Apple Smart Folio for iPad Mini (2021, Black)

This is a good deal with the Apple brand, but there are a bunch of non-brands for under $10.

Doesn't cover the edges. I'm not careful enough to trust that I wouldn't drop the tablet.

Doesn't cover the edges. I'm not careful enough to trust that I wouldn't drop the tablet.

About the Mini, it's a great little iPad for reading and watching YouTube and movies on. I use mine 95% of the time in landscape and it works great for that purpose. I find it easy to notice the "jelly scrolling" issue but only while in portrait mode (5% of the time for me) and don't find it that troubling. Don't get me wrong, I miss the 120Hz display I used to have on the iPad Pro... But find the trade-off worthwhile for the decreased weight and bulk. This thing is my night time reader/consumption device and works excellent for short and long haul flights as well. For anything beyond that, I turn to my 16" M1 beast-master laptop haha. As others have covered, the scaling is a bit weird in iPad OS for this model, but it is partially because the pixel density on the Mini is actually the highest of all iPads.. So yeah, if you have 20/10 laser vision then you will appreciate the slight sharpness bump haha. Sadly, I did pay through the nose at launch for the 256GB model, but 64GB was not gonna cut it for my purposes (downloading half of YouTube and the iTunes Store to my iPad to watch at-sea on my ship where we have no internet capability). To each his own, just know what you're getting into. I love mine and will probably hold on to it until the battery dies some day! At least I have no value in upgrading to an M1 or M2 or using Stage Manager ever at any point on it haha.

*Just got my tracking info today!

I have 3 amazon type $10-$15 covers for my family's minis, but I figured for $15 we can try this.

It's actually way better. What I didn't understand is that it attached magnetically while all the amazon cheap ones surround the sides of the mini, which makes it bulkier and hard to take off, while slowing wireless charging to the pencil.

This one is also very thin, and when you fold it back to open it, it adds almost no thickness unlike the amazon cases.

Ended up buying one of these for each of our family's minis.

how many mini's do you have?

i got the ipad air for $313 from that td deal but am thinking maybe i should sell it and get the mini. i know on paper it doesn't make sense but i have the base 9th gen ipad and rarely use it because it's just too big and all i ever do is read content. i just wonder if the mini would be more portable and allow me have it be more easily accesible.

at the same time, maybe i shouldn't be using an ipad at all to limit my screen time

Did yours get shipped yet?

i had done a PM from bestbuy and yes, it shipped and was delivered. but it sits unopened as i think im going to sell it. as much as i want to use it , i barely use my 9th gen and the 64gb is too low for me as on my 9th gen im already at 45 gigs full.

what about you?