I got an ipad ~4/5 months ago, mainly to take to lectures and couch surf. It's not actually that light/portable though and now I've got an opportunity to trade it for the ipad mini.
It's a third gen (the guys in the shop made me call it the ipad, but it's an ipad 3 with no lightning connector). I'm a bit put out that so soon after I bought it a new version that's like twice as good came out, and I find it's a bit heavy for taking in every day.
So I'm leaning towards swapping it with a family member (the mini would be brand new) but there are two things that are bugging me. A) I want to be able to watch netflix, bbci player e.t.c. on it, but I'm not sure if the screen is big enough, and B) I don't want to get a new tablet just before a wave of new ones are released like last time
Also a thought just struck me: the ipad 3 has a retina display but when I'm watching streamed video I don't seem to notice any amazing picture quality. Is the quality of the stream then the limiting factor? I'm wondering whether downgrading to a non-retina screen will actually change the video quality.
So the question is should I stick with the ipad or swap for the mini?
All advice is welcome! Cheers
It's a third gen (the guys in the shop made me call it the ipad, but it's an ipad 3 with no lightning connector). I'm a bit put out that so soon after I bought it a new version that's like twice as good came out, and I find it's a bit heavy for taking in every day.
So I'm leaning towards swapping it with a family member (the mini would be brand new) but there are two things that are bugging me. A) I want to be able to watch netflix, bbci player e.t.c. on it, but I'm not sure if the screen is big enough, and B) I don't want to get a new tablet just before a wave of new ones are released like last time
Also a thought just struck me: the ipad 3 has a retina display but when I'm watching streamed video I don't seem to notice any amazing picture quality. Is the quality of the stream then the limiting factor? I'm wondering whether downgrading to a non-retina screen will actually change the video quality.
So the question is should I stick with the ipad or swap for the mini?
All advice is welcome! Cheers
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