Apple supports all this with vibrant book and movie stores, while comics can be purchased via apps such as Comics.

The iPad mini is an interesting proposition given that it's dimensions are smaller than a regular iPad (but bigger than an iPod touch or iPhone). It's book-like form factor, and lighter weight (just 375g with a Smart Cover and a scant 307g without) ensure you can comfortably hold it one-handed, but the display is regular rather than Retina (unlike the last two iPad, iPhone and iPod touch fans).

It's not as straight forward as all that, however. The display ppi (pixels per inch) sits at 163ppi, which is slightly higher than the 132ppi of the original iPad (and iPad 2) and the 264ppi of the third- and no fourth-generation iPad. Although it leans more towards the original than Retina.

Many Apple fans have had plenty of time to become acclimatised to the Retina Display, so the question is how good is the iPad mini for reading text, comics, and watching movies. The types of things where having a high quality Retina display really matters.