subject: Comparison Between High Quality Ipad Mini Smart Covers & Low Quality Ones [print this page] Its a bang-up 2012 for Apple fanboysIts a bang-up 2012 for Apple fanboys. Ok, also for guys who die for an Apple product but cant afford. Thats iPad Mini. With a thinner and slimmer design, iPad Mini is surely an eyebrow-raising gadget along with amazing features at a reasonable price: $329 for a 16GB version, which is never tried before. Now its time to grab a cheap smart cover for iPad Mini.
The difference between a smart cover and a normal case is that smart cover takes little space with a folding design. Its easy to install and take off as it depends on magnet. It adds little weight to your device. Contrastly a coat makes a slim device not slim any more.
And there are many places to go for it. You can go to apple store for the official one. Or you can find cheap smart covers with high quality online if you have a tight budget. However, the price for iPad Mini smart cover varies. It charges at $5 at one store and $15 at another. And it's really a tough job if you try to find the difference with your eyes. We just do a comparison between a high quality smart cover and a low quality one. Hope it helps you make decision.
Functionally the high quality one can automatically detect your iPad and catch it when you put it close enough. It shows that the low quality one is not as sensitive as the other does. Also we did a test to raise the iPad Mini by only holding the smart cover side. And it turns out that the high quality one works better cause the iPad Mini never drops. But its not so lucky for the low quality one. Arguably, it happens due to the magnet. Another noticeable aspect is that the high quality one stands your iPad Mini more stably without slipping off, which happens to the low quality ones a lot. So a low quality smart cover will surely make you frustrated.
Its very hard to figure out the difference from the appearance. But there is a tiny difference which can be seen. Lets put the cover into two sides, the surface is S, and the bottom is B. On the B side of where it attaches the iPad Mini, they use different material. The high quality one will use Polyurethane as the same as the cover S does. And the low quality one use the same material as the cover B does. You can watch this video to find more details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccjtIviaczQ .
The result turns out that price counts. Well, it shows us a way to find out whether its a high quality smart cover or not without listening to the dealers boast.
