benji888

...Let me put it another way:

The color range and accuracy are so high on the iPad Mini 4, iPad Pro models (at least the iPad Pro 9.7 and newer), that a professional photographer can edit their photos on those iPads.

LAMINATED SCREEN:

Again, you missed the major features of the laminated display:

• Anti-glare
• Better Color (full sRGB color for all laminated display iPads, Pro 9.7 and newer covers both sRGB AND P3 color ranges)
• Better Contrast

If you're going to make this kind of comparison, don't miss major features! I don't use the "true-tone" setting, but, the color and the anti-glare screen are amazing, however, some of this might be missed if one puts a screen protector, (especially a glary glass one), on it as soon as they get it. I could not put a screen protector on my first iPad with a laminated screen, (the iPad Mini 4), nor the iPad Pro 9.7.

Maybe you need to go to displaymate to find out what I am talking about.

About the iPad Mini 4:
"But in terms of real-world viewing conditions, the record low 2.0% screen Reflectance actually makes a bigger visual difference for the image colors and image contrast that you actually see because ambient light washes out and degrades the displayed images and reduces screen readability - so its record low Reflectance actually makes a bigger difference!"

Someone I know with an android small tablet looked at my iPad Mini 4 and said "look at that screen!".

(EDIT: The non-laminated iPad 2017/2018 models do not have the same color, contrast, and are not anti-glare. It's not just about resolution, the thickness and weight. ...True-tone is a software thing, but, does require better hardware in order to take advantage of it, though, I don't use it, I prefer white to be white.)

harry wild said:

Not helping themselves in not updating the iPad Mini each year!  It would not cost them very much to just add memory and new SoC to the same design.  They seem to not real care that their are buyers who what to update their Minis.

Caffiend said:

We need the Mini line!

The large and regular iPads are great at home or school or office or when riding in the back of a limousine or an Über,  but when riding the subway and bus, we need that Mini.

Agreed! ...wouldn't it be nice to have the latest processor and pencil support?

AppleInsider said:

iPad Air 2 & Mini 3

By 2014 the iPad was becoming less of a marquee product, likely overshadowed by the launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple's first iPhones over 4 inches. This was exemplified by the Air 2 -- which mainly gained Touch ID, a triple-core A8X processor, and 2 gigabytes of RAM -- but particularly the Mini 3, which was essentially a Mini 2 with Touch ID.

Laminated display (anti-glare)
You missed one major innovation, the laminated display, this not only brought the screen closer to the glass, (also making it easier to make it thinner), but, reduced glare so much it is pretty much anti-glare, a much needed feature, and, one drawback to the 2017/2018 entry-level iPads, all that glare is back again. iPad Air 2 was the first, iPad Mini 4, iPad Pro models followed. 

In fact, I have to add, when I got the iPad Mini 4, the first iPad I owned with the laminated screen, it was so nice, I could not put a screen protector on it, a cover, but, not anything directly on the screen, (a first for me). It didn't scratch in the year I owned it.

I wish Apple would use Vimeo instead of effed up googletube, Vimeo has stepped up and now has H.265/HEVC & HDR capability.