Wired
The professional disassembly website iFixit has completed the preliminary disassembly of the iPad mini 6th generation, and discussed the modular port of the device and the so-called “jelly screen” issue.
In a short video released recently, iFixit disassembled the new iPad mini and shared some preliminary results. For example, although the iPad mini also uses the A15 chipset, compared with the A15 Bionic in the new iPhone 13 series, the chipset is slightly “downclocked.”
The USB-C connector part on the new iPad mini is easier to remove than the previous generation. Some details indicate that Apple has considered taking similar measures for the device’s battery. However, the result did not seem to be successful because the battery was still stuck to the body.
In addition, users are concerned about the “jelly screen” issue. iFixit pointed out that it is not uncommon for LCD and OLED displays to exhibit similar display disparity. It’s just that the “jelly screen” problem of the iPad mini seems to be more obvious than other devices. iFixit speculates that the direction of screen scanning is related to the direction of the iPad mini’s display control components.
“When the direction of scrolling the screen and the refreshing direction are parallel, the screen will not refresh immediately, but the difference is not so obvious because there is no text distortion and split.
You may not notice this on other monitors. The jelly screen is usually invisible, because the display refresh (or scan) is parallel to the direction of the sliding screen. Therefore, the computer monitor will refresh vertically in the horizontal direction, and the smart phone will refresh vertically in the vertical direction.
But the iPad mini display can be refreshed horizontally in the vertical direction, which is a typical iPad working method. “
There is also another possibility that Apple may also use a cheaper display panel for the iPad mini 6 (that is, the refresh rate cannot keep up).
But in response to this problem, Apple said that this is a normal phenomenon of the LCD screen, and those who are not satisfied with the iPad mini’s screen can return the product for free within 14 days. Because its sale time has not yet reached 14 days, in theory, users who have purchased through official channels have this right.
Compared with the previous iPad mini model, iFixit claims that the new 2021 device is easier to repair. The website gave it 3 points (out of 10 points).