Hands On With the iPad Mini Retina: It's a Little Monster

Like a younger child in the shadow of an elder sibling, the iPad mini Retina sat patiently on Apple's demo tables at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center on Tuesday, waiting for someone to put down an iPad Air, and notice its charms instead.

They weren't easily spotted. The iPad mini Retina has the exact same chassis as its predecessor, the iPad mini. We put them side by side, and saw no noticeable difference in weight or thickness. We later discovered, however, that the mini Retina is actually 20 grams heavier than its predecessor, and kicked ourselves for not practicing for Apple's event by guessing the weight of household objects Read more...