Editor’s Choice: iPad mini 2019
Apple’s decision to upgrade the iPad mini for the first time since 2015 was surprising for a product line that many had assumed was dead. Conventional wisdom states that smaller tablets have died out as phone screens continue to grow in size. But having just returned from a two-week trip around Europe where I used the 2019 mini as my only computer, my only question is: what took Apple so long? It’s a wonderful product without parallel.
The iPad mini is the perfect vacation computer. My trip involved a lot of low-cost carrier flights with strict baggage limits, so I was traveling super light, and I always appreciated the minimal impact. I never regretted carrying the iPad mini around with me, even though I had a giant phone in my pocket.
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