläche. ...

The iPad mini with Retina display is a fabulous tablet. The screen is excellent and more than worth the minimal weight gain. Performance is also excellent, and the 64-bit processor makes this much more future-proof than the original iPad mini. The higher price (compared to the original cost of the iPad mini) may be frustrating, but it’s arguably better value than the iPad Air as well as being more portable. If you can afford it, you won’t be disappointed.

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 design, bundled productivity software or because you've already bought into the Apple ecosystem. ...

The iPad mini Retina has improved exactly where it needed to. Better screen, better camera and much faster processor are all present, but it’s not a wildly different experience from the original iPad mini. That’s no bad thing as the iPad mini 2 is one of the best small-form tablets on the market, even if the extra cost is a little hard to justify.

The new iPad Mini somehow shrinks down the iPad Air into an even more compact package, sacrificing nearly nothing. It's more expensive than before, but it's also the perfect smaller tablet.

In a world peppered with Ultrabooks, convertibles, and tablets, it's more difficult to pick a favorite form factor than it is to find a favorite device. We have notebooks laying around that date back several generations. ...

Keine Frage: Das iPad mini macht Spaß und bietet gewohnte Apple-Qualität, was Verarbeitung und Haptik angeht. Der Tablet-PC ist schnell, handlich und leicht und insofern eine Konkurrenz für die Sieben-Zoll-Geräte mit Android-Betriebssystem. ...

The grille design is similar to that of the current iPad - little holes drilled into the aluminium shell. As the speakers are so close together, they won't be able to create much of a stereo image as such, but should offer greater output, and will be less affected by how you hold the tablet.