The new eighth-generation iPad mini unveiled today has a long list of new features and changes, as detailed in our all-in-one roundup below.
Here’s what’s new for the iPad mini:
- Bigger, brighter and more vivid 8.5 inch OLED displaycompared to the 8.3-inch LCD display
↳ Up to 600 nits of SDR brightness, up from 500 nits
↳ Up to 1,200 nits of peak HDR brightness
↳ 60Hz again, without ProMotion - Anti-glare nanotexture display option for 256GB and 512GB models (+$100 upgrade)
- Extended display mode support on external display (requires iPadOS 27.2)
- About 15% thinner and lighter
↳ Thickness 5.4 mm, compared to 6.3 mm
↳ Weight of 0.56 lb, down from 0.65 lb (Wi-Fi only model) - A20Pro chip built on TSMC’s 2nm process
↳ Up to 60% faster CPU performance
↳ Up to 2.7x faster GPU performance
↳ Up to 4.5x faster AI performance
↳ 5-core CPU, 7-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine (128GB and 256GB models)
↳ 6-core CPU, 7-core GPU, and dual 16-core Neural Engine (512GB model)
↳ Neural accelerators in each GPU core - New Acoustic Display speaker system without speaker holes
↳ This contributes to Water and dust resistance with IP67 protection rating
- The 12-megapixel Center Stage is now positioned for horizontal video callsrather than using in portrait orientation
- True Tone adaptive flash to improve photo and document scanning
- Support for fast charging: Up to 50% in 30 minutes with a 35W or higher adapter
- Apple N1 chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6compared to Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3
↳ The N1 chip improves the performance and reliability of AirDrop and AirPlay
- Apple C2 modem with Cellular data speeds up to 50% faster (cellular models)
- Two color options: Midnight AND Starlight
- Starting price of $699 in the US, up from $599
The new iPad mini has a similar overall design to the previous model. It retains a Touch ID button on the top edge of the device, a USB-C port, a 12-megapixel wide-angle rear camera, two microphones, and the same advertised battery life.
The new iPad mini is available for pre-order starting Wednesday, October 28 at the precise time of 10:10 a.m. Pacific Time, and will begin arriving to customers and launching at Apple Stores and other select retailers on Friday, November 6.
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