The Apple iPad Mini 4 Review

For a while now Apple has been holding two launch events toward the end of each year. The first event in September is used to launch new iPhones, and new products and services like the Apple Watch and Apple Pay. In October Apple then has an event where the main focus is on new iPads, along with some other announcements such as new Macs or accessories. This year Apple appears to have switched up the formula, as they rolled both the iPhone and iPad announcements into a single September event. With October essentially over it looks like we won’t be seeing any more Apple launch events this year, and new products like the iMac with 4K Retina display have had quieter soft launches.

Since Apple combined their iPhone and iPad events into one, we actually have a new iPad shipping earlier than they’re usually even announced. The iPad Pro won’t go on sale until November, and the iPad Air 2 didn’t see an update, but the iPad Mini line got a significant overhaul in the form of the iPad Mini 4, and it has been available for well over a month at this point. Read on for the AnandTech review of Apple’s iPad Mini 4.

The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Review: Raising The Bar

Microsoft moved the yardsticks with the Surface Pro 3, a surprise hit after multiple generations of Surface Pro. With the Surface Pro 4, they look to take what worked in the Surface Pro 3 and refine it, improve it, and pack it with technology. This is our first look at Intel’s 6th generation Core processor in the 15 Watt range, and the outgoing Surface Pro 3 was two generations behind so expect nice gains in performance. Lighter, thinner, and a larger display, but in the same dimension chassis, this is the AnandTech review of the Microsoft Surface Pro 4.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Review

The first Android tablet I ever used was the original Galaxy Tab. It was a 7″ Android tablet running Android Froyo, and it seemed a lot like a large version of my Galaxy S. In hindsight, it wasn’t a very good tablet, but Samsung was one of the first Android vendors to enter the market and they were working with a version of Android that had never been designed with tablets in mind. As Android moved to Gingerbread and then to the tablet exclusive release of Android Honeycomb, Samsung was always among the group of manufacturers producing Android tablets. While some vendors like LG and HTC have left and returned to the tablet market, Samsung has continually producing new Galaxy Tab tablets, and those tablets constitute a very large portion of the Android tablets that are sold each year. Read on for the AnandTech review of Samsung’s newest tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2.