There’s life in the old dog yet. It has been very quiet around the small iPad lately. Some people even claimed that the Mini could be cancelled. Phil Schiller from Apple only mentioned the iPad Mini 4 with two sentences during the keynote.
Impeccable build quality, Sophisticated materials, Low weight and thickness, High performance, Excellent GPS sensor, Convenient display with usable "anti-reflective coating", Usable features thanks to iOS 9, Usable cameras ...
... only under good lighting conditions, Proprietary Lightning connector, Bad maintainability, No NFC, High price