iFixit’s iPad mini 7 teardown reveals Apple has not made any hardware changes to fix the jelly scrolling issue, but pulled off some trickery.
Jelly scrolling was a main issue on the iPad mini 6, and for the most part, Apple has fixed it in its latest iPad mini 7 lineup. However, some users continue to experience the same phenomenon, and it remains to be seen if the company has changed the internals to minimize the refresh rate displacement. iFixit’s teardown of the iPad mini 7 reveals the internals of the device and the mystery of the jelly scrolling issue.Teardown reveals that the iPad mini 7 features the same display driver position as the iPad mini 6
If you are not familiar, jelly scrolling on the iPad mini originated with the launch of the mini 6 in 2021. Some users reported that one side of the display refreshed faster than the other, causing them to notice the refresh rate parity with every scroll, especially while reading text.
