<p>Apple's new OLED iPad Mini has everything a traveling media junkie could want — Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, a redesigned speaker system, and peak brightness more than double the previous model. It also has a 60Hz display. No ProMotion. No variable refresh rate.
Just the same 60Hz panel Apple has used for years.</p><p>The omission has set off a round of outrage on Reddit and enthusiast forums. Some users call the tablet a non-starter. Others claim Apple is artificially capping a 120Hz-capable panel via software, though no evidence has surfaced to support that theory.</p><p>What Hi-Fi senior writer Lewis Empson, who spends weeks each year on long-haul flights and five-hour train rides to Cornwall, says the fury misses the point.
He's been carrying an 11-inch iPad Air M1 for three years, watching entire seasons of <em>The Day of the Jackal</em> and <em>The Pitt</em> on it. The M4 Air would be a fine upgrade, but he doesn't need an M5 chip or Pro pricing. The Mini gives him the OLED contrast and brightness jump he wants without the features he doesn't.</p><p>“Once I find my streaming service of choice and hit play, that 60Hz limit won't phase me,” Empson writes.
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