Apple iPad mini 4 review: A 2015 iPad mini refresh with A8 and laminated display.
A slim mini refresh.
iPad mini 4 brought the mini up to 6.1 mm thin with the A8 chip and 2 GB RAM — a polished but not-radical refresh.
01Display
70/10070/100 puts it above the 66-point average for mid-range phones of 2015.
02Camera
56/10056/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2015.
03Performance
60/10060/100 puts it above the 56-point average for mid-range phones of 2015.
04Battery
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 13 points above the cohort average.
05Build
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2015 — 11 points above the cohort average.
06Value
64/10064/100 puts it above the 59-point average for mid-range phones of 2015.
- 6.1 mm thin matching iPad Air 2.
- A8 with 2 GB RAM was a meaningful jump.
- Laminated screen with anti-reflective coating.
- 3.5 mm jack survives.
- Lightning, not USB-C.
- No Apple Pencil support.
- 16 GB base.
- 1.2 MP front camera.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 42-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .