The iPad Air 2 is one of the best tablets ever made, and we wish this had been launched at the same time rather than the huge disappointment of the iPad mini 3. The power of the A9 chip is curious here, as it would have been amazing to have the exact same specs but squished down into a smaller...

Great screen; Compact dimensions; Thinner chassis

Old chipset; Camera unimpressive

After dropping the ball last year, Apple is back in the game with the iPad mini 4. A thinner and lighter body houses an industry-leading screen which displays a powerful and attractive operating system, run by a processor with top-end performance for a tablet of this size.

This year we got (at last) a good iPad Mini, there are a lot of great and improved features and although it has been claimed to be a shrunken iPad Air 2, it clearly isn't, hardware-wise it's quite different.

Great display; Premium design; Good cameras; Multitasking; Reasonable battery life

Only 16GB storage for the base model; No microSD storage; A bit expensive; Performance is a bit under iPad Air 2; Audio quality could be improved

This year we got (at last) a good iPad Mini, there are a lot of great and improved features and although it has been claimed to be a shrunken iPad Air 2, it clearly isn't, hardware-wise it's quite different.

Apple's iPad Mini 4 still works well, even if the insides are starting to get a bit dated.

Small and compact; Strong and attractive all-metal design; iOS 9's multi-tasking is useful; Faster A8 processor

It's pricier than Android alternatives; iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro offer more

Sep 25 2015 - Apple's 4th generation iPad Mini received many of the updates that it should have last year when they released the iPad Mini 3. The tablet is now thinner thanks to the laminated glass display which also greatly helps improve the display especially outdoors.

The iPad Mini 4 replaces the iPad mini 3 and with it closes the book on one of Apple's laziest upgrades in recent years. Overshadowed by huge advancements with the iPad Air 2, last year's iPad mini 3 struggled to find its place in the range, coming across as a device that was neither top-of-the-tree...

Smaller and slimmer design; decent performance; Touch ID fingerprint scanner; anti-reflective screen

Screen is a bit small for Split View in iOS 9; not as powerful as the iPad Air 2; iPad mini 2 far cheaper

We already had iPad2 and wanted to upgrade. We bought the iPad mini 4 and it's half the size and faster. Also lighter so easier to hold. We would recommend this to anyone looking for an IPad

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! Just got this for Christmas and I can't put it down!! I'm a very heavy app user and purchased the 16 GB iPhone 6 Plus model and soon discovered it was mistake and needed the 64 GB model but the return time was already up so I have suffered through it for a few months now so...

Man this 8" ipad is great - 8" is perfect size and very light weight, unit is also very fast in operation too, and has lots of space on the 128gb flash disc for storage. I would highly recommend this ipd mini 4 - it's the greatest!!