WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:05.920 - Oh, my goodness, can you believe that a package this small has an iPad in it? 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:11.630 You probably can, yeah, you probably don't have a problem believing that because the iPad mini was a thing long before 00:00:11.630 --> 00:00:16.930 the most recent apple event, during which apple announced the iPhone 13, 00:00:16.930 --> 00:00:21.930 the iPhone 13 Pros, another little iPad, $329, whatever. 00:00:22.330 --> 00:00:25.910 It's ninth gen of the vanilla, original iPad. 00:00:25.910 --> 00:00:29.370 But the most important thing was the iPad mini. 00:00:29.370 --> 00:00:34.070 And that is a subjective judgment. I'm saying that this was the most important thing, 00:00:34.070 --> 00:00:39.540 but I will back it up. But first off, this is a fun, little writing doohickey, right? 00:00:39.540 --> 00:00:44.800 Like at first I thought it spelled the same thing if you flip it upside down, it kind of has that look. 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:51.380 But it does not. Real quick, the reason why this was the most exciting announcement during the event 00:00:51.380 --> 00:00:54.880 was because it's got USB freakin' C on it. 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:58.810 An apple for whatever reason is holding on to this lightening port, 00:00:58.810 --> 00:01:03.140 this USB 2.0 speeds, capable lightning port. 00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:06.910 But for some reason, they put the USBC port on the iPads, 00:01:06.910 --> 00:01:12.110 they put it on the Mac books and they just did not, they're refusing to put it on the iPhones, 00:01:12.110 --> 00:01:15.940 which is why this is exciting because look at it, it's basically a big phone. 00:01:15.940 --> 00:01:19.050 First of all, it's got a fun dbrand skin on it, 00:01:19.050 --> 00:01:23.070 thanks dbrand. Whoa, what do we got here? 00:01:23.070 --> 00:01:30.200 These little guys, they're like ghosts. This looks like a black and white Dante's version of hell. 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:35.490 But for transformers. the really cool thing about this iPad is that they've done the same thing to it 00:01:35.490 --> 00:01:40.380 that they did to the iPad Air. So like, you know, Apple announced the iPad Pro 00:01:40.380 --> 00:01:44.680 many years ago, I forget what year they first did it. But it looked like a regular iPad. 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.860 And then at some point, they did this squared off design thing for the iPad Pros. 00:01:48.860 --> 00:01:54.610 And then did that same thing to the iPad Air and the most recent, I think it's the fourth gen iPad Air 00:01:54.610 --> 00:01:58.930 now it looks like this, except bigger. And they haven't updated the iPad mini. 00:01:58.930 --> 00:02:02.630 I think they did a processor refresh, but they didn't do anything to the design 00:02:02.630 --> 00:02:05.860 for like five years. I might be wrong on that, Google it. 00:02:05.860 --> 00:02:10.160 But now this is why I actually am a big fan. As much as I make fun of Apple, 00:02:10.160 --> 00:02:13.970 I'm actually a pretty big fan of what they're doing with their iPads. 00:02:13.970 --> 00:02:18.670 Kind of taking what was essentially just like a mobile only device 00:02:18.670 --> 00:02:22.250 and giving it the capabilities of a, 00:02:22.250 --> 00:02:27.390 you know, more advanced device. More like a desktop operating system with iPadOS 00:02:27.390 --> 00:02:30.410 and all that stuff. Okay, so to give a little bit more context, 00:02:30.410 --> 00:02:36.460 one of the other reasons why I'm really excited for this iPad mini is because unlike other iPads, 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:39.980 minis or the vanilla iPads, the base level iPads, 00:02:39.980 --> 00:02:45.240 that have gotten like the much weaker processor, this one comes with the same A15 Bionic chip 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:51.280 that is in the iPhone 13's and 13 Pros and it actually has the same 5-Core GPU 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:56.210 as the iPhone 13 Pros, instead of the 4-Core GPU that is in the iPhone 13. 00:02:56.210 --> 00:03:02.290 However, some people have done some testing since they got their hands on the iPad minis 00:03:02.290 --> 00:03:08.230 and they've discovered that the clock speed of, I believe the GPU is a little bit lower 00:03:08.230 --> 00:03:13.150 than the iPhone 13 Pros. So you're not gonna get the exact same performance 00:03:13.150 --> 00:03:16.650 as an iPhone 13 Pro, but it's going to be pretty close, okay? 00:03:16.650 --> 00:03:21.420 Maybe I'll just use this as a phone, hello? The downside of trying to use this thing as a phone 00:03:21.420 --> 00:03:27.800 is that it does have a 5G version, so it starts at $499 for the Wi-Fi six only version. 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.340 You can get a 5G version, which means you have internet access wherever you are 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:35.410 just like a phone, except you can't do phone calls. 00:03:35.410 --> 00:03:41.030 And this has been a thing with iPads since they started adding 5G connectivity to it. 00:03:41.030 --> 00:03:47.050 However, you could just use internet calls, just use WhatsApp, FaceTime, all of these things, you know. 00:03:47.050 --> 00:03:53.880 Also I didn't even look what's in the box. We got a USB, that beautiful, beautiful USBC cord. 00:03:53.880 --> 00:04:01.090 And a USBC, you know, charging brick. 9 volt at 2.22 amps, yeah that's about 20 Watts. 00:04:01.090 --> 00:04:04.950 Andy was saying that, if you're not using a larger iPad for drawing, 00:04:04.950 --> 00:04:08.170 it's kind of annoying to watch videos on. 00:04:08.170 --> 00:04:11.610 Speaking of drawing, that's another thing that this iPad is capable of doing 00:04:11.610 --> 00:04:14.800 that the previous one was not, or the previous iPad mini was not, 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.800 is working with the second gen Apple Pencil 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.300 that charges with this magnetic connector. It's the same thing. 00:04:21.300 --> 00:04:24.670 It's almost the length of the iPad itself. 00:04:24.670 --> 00:04:28.290 Welcome to Apple Pencil. 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So check out dbrand at the link below. 00:05:07.190 --> 00:05:12.600 Okay, yeah, so I've barely talked about the actual specs of this thing. So this is an 8.3 inch display. 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:16.850 Which as I said, is a little larger than most phones. But like, as you can see, well, 00:05:16.850 --> 00:05:21.390 with the pencil there, it's kinda annoying to grip, 'cause then it just kind of, does that. 00:05:21.390 --> 00:05:25.860 Without the pencil there, it's like, you know, it's like a phone, can it fit in my pocket? 00:05:26.910 --> 00:05:29.423 Oh, oh my gosh, it actually does. 00:05:31.742 --> 00:05:37.220 I did not expect that to work. 8.3 inch display, it's got a P3 wide color gamut. 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:41.390 Look at that P3 wide color gamut, I see so many colors. 00:05:41.390 --> 00:05:46.900 It's also got a true tone display, as is like, that's the kind of standard procedure for these iPads. 00:05:46.900 --> 00:05:50.476 500 peak nits of brightness. 00:05:50.476 --> 00:05:54.620 (whistles) It's very bright on the top-down camera, 00:05:54.620 --> 00:05:58.880 but like in person, I would want it just this bright, normally, indoors. 00:05:58.880 --> 00:06:03.930 I feel like if I was outside, I'd be like. That's not so great for its phone use case, 00:06:03.930 --> 00:06:08.420 you wanna phone to have like decent brightness so you can use it outdoors. 00:06:08.420 --> 00:06:12.690 And that's, I mean, okay, so that's, I'm discovering some things that are gonna make it a little more difficult 00:06:12.690 --> 00:06:18.010 to use as a phone, that's fine. That's to be expected. Okay, one thing that I glossed over on the exterior design, 00:06:18.010 --> 00:06:23.740 I mean, it's got those flat edges I was talking about, but it also has stereo speakers in landscape. 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:28.330 And the touch ID. So, you know, on their cheaper iPads, 00:06:28.330 --> 00:06:31.930 the non-iPad Pros, those ones have face ID. 00:06:31.930 --> 00:06:36.800 And on the iPad Air, this really is kind of like a mini iPad Air. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:42.600 'Cause that also has the touch ID and the power button there. (upbeat music) 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:46.379 That's pretty good sound for a tiny little iPad. 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:49.914 (upbeat music) What the heck? 00:06:49.914 --> 00:06:54.240 However, it's ruined by the fact that I just discovered that the volume rockers are on the top of the device, 00:06:54.240 --> 00:07:00.410 like this, what is that? Here's the iPad, the front camera's right here, 'kay? 00:07:00.410 --> 00:07:06.490 Power button on the top, volume rocker on the other side of the top of the device. 00:07:06.490 --> 00:07:09.640 And nothing on the sides here. That's so weird. 00:07:09.640 --> 00:07:15.050 Apple is making some weird design decisions. Okay, some of the specs I haven't really gotten to yet 00:07:15.050 --> 00:07:20.050 are the both cameras, so, this camera on the front here 00:07:20.140 --> 00:07:27.220 is an ultra wide now, which it wasn't before. Boom, I got the whole room and the neighbors. 00:07:27.220 --> 00:07:30.530 We got the 12 megapixel ultra wide on this tablet now. 00:07:30.530 --> 00:07:35.960 And on the rear as well, it's also a upgraded 12 megapixel camera 00:07:35.960 --> 00:07:39.450 with true tone flash or maybe that is the front. 00:07:39.450 --> 00:07:42.800 Okay, one of the cameras can do true tone flash, it's probably this one. 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:45.990 And focus pixels, okay, Center Stage. here we go. 00:07:45.990 --> 00:07:50.873 This is one of the new things in iOS 15, this create link or actually, could you do that before? 00:07:51.760 --> 00:07:55.850 I don't use iOS normally, but I know that you will now be able to create links 00:07:55.850 --> 00:08:00.850 to send to Android users, so they can join your FaceTime call as well. 00:08:00.850 --> 00:08:05.270 So that's pretty cool, I'm not sure if that's rolled out yet, but you can create links apparently 00:08:05.270 --> 00:08:08.023 and have people join them that way, FaceTime. 00:08:09.189 --> 00:08:13.170 - Hey. - Hey, Horst. I'm using my iPad mini as a phone. 00:08:13.170 --> 00:08:17.210 - I was just hanging outside and- - This doesn't have the speakers, 00:08:17.210 --> 00:08:22.290 this doesn't have like an ear piece, so you can't use it like this. You're just getting a good shot of my ear right now. 00:08:22.290 --> 00:08:27.600 - But like, everyone has Airpods now, right? - Although, I'm holding it here, 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:31.450 I can hear you way better because it's got stereo speakers. 00:08:31.450 --> 00:08:34.650 - [Johnathon] I mean, it's not a very nice to look at someone's ear in a phone. 00:08:34.650 --> 00:08:40.050 - Wow and I guess that proves once and for all that you can use the iPad mini as a phone. 00:08:40.050 --> 00:08:43.970 You probably can't. Realistically, you might be able to. 00:08:43.970 --> 00:08:50.100 But you're gonna depend on services like FaceTime and WhatsApp or whatever, alternative calling apps. 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:54.830 So if you don't wanna use this thing as a phone, it starts at $499 US. 00:08:54.830 --> 00:08:58.880 Which is not so bad for like a brand new tablet with a cutting-edge chip. 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:03.020 50% faster than any other mobile device ever or something. 00:09:03.020 --> 00:09:06.240 According to Apple's made up numbers that they don't tell anybody 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:10.647 what they're actually referring to. But, it's $499 for the Wi-Fi only version. 00:09:10.647 --> 00:09:15.440 $649 for the 5G version. That's only what the 64 gigs of storage though. 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.760 And then, you know, the other thing is that, most phones these days, 00:09:18.760 --> 00:09:24.270 people are getting more than 64 gigs of storage, so then that means that Wi-Fi only starts at $649 00:09:24.270 --> 00:09:28.710 and the 5G, 256 version is $800. 00:09:28.710 --> 00:09:31.990 So, that's still cheaper than an iPhone 13 Pro. 00:09:31.990 --> 00:09:36.990 But you know, there's gonna be some trade offs. 00:09:37.140 --> 00:09:41.370 All in all, I feel like I am still excited by this thing, 00:09:41.370 --> 00:09:45.680 even though, you know, I found out some deeply, deeply disappointing facts, 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:50.690 like the position of the volume rocker. I will be recovering from that for some time. 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:55.840 It's a supplementary device, but I mean, like, to be completely honest, I've always been kind of confused 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:59.150 by the existence of the iPad mini. It seems like something that rich people would buy 00:09:59.150 --> 00:10:02.460 when they don't have enough, you know, things to spend money on. 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:07.320 Or they think they don't have enough stuff, so they're just like, you know, "Might as well get the baby iPad." 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:11.290 But this one, because it comes with the A15 Bionic 00:10:11.290 --> 00:10:14.500 and because it has 5G, I think LTT's doing a video about it 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:19.620 or Mac Address, or someone's doing videos about trying to use this thing as a phone. 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:23.160 'Cause like, that's why it's exciting to me. 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:26.230 If it's not a phone, then it's just a tiny iPad. 00:10:26.230 --> 00:10:29.570 Anyways, that was a ShortCircuit about the iPad mini. 00:10:29.570 --> 00:10:34.030 Guess what? There's gonna be lots more. About products that aren't the iPad mini 00:10:34.030 --> 00:10:37.100 and you know what, I think you should subscribe for those. 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:38.953 I feel like they're gonna be good.