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Broken ipad screen8/25/2023 ![]() IFixit also speculates another reason for this effect. The iPad mini 6 is refreshing its display horizontally instead of vertically as with all other devices, so the effect (that exists on all other screens as well) is visible on the iPad mini 6 when you hold it in portrait orientation and scroll. IFixit goes on to explain it in detail, saying that when users scroll parallel to the direction in which the display is refreshing, the entire display still doesn’t get refreshed in one go but the effect is less likely to be noticeable (or noticed) since text splitting does not happen in this case. They say that the iPad Air has its controller board at the top and does not exhibit the jelly scrolling issue in portrait orientation. ![]() IFixit theorizes that the 6th generation iPad mini’s controller board (that drives the display) is located vertically on the left-hand side and that could be why users are seeing this issue. Sure enough, they did a teardown of the iPad mini 6, and have this to say about the iPad mini jelly scrolling issue: IFixit is a company famous for hardware teardowns, revealing details that companies do not go into in their marketing and whatnot. So what exactly is going on? What do other experts have to say about it? That doesn’t discount the fact that users are seeing something they weren’t previously, though! Apple opines that this is normal for all LCD screens, and, in technical jargon terms, they are not wrong. Remember Steve Jobs and his famous quote, “You’re holding it wrong!” that became an immortal meme? Apple has not gone so far as to say that you’re viewing it wrong but has said something close. Consumers don’t care about the technicalities, for them, it is a simple thing - they are facing an issue they weren’t facing ever before, period.Īpple’s position on this is that it is expected behavior and there is nothing wrong (big surprise!). For consumers, this is a serious user experience issue, one that they are having to live with each moment they have the iPad mini 6 in their hands, and a huge step back from the previous-generation iPad mini. Heck, they didn’t face this issue on the 5th gen iPad mini. They never had this issue ever before on such a scale. If you ask consumers, they are more than annoyed. The answer to whether this jelly scrolling issue on iPad mini 6 is normal and if it could be a defect depends on who you ask. Part II: Is Jelly Scrolling Issue Normal? Could It Be A Defect? Like with everything, there are some people who will be happily clueless about it, they would not notice anything at all and they wouldn't find problems with their new iPad mini 6 whereas those who are more sensitive to such things would have noticed this phenomenon the moment they first scrolled text on the new iPad mini 6. It is safe to say not everyone will notice this issue. I.III: Will Everybody Be Able To Notice The Issue? The issue manifests specifically when scrolling large amounts of text, because the text makes it easy to decipher if something is off somewhere, in this case, the screen refresh. ![]() Just looking at text and images or watching videos on the screen will not pose a problem. This is caused due to the way the screen on the iPad mini 6 refreshes. Meaning, the entire screen does not seemingly refresh together, causing what looks like jelly scrolling on the screen. When scrolling through content on the new iPad mini 6 screen in portrait orientation, text or images on one side of the screen seem to lag behind the other side. I.I: What Is the iPad mini Jelly Scroll Issue? No, that was not mocking you, iPad mini 6 users! We swear! Here is all you need to know about the iPad mini jelly scroll issue, broken in parts for easy consumption. Say what? Jelly scrolling issue? Yes, indeed! When you thought Apple couldn’t surprise you anymore, they launched a device that has users around the world fuming. Part I: All You Need To Know About iPad mini Jelly Scroll
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