Apple - iPad mini 3 Wi-Fi 128GB

Works great! Put it in a case, make them pay something...if they break it again, it's there responsibility to fix....

There are iPad airs, iPad Pro's, and iPad mini's. Which one you like best is up to you, but if you want great performance and the benefits of the retina display on a space saving more mobile easy to tuck away platform, look no further than this iPad mini. Sure it's specs are a little short of it's big brothers the Air and Pro, however this little guy is no slouch. Yes, there is a ton of memory included, which over time will get used up. I went from a 16gb that I was constantly having to delete games and movies just to fit new stuff on, to this monster that can hold as much as I can throw at it and then some. It's easy to go cheap and get a smaller memory model, but you will find, that with time, you will wish you hadn't. This iPad mini is zippy in performance, as well as multitasking. Great for the price when on sale and size. You will not regret!

I find the iPad mini to be perfect for what I use it for (It's a great middle ground between my smart phone and my computer). The iPad mini 3 is perfect for travel, it's very portable and easy to use. It has lots of apps (although some of my favs are only available as knockoffs and not the originals so check if something you must have is in the App Store first if that's a deal breaker). The screen resolution is the same as the bigger iPad so it should actually be better looking with same pixel count in smaller area (haven't used both side by side to compare though). The speaker is ok, nothing to write home about, for best sound use headphones. I find the battery life is good getting a full day of use from a full charge (using auto brightness setting). And now for the problems, 1, charging port is on the bottom, the cord gets in the way all the time when its plugged in and I'm using it. (Some apps don't rotate so forced to deal with this issue) 2, touch screen imprecise at best and no way to calibrate (that I could find anyway and I tried settings, Siri search, and even google searched it). It gets absolutely horrible when typing and trying to select a word to delete or change, it never seems to go to the place you want in the text and you have to do a tap dance around the word till it finally does. 3, it is VERY easy to drop! GET A COVER, or at the very least a screen protector! I dropped mine 3 times the first day I had it, and I'm in no way clumsy, because of the smooth surface (just lucky it fell on soft things when it happened), I bought a cover for better grip on day 2 and still dropped it a few more times since. So be warned! All in all it's a great product, has the same screen resolution of its bigger sibling yet much more portable. Screen is crisp and easy to read. Sound is ok. Battery charge gives a full day of use. If you have unlimited data on your cell phone, get wifi only version and tether for no wifi areas. If you pay per gig, get wireless version and best data plan from your carrier for the iPad, you will eat through your allotment fast.

Bought this product for my wife, to replace her old iPad 2. It still works great but it is a little slower and, being a 16 GB model, was bursting at the seams with content (pictures, especially). It was also a bit on the large size for her liking, though it served her well for over 4 years. We bought this model, which was much more her size and she loves it. The 128 GB ensures that she will have a hard time filling it up, seeing that it took 4 years to fill up the 16 GB model. The processor is much faster and the built in camera is superior to our previous model, so she can use this to actually take pictures vs. having to use her iPhone or a digital camera, and then transfer them. The touch ID is also a great security feature. Definitely happy with this product.

Purchased for my wife as a gift. First off, max memory is the way to go, never again with the lesser memory iPads or iPhones. All of the music she wanted is on this along with all of the pictures she wanted. Best part is there is room for plenty of apps, room for pdf files and room for taking a whole lot more pictures. She picked up an external Bluetooth keyboard, it is tight, but still very useable. Works as well as my iPad Air, but this she can easily carry in her purse and even in large jacket pockets. Even better for transportability than a full size iPad. The next steps forward should be a USB plug to allow easy transfer of pictures/documents/media and direct plug in from point and shoot and DSLR cameras.

I have an iPad2, and I love it. However, I tried to drown it a few months ago. It still works, but is a little fussy. I was looking for a mini. I travel frequently, and I like the smaller size for that. I received a mini2 for Christmas, but only a 32GB. I searched for a larger storage, but didn't want to pay the big $$ for the mini4. I was so happy to see this mini3. It seems as though no one really knows there is such a thing!! I paid $399 on sale for 128GB!! Awesome. I love how much faster it is than my iPad2, or even my (prehistoric!) iPhone 4s.

I have never been an Apple fan, but I must say that I changed my mind with time, I never owned an iPhone but with the iPad the pace is different, I love this product, for how incredibly Best Buy is giving deals this day, this was a must buy, I did not particularly planned to get an iPad but for 450$, a 128 GB iPAD mini was a done deal, retail cost is no less than 699$, I loved the product, the customer service, as always, Apple's iPad always impress me, and after the iPad 4, This is another must have, if you like better screens and specs, go fro the air2 as for me, reading and checking some nice apps and writing notes, this is the deal !

This iPad mini 3 is a replacement for my iPad mini, first generation. It is much more responsive to the touch thsn the original iPad. The touch recognition feature is a great improvement. I use my iPad daily, all day long to read my email , surf the web, do word procrssing, interact and play games on Facebook and as my primary camera. This iPad has a much larger memory than my previous one 128gb vs. 16 gb. I should not run out of space any time soon. One new feature, the touch recognition is both a pro and a con. Once daily your passcode must be manually entered. That is fine. Using my thumb my iPad instantly recognizes me and it can easily be set to recognize a second user also.. The down side is that every time, I set my iPad down, it immediately goes to a lock screen and it must recognize me once again. This is probably no big deal, but it is annoying to me. First I must swipe the screen to wake it up and then use either a thumb print or my passcode to continue what I was doing. With my old iPad I could set the time before it went to lock screen, usually 5 minutes. It has a great camera, easy to use key board and the screen is very sensitive to the touch. The biggest drawback I have found to my iPad mini 3 is that the speaker volume is much lower than the volume on the original iPad. Another new feature that is both a pro and con is the ability to use it as a phone. Your iPhone must be near-by for this feature to work.The pro is that the phone is right here in my hand. The reception is good, and it is easy to use. The Con is that when the phone rings whatever you are working on instantly disappears and a phone screen appears. If you answer your iPhone it does go back to whatever you were doing before. Thus can be a pain if you are in the middle of something . I would like to disable this feature. None the less I love my tablet and would definitely recommend it to my friends.