Apple yesterday officially launched what it describes as "the biggest update ever" to the iPad mini, featuring an OLED screen and a thinner, lighter design. However, while there are a significant number of upgrades, internet commentators were very focused on the one thing Apple didn’t upgrade: that 60Hz display.
Apple highlighted the new features. A stunning OLED display in an even thinner and lighter design, a huge leap in performance with A20 Pro, and water and dust resistance. The larger 8.5-inch OLED display, also available with a nano-texture option, delivers higher contrast and more than 2x higher peak brightness than the previous-generation iPad mini for a brilliant and immersive viewing experience. A20 Pro supercharges AI with Neural Accelerators in each GPU core and Dual 16-core Neural Engine. iPad mini now has a 12MP Center Stage front camera on the landscape edge that’s perfect for video calls, an innovative Acoustic Display for an even better audio experience, faster wireless and cellular connectivity, and fast-charge support.
Commenters, however, were quick to point to the fact that the refresh rate wasn’t mentioned, with the obvious conclusion that it remains 60Hz instead of being updated to a Pro Motion variable refresh rate of 1 to 120Hz.
Apple knows the iPad mini market better than any of us do. It has historically been primarily a business device, used for applications ranging from restaurant waitstaff relaying orders to mobile payment terminals to warehouse inventory systems. None of these types of applications would remotely benefit from a display with a faster refresh rate. However, those who do care about it, care about it rather a lot, especially when competitors like Redmagic’s Astra 2 offer a 185Hz refresh rate.
Source: 9to5Mac · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing