iPad mini with Retina - much easier to read text!

 I've had the iPad mini for some time now and just recently switched to the iPad mini with Retina. I must say that by far the biggest advantage with the Retina screen is that small text reads so much easier!

I spend a lot of time reading and annotating PDFs studying publications. I switched to the mini to make it easier to bring along compared to the full size iPad I started with. The mini is much easier to have in my lap when I attend lectures and participate in meetings. But reading normal size magazines on the small screen was a little hard due to the pixelation. I had to zoom in sometimes to ease the strain on my eyes. The mini with Retina? No problem, no zooming! Reading this as I write it is also much easier than with the old mini.

I've found that imported pictures from my iPhone or DSLR also displays much better and are easier to adjust or edit compared to the plain mini.

I use the "darker colors" setting under settings/general/accessibility/increase contrast. I've set my iPhone to match so I've got the same look on both units.

So if you are choosing between an iPad mini Och iPad mini with Retina and expect to reader write smaller texts - go for the Retina. You'll never regret you did!