Gadgetory

hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with Tec I like now this is a series all about my favorite tech and how I use it so if you're looking for a full in-depth review you can check out some of my older videos where I reviewed a lot of this stuff but the difference here is that this isn't so much a full review it's just the kind of stuff that I really like using and you're kind of interesting or creative ways that I like to use it I want to share with you guys to kick the series off we're gonna be talking about the iPad Mini which is not only my favorite tablet but I would actually say this is my favorite gadget right now there's a lot of cool things I like about this little tablet for starters I love this size so I've used a lot of tablets obviously I do a lot of reviews and stuff so I used the iPad 2 the iPad 3 the iPad 4 and all of them were pretty good and I used it especially the iPad 3 I used that for a while but none of them really clicked with me they are a little bit too big too bulky it's just a little bit of an awkward size that didn't really like and that's the same problem I have with the Nexus 10 the Microsoft Surface the big 10 inch tablets they just didn't really work for me I mean as far as spec wise goes it's not all that impressive it's basically just an iPad 2 and a smaller shell with a little bit of a smaller screen however when you put it all together the weight which is a lot better so I mean I could carry this around and hold it all day long and never get tired the size I mean I'm holding it in one hand I mean try to hold the Microsoft Surface upright in one hand and see how long that lasts you I actually didn't really like the iPad Mini all that much when I first got it the lack of a Retina display is very noticeable I mean if you've ever used an iPad 3 or 4 this screen will look bad I'm just gonna say it right up front so I first got it it was just like hmm but as I started using it more and tried to give it a fair shake I actually kind of started looking past that it is still a solid panel it's got good color good contrast good viewing angles all the normal kind of stuff the resolution just really isn't there so a lot of text and a lot of things just don't look anywhere near as crisp and detailed as on the iPad 3 and 4 what it really comes down to for me is just how much the iPad Mini gets right so battery life is a great example of this usually I get between 10 and 12 hours on a charge which is easily enough to get me through a few days of use on top of that because it is so small and it is so portable I like to take it with me a lot of places so for example anytime I'm flying or going anywhere it's always in my bag because if I want to watch a movie or read a book or whatever it's always there even something simple is running out and grabbing some lunch a lot of times I'll take the iPad Mini because hey why not at first I got a standard 16 gigabyte iPad Mini however after I started using it and realizing how much I liked it I sold that one to get this one which is a 32 gigabyte black version with Verizon LTE so having 32 gigabytes of storage is nice on a tablet for me as for example I just finished watching the entire season of Walking Dead or at least catching up on it on the iPad Mini and on top of that having LT he had LTE has been an absolute lifesaver for me so when I was at CES I was using it to upload all my videos and in fact just the other day my internet just totally went out and I had work to do so basically turn on LTE start doing everything from the iPad Mini no sweat if you're interested more feel free to check out my last video where I went over the top 5 video game failures of all time if you enjoyed definitely be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos like this be sure to subscribe anyway guys I will catch you next time you