The only iPad with a camera flash is the iPad Pro. And, yes, iPads utilise a 4:3 aspect ratio.

When you say 'never again', I can only assume that you mean: 'never again will I blindly purchase a product without understanding its technical specifications and ensuring that they align to my own needs'

This has a 3.5mm jack, it is well behind the times :sunglasses: 1st world problems

Brexit tax after the pound lost its value.

The 32GB Mini 2 is also down to the same price of £199 - the 64GB is only £10 more at £209.

http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad/ipad_mini_2

Seems a good price.

Mini 2 and Mini 3 are identical apart from Touch ID I think. 64gb Mini 2 seems like the best deal.

Looks like other Apple products have taken a price hike today.

Pay £50 more and buy a Mini 4 off ebay.100x better.
Mini 3 is basically Mini 2 with finger print scanner,not worth £200.maybe ok for £150 but no more.
Mini 4 is excellent though.

I have a mini 3 it doesn't have flash on camera and the videos or movies are fat boy widescreen not worth it I paid £209 last year never again

OOS

This has a 3.5mm jack, it is well behind the times :sunglasses: 1st world problems

Out of stock

do these still not have upgradeable memory slots ?

yes i can only get my new iphone out to listen to music

Most tablets that aren't iPads do? Sony Xperia line-up, Samsung galaxy Tab (all the current ones) and so on.

That is assuming they meant storage not actual RAM.

16GB? LOL. Useless. Better off with a mini 2 with 32GB.

He did say memory slots which clearly implied RAM but maybe he did mean storage!

it seems like a good deal.

yeah i meant storage, was tempted but then thought whats 16gb these days, pointless, nice machines but the memory is a let down

Yes, I realised after I said which is why I added the last bit! In fairness, 1GB RAM on these is also mega stingy.

Anyone else follow the Apple announcement last night? They've finally killed off 16GB with 32GB being the entry-level, but top-spec of the iPhone 7 Plus comes in at £969 - ouch!

Anyone thinking about buying an iPad ...... I bought my iPad Air 2 64gb last year in currys for £450 ish I took out the extra insurance for about £3 a month so if any damage accidental or not I'm fully covered. It's the best thing I have ever bought no problems at all well pleased with it. So it might be a little more in currys but for a small monthly fee it's fully covered

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I don't think it's useless so much as being mugged off for the same money as other tablets - when you have devices like the Sony Xperia Tablet Z3 Compact and Samsung Tab S2 8.0 (32GB base memory) in the same price region which both have expandable memory.

If you're using your iPad for content consumption over the internet, 16GB is perfectly fine. The reality is, Apple probably stuck with 16GB to get the upsell from customers, and on the whole (along with carefully targetted marketing), it worked - they even convinced everyone they have done something revolutionary with changing the entry-level to 32GB yesterday.

That's always been the Apple way. No expansion slot and charge something like an extra £100 for each 16gb jump. Bonkers. HTC, Samsung and the newest Nexus devices have gone the same way. But HTC & Samsung both reverted after the uproar removing it caused. Not sure if Nexus are. I use a Nexus phone myself but it's the 64gb (their 64gb being considerably cheaper than the Apple equivalent) one so I'm fine with that. I couldn't use 16gb on my phone without expansion though.

Still doesn't make 16gb "useless". Maybe a little less useful away from wifi, but certainly not "useless". That's just nonsense.

I agree, not useless, but definitely 'reduced purpose' and I personally wouldn't suffer with one. You're right, the Nexus lineup has always been fixed storage but even with those as least you can use USB-OTG and they're fairly priced.

Your spot on. Congratulations you got the job thanks for your honest reply

iPad Mini 2 32GB now £239 brand new. Still its £40 cheaper for the refurb and Apple refurbs are generally as new anyway apart from the retail box.

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can anyone please advise what would best s

uit a 10 year old? I have no clue when it comes to these ! I did see an I pad 2 in John Lewis with 3 year guarantee but am unsure whether to buy new or refurbished? Thanks in advance

Refurbished by Apple ensures you will get a decent product protected by a warranty. Definitely never a problem buying refurbished by Apple and I bought a Mac Mini 2014 for £110 cheaper at the time from Apple Refurb store.

thanks

Well it depends if you feel £60 is worth it for an extra 2 years warranty - I would say with a 10 year old it is far more likely to fail due to damage or loss (which is not covered by warranty) rather than becoming faulty - ipads are pretty reliable.

It will be interesting to see if they remove the headphone socket from the next iPad, if they do, won't they have to put the lightning port on the top ?

I've just bought the mini 2, 32 GB storage, £199. I'm not the sort of person that would ever need or use 64 GB. You would barely get through the doors of the Apple Store with less than £200 these days, so to get this is a result !

#Banter

Thanks OP. Other half's mini 1 was starting to stutter so this came at a perfect time.
Ordered and getting delivery tomorrow.
Heat added.

screen too small.
better spend abit more to buy a pixel C.
Way better than any iPad.

Guys, it's not 2011 no more.
Android is clearly the current, and the future.
Just like PC vs Mac 20ish yrs ago

Have you tried cloudmagic, or maildroid?

Very old tech now. Basically an iPad mini 2 (released November 2013!) with Touch ID.

Elephant in the room regarding the 16GB limitation is apps like BBC iPlayer and Amazon Video that let you download episodes and movies for travel. But before anyone assumes the an Android tablet with memory slot is the solution, I think even in latest Android versions, they still only allow media like this to go into the Internal memory and hacks without rooting will fail. Probably due to fears about digital rights.