Apple iPad Mini (2026) Review: A Dream Device, but Who Is It For?

The star attraction of the new iPad Mini is its 8.5-inch display. That’s a slightly larger screen than the previous generation, yet the overall dimensions are barely bigger. But the change from IPS to OLED is what matters. It’s a Tandem OLED Super Retina XDR display, based on the same technology as the iPad Pro—though it doesn’t have the 120-Hz refresh rate. Nor is it quite as bright: It can reach 600 nits in SDR and 1,200 nits in HDR, which is 400 nits less than the iPad Pro. It’s more or less similar to the M6 MacBook Pro, though. Not the OLED MacBook Pro, but the Mini-LED model.