You can now preorder the new iPad Mini

It’s been 3 agelong years since Apple past updated the iPad Mini, but the institution is yet turning the page connected the sixth-gen exemplary of its smallest tablet. The institution announced a refreshed iPad Mini today, and preorders person conscionable opened astatine Apple pinch an October 23rd merchandise date. Prices commencement astatine $499 for the Wi-Fi-only 128GB configuration, which is double the erstwhile generation’s starting storage.

Back successful 2021, the sixth-gen iPad Mini was a comparatively large update for the dainty tablet, reflecting Apple’s latest creation tenets. It sewage a somewhat bigger display, USB-C, and second-gen Apple Pencil support, among different cardinal changes. This year’s upgrade feels a small tamer successful comparison. The item is the summation of Apple’s A17 Pro chip, giving the tablet plentifulness of processing headroom and an upgraded neural motor for Apple Intelligence, which will travel to the iPad Mini arsenic portion of iPadOS 18.1 erstwhile Apple yet launches it later this month.

Today’s refresh besides brings Apple Pencil Pro support (which is awesome for the powerful calculator app the iPad yet has), Wi-Fi 6E radios, and faster USB-C capacity pinch 10-gigabit information transfers. The caller iPad Mini is different akin to the last-gen model, including the aforesaid 8.3-inch Liquid Retina show and the aforesaid 12MP solution for its rear and beforehand cameras (which now support Smart HDR 4, the second still centered successful image orientation).

Where to preorder the iPad Mini

Apple is now accepting preorders for the 2024 iPad Mini, starting astatine $499 for a 128GB Wi-Fi exemplary and topping retired astatine $799 for 512GB. The cellular exemplary starts astatine $649 for the aforesaid 128GB and goes up to $949 for a 512GB configuration. We haven’t spotted preorder listings astatine different retailers aliases carriers yet.

As mentioned above, the seventh-generation iPad Mini will deed stores starting October 23rd. You tin get it successful 4 colors: abstraction gray, blue, purple, and starlight.