Electronics repair site iFixit shared a post this weekend: iPad mini 7 disassembly videoand adds a bit of mystery to the device’s “jelly scroll” improvements.

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“Jelly scrolling” refers to screen tearing, which can cause text or images on one side of the screen to appear tilted downward due to a mismatch in refresh rates. It can cause one side of the screen to appear to respond faster than the other side, causing a visual disturbance that is hard to ignore once noticed. some customers I noticed the effect on the iPad mini 6 Complaints have arisen over the last three years when the device is used in portrait orientation, but not everyone noticed or was bothered by the effect.

Although an Apple spokesperson once said that “jelly scrolling” It was “normal” behavior For iPads with LCD displays, it looks like the company is still leaning towards reducing the impact on the iPad mini 7. Many reviewers said the “jelly shift” was less noticeable or not noticeable at all on the latest iPad mini, and Apple apparently vaguely told some of these reviewers: Changes were made to the screen to address the issue.

It was speculated that Apple may have rotated the display controller inside the iPad mini 7 to make the “jelly scroll” less visible in portrait orientation, but interestingly iFixit said that the location of the display controller has not changed compared to the iPad mini 6. The website concluded that Apple employed an unknown “trick” to reduce “jelly scrolling,” so it remains unclear exactly what Apple did to alleviate the problem.

The teardown video also revealed that the rear Apple logo of the iPad mini 7 may be removed, but other than that, the internal design of the device is similar to the iPad mini 6.

Last week, Apple launched the iPad mini 7 with key features such as A17 Pro chip, Apple Intelligence support, Apple Pencil Pro support. and more.

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