OK, but I’m getting a wider screen in landscape mode, which is where I do most of my viewing, I thought, trying to blunt my growing disappointment. After years of viewing prior iPad Mini screens (all with the same dimensions), this difference is significant. In landscape mode, that same quarter-inch deficit in height makes the screen appear scrunched. How could that be? Upon further inspection, by placing my mini 5 next to the 6 in portrait mode, I saw that the actual usable side-to-side display width is at least a quarter-inch narrower on the 6. So I was excited about the new iPad Mini 6, particularly its larger display – until I actually saw one in person.Īt first glance the screen seemed smaller. I’ve had the 2, 4, and currently the 5 model.
