The iPad mini had a brand new lease of life with the discharge of the sixth-gen pill in 2021, providing a considerable improve in comparison with what got here earlier than it.
In addition to a boosted 8.3-inch show in the identical kind issue as its older sibling, the iPad mini 6 sported a refined design much like that of the iPad Air and iPad Professional, together with A15 Bionic efficiency and help for the second-gen Apple Pencil.
This time, nevertheless, the iPad mini 7 solely appears to additional enhance on every thing the iPad mini 6 did brilliantly, making it a extra minor replace.
The query is, will it show to be as large a gross sales hit as its predecessor? Right here’s every thing Apple has unveiled about it.
When will the brand new iPad mini 7 be launched?
The brand new iPad mini 7 is out there for pre-order beginning as we speak, 15 October 2024, with its official launch in shops and delivery to clients on 23 October 2024.
The machine will likely be obtainable in 29 nations and areas, together with the US and UK.
As a reminder, listed below are the launch dates of the earlier fashions:
- iPad mini 6: September 2021
- iPad mini 5: March 2019
- iPad mini 4: September 2015
How a lot will the brand new iPad 7 mini price?
The iPad mini 7 begins at £499/$499 for the Wi-Fi-only mannequin, with the Wi-Fi + Mobile mannequin beginning at £649/$649.
It comes with not less than 128GB of storage, double the 64GB of the earlier technology. Larger storage configurations of 256GB and 512GB are additionally obtainable.
Extra equipment, together with the Apple Pencil Professional and Apple Pencil (USB-C), are priced at £129/$129 and £79/$79 respectively. The Good Folio for the iPad mini is out there for £59/$59 in numerous colors.
As a reminder, right here’s how a lot earlier fashions price at launch:
- iPad mini 6 (Wi-Fi, 64GB) – £479/$499
- iPad mini 6 (Wi-Fi, 256GB) – £619/$649
- iPad mini 6 (Wi-Fi + Mobile, 64GB) – £619/$649
- iPad mini 6 (Wi-Fi + Mobile, 256GB) – £759/$799
As anticipated, costs within the UK have been diminished to match the US figures, as we’ve seen on another Apple merchandise.
What specs and options will the brand new iPad mini 7 have?
The iPad mini 7 has been formally revealed, however there aren’t any large modifications in comparison with its predecessor. Listed here are all the important thing particulars.
Design
With such a dramatic redesign on the sixth-generation iPad mini, Apple didn’t make any noticeable design modifications on the next-gen pill.
So, it retains its compact, ultraportable design, which is out there in 4 finishes: blue, purple, starlight, and area gray. The Sixth-generation iPad mini was obtainable in area gray, pink, purple, and starlight.
Nonetheless, this time round, the modern design is complemented by help for the Apple Pencil Professional, which magnetically attaches for straightforward storage, pairing, and charging. As you may anticipate, it’s bought individually.
Show
The iPad mini 7 options the identical 8.3-inch Liquid Retina show as its predecessor, so it ought to proceed to ship nice visuals and vibrant colors.
With superior show applied sciences like True Tone, P3 large color gamut and 500 nits of brightness, the show affords an immersive expertise for every thing from media consumption to detailed inventive work. Nonetheless, the refresh charge remains to be restricted to the usual 60Hz, versus 120Hz on the newest iPad Professional.
As stated above, the show additionally helps the Apple Pencil Professional, which boosts precision for drawing, sketching, and note-taking.
Efficiency
On the coronary heart of the iPad mini 7 is the A17 Professional chip which supposedly brings a 30% enhance in CPU efficiency in comparison with the A15 that powered the iPad mini 6. It’s the identical one discovered within the iPhone 15 Professional and 15 Professional Max.
This 6-core chip, with two efficiency cores and 4 effectivity cores, ought to guarantee clean multitasking and dealing with of demanding purposes.
The 5-core GPU supposedly gives a 25% enchancment in graphics efficiency, with Apple claiming it makes the iPad mini 7 able to dealing with high-end gaming, AR purposes, and pro-level inventive duties.
Its hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading additionally intention to boost visible results and true-to-life gaming experiences.
The pill is out there with 128-, 256- or 512GB of inside storage (double the beginning storage of the earlier technology), paired with 8GB of RAM so it could actually deal with the Apple Intelligence options.
The earlier mannequin featured solely 4GB of RAM.
Cameras
The iPad mini 7 is provided with the identical 12Mp large rear digital camera, however this time it helps Good HDR 4. The earlier mannequin supported Good HDR 3, so the brand new one ought to ship enhanced dynamic vary and sharper pictures.
The 12Mp ultrawide entrance digital camera is also unchanged and helps Heart Stage, which routinely retains the topic in body throughout video calls, making it ultimate for digital conferences and content material creation.
It additionally incorporates machine studying to routinely detect and scan paperwork immediately within the Digicam app.
Battery & Charging
As typical, Apple doesn’t present the precise battery capability. Nonetheless, it claims that the brand new iPad mini 7 affords ‘all-day battery life.’
Moreover, the USB-C port has been upgraded for quicker information transfers of as much as 10Gbps, permitting for fast importing of enormous information, together with high-resolution photographs and movies.
Software program
Working iPadOS 18, the iPad mini 7 introduces superior options powered by Apple Intelligence. These options combine seamlessly with the machine to simplify duties, improve creativity, and supply contextual insights.
Apple Intelligence contains instruments like Writing Instruments for textual content refinement, a revamped Siri with pure language capabilities, and revolutionary options similar to Clear Up in Photographs to take away background distractions.
Nonetheless, these will likely be rolled out step by step all through the following few months (on the time of writing) and aren’t obtainable at launch.
How does the brand new iPad mini examine to the most effective iPads and finest tablets total? Time will inform.
