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Brian Tong's OLED iPad mini gets a "bad apple"

The smaller tablet's display trade-off shares a three-upload week with Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro.

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iPad mini OLED Review - Are The New Features Worth The Upgrade?

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0:29The single-layer OLED screen brings brighter highlights and deeper blacks in a thinner, lighter tablet.
2:27USB-C supports both extended and mirrored output to an external monitor.
2:43Processor core counts differ across storage tiers, with the higher-capacity model getting an extra CPU core.
4:00Brian criticizes the 60Hz refresh rate and the absence of 120Hz ProMotion.
7:12Acoustic display technology replaces speaker grilles, alongside an IP67 rating.
8:50The upgrade verdict weighs the new features against a $699 base price.

Brian Tong admires the thinner body, richer blacks and lighter weight, then reaches the catch: the new iPad mini's OLED screen runs at 60Hz. "Why does this not have a ProMotion 120Hz display?" he asks. The verdict comes with his familiar punctuation: "That's a bad apple!"

"iPad mini OLED Review - Are The New Features Worth The Upgrade?" drew about 56,000 views, making it the week's most-watched new upload. This isn't just a screen inspection. Brian connects the tablet to an external monitor, explains how processor configurations differ across storage tiers, and examines the acoustic display that replaces conventional speaker grilles. At a $699 starting price, the missing smoother refresh rate becomes a substantial part of his buying question.

Viewers are weighing that same trade-off against what they already own. Some discuss keeping an earlier mini; others see OLED as their reason to upgrade. One recalls traveling for a year with a cellular mini as their only device, small enough for a jacket pocket. That is a rather different shopping brief from wanting every premium feature.

The other two uploads turn to the touchscreen MacBook Pro: an unboxing alongside Brian's M1 Max, followed by a review asking whether touch actually changed his habits. The unboxing also includes a charger promotion. The review is currently drawing the most daily views of the three, with the unboxing close behind.

Subscribers held steady over the week, while today's channel viewing is well below its usual daily pace. Nearby gadget channel GregsGadgets drew a larger weekly audience, while TechMe0ut had a quieter week. For Brian, the new MacBook videos now carry the strongest viewing momentum.

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What viewers say

I used an ipad mini 5 cellular as my only device for about a year while I travelled to various countries. I wanted a bigger screen than a phone, and I could carry it in my jacket pocket.
I'm tempted to go back to that with this new one!
@rokko_fableSee it on YouTube
I’m hoping to upgrade from my iPad Mini 6 to this one. The OLED display is worth the upgrade for me.
@Mark_West-SoobySee it on YouTube
I love you for testing the external display functionality with the Studio Display!
@visionzillaSee it on YouTube

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If it wasn’t out of my budget, I would’ve gotten this iPad mini, I love it so far based on what I’ve seen.
@123theprodigy5See it on YouTube
Really not sure what they were thinking. I was planning to get one as soon as I heard the rumors. Now - they seem to be charging premium pricing and leaving out premium options. Maybe I’ll get a used last gen mini
@SpicyTunaRollxoxoSee it on YouTube
I’ll be honest, considering my current is a base model ipad from 2017, i think i will get this one.
@panamacspana8498See it on YouTube
Still buying it on Friday need a nice little iPad and I really don't want the regular iPad versus the mini
@TheCyberGypsySee it on YouTube

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The facts

Channel: Brian Tong
Subscribers: 374,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 285,758
Videos published this week: 3
Video published: November 3, 2026
Video views so far: 55,688
Views on its first day: 33,029

The numbers

Here is how Brian Tong's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

9,594,669

5,772,704

1,452,639

788,189

736,186

285,758

263,364

47,501

43,237

subscribers

374,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

93,815,014

views per day

30,450

typical day: 83,268

first-day views of each video posted this week

iPad mini OLED Review - Are The New Fea…

33,029

MacBook Pro w/ PROLED XDR Display - Unb…

34,085

MacBook Pro w/ PROLED XDR Display Revie…

28,198

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

421,000

408,000

405,000

394,000

374,000

354,000

351,000

350,000

337,000

As of November 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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