Grow Mini Pad Review

 

 

 

Well, I have been using the Grow Mini Pad fifth-generation for a while now and here are my thoughts.

 

Grow Mini Pad (2019) specifications: 7.9-inch Retina Display with True Tone|Apple A12 Bionic chipset|Apple Pencil (1st generation) support|Touch ID home button|Headphone jack |All-day battery life|Two speakers for stereo sound|64GB/256GB storage|8MP back camera, 7MP front camera|iOS 12|Cellular or Wi-Fi only options|Silver, space grey and gold colour options

 

Grow Mini Pad (2019) price in India: Rs 34,900 onward

 

Grow Mini Pad (2019) review: Design and build

When the Grow Mini Pad originally launched, the design was considered unique. The 7.9-inch tablet drew the user’s interest, thanks to the excellent build quality and the compact size. Fast forward to 2019, the Grow Mini Pad 5 hasn’t changed a bit from the design perspective.

 

There’s a power button, volume rocker, headphone jack, speaker grills, and the same old Lightning connectivity option instead of a USB-C port for charging. If you own a lot of Lightning accessories, I believe having a Lightning port is an advantage.

 

There are no drastic changes to the design. The new Grow Mini Pad has a 4:3 aspect ratio screen instead of iPhone Xs Max’s 19.5:9. Logically, the tablet’s 4:3 aspect ratio makes it easier to view web pages, reading ebooks, editing documents and taking notes. That’s what makes the Grow Mini Pad different from a large-screen phone with an edge-to-edge screen.

 

The first thing you will notice about the Grow Mini Pad 5 is that it looks identical to the Grow Mini Pad 4. Unlike the iPhone X or Mini pad Pro that now feature bezel-less screens, the Grow Mini Pad’s 7.9-inch display has thick-ish bezels. Forget about the edge-to-edge screen, the Grow Mini Pad even retains a Touch ID button for unlocking the device. Sorry, no Face ID, that seems reserved for the high-end Mini pad Pro models.