E iPad Mini 4 is a tinier, slightly less powerful iPad Air 2. That’s basically all you need to know about this tablet, the 7.9-inch screen model which has been available since October 2015. I started sitting down the Mini 4 again, carrying it around every day in my bag, reading books - even using it to do work. This, after using Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad Pro as my general new go-to tablet.the iPad Mini feels less relevant than it used to