Meet Apple’s seventh-generation iPad mini. Arriving over three years after its predecessor, the new tablet provides a quicker A17 Professional chip initially discovered within the iPhone 15 Professional sequence with assist for Apple Intelligence, extra entry-level storage and assist for the Apple Pencil Pro.
The iPad mini 7 has the identical 8.3-inch display dimension because the earlier mannequin and an an identical 2266 x 1488 decision at 326 ppi. Sadly, the refresh charge stays a modest 60Hz; from what we are able to inform, the show is an identical to the one in its predecessor. It’s dimensions stay unchanged as effectively. The front-facing digicam remains to be within the portrait place, one thing that is sensible for a tool of this dimension, and each the front- and back-facing cameras seem unchanged from the earlier iPad mini.
With none vital design upgrades, this replace is extra about what’s inside. The A17 Professional chip lets the brand new pill use Apple Intelligence options like smarter Siri, Writing Tools, Image Playground and Genmoji. It additionally has extra RAM and 128GB of storage within the base-level mannequin, double that of the 2021 mannequin. There’s additionally a 512GB storage possibility for the primary time.
The brand new iPad mini arrives on October 23 and begins at $499 for 128GB storage.
Replace, October 15 2024, 9:40AM ET: This publish initially mentioned that the brand new iPad mini used the A18 chip; it has been up to date to notice that it makes use of the A17 Professional chip. We apologize for the error.
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