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Apple iPad mini (2024)
WLAN only, 8.30", 128 GB, Space grey
iPad Mini gets new chip and new colours
15/10/2024
Translation: machine translated
Apple gives the smallest iPad a mini update. The A17 Pro makes it fit for Apple Intelligence. Little else changes.
Per press release, Apple has unveiled a new iPad Mini. It has a faster chip, support for the Apple Pencil Pro and new colours - a comparatively minor update to the small tablet. The old model was already three years old, but already had very good features, a USB-C port and a new design back then.
According to Apple, the A17 Pro chip has a 30 per cent faster CPU, a 25 per cent faster GPU and a neural engine that is twice as fast as the A15 Bionic in its predecessor. The amount of RAM is not officially known, but is likely to increase from 4 to 8 gigabytes. This means that the iPad Mini is equipped for Apple Intelligence. The A17 Pro also supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
In addition to "Space Grey" and "Polar Star", blue and violet are now available to choose from. They look very subtle in the pictures - not as bright as the colours of the iPhone 16. 128, 256 and 512 gigabytes of memory are now available instead of the previous 64 and 256 gigabytes.
The display remains the same: 8.3-inch, IPS with LED backlighting. The screen still does not support Apple ProMotion with 120 hertz, it remains at 60 hertz. It remains to be seen whether Apple has fixed the often criticised distortion effect when scrolling vertically.
Source: Apple
The iPad Mini will be available from 23 October from 499 francs or 599 euros. Here you can find all model variants for pre-order.
Header image: Apple
Samuel Buchmann
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