That’s because the biggest controversy—if you can even call it that—about the previous iPad Mini revolved around the so-called “jelly scroll.” This term describes an effect common to LCD screens due to their construction, where one side of a screen can appear to refresh/move slightly slower than the other side when scrolling.
Whether Apple fixed the main issue with the iPad Mini 7 will remain a mystery until reviews of the device are conducted. But rest assured, it’s a matter that certain corners of the internet will be intensely focused on.
Many eagle-eyed users, including prominent tech reviewers at the time like The Verge’s Dieter Bohn, commented that the effect was very noticeable on the iPad Mini 6—to the point of being off-putting—while using it in portrait mode, or at least much more so than on other Apple devices. However, plenty of other iPad Mini 6 users never really noticed the effect, or at least encountered it so infrequently that it wasn’t worth getting worked up over.
Apple also went on record to share that it didn’t see it as a problem, stating that the effect was “normal behavior for LCD screens” in a statement to Arc Technica in 2021.
The famous gadget tear-down experts at iFixit added intrigue to the observation by noting that the critical internal components driving the iPad Mini 6’s screen were oriented vertically instead of horizontally as in other iPad models, which potentially explained why the effect was more noticeable.
Since then, rumors have circulated that Apple would improve the issue in new versions by rotating the orientation of the iPad Mini’s display components.
Whether Apple fixed the main issue with the iPad Mini 7 will remain a mystery until reviews of the device are conducted. But rest assured, it’s a matter that certain corners of the internet will be intensely focused on.
