Apple has upgraded its iPad mini (7th Gen) with A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence. It retains the 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display and the A17 Pro with a 6-core CPU promises a 30 percent boost in CPU performance and the 5-core GPU promises a 25 percent jump over the previous generation.
The A17 Pro also brings hardware-accelerated ray tracing — which is 4x faster than software-based ray tracing — as well as support for Dynamic Caching and hardware-accelerated mesh shading. 64GB model is gone, and there is a new 512GB model. This also has support for Apple Pencil Pro.
The 12MP wide back camera supports Smart HDR 4 for natural-looking photos with increased dynamic range, and uses machine learning to detect and scan documents right in the Camera app, said the company. It comes with 5G option, Wi-Fi 6 and a USB-C 3 port for up to 10Gbps data transfer.
Apple iPad Mini (7th Gen) specifications
- 8.3-inch (2266 x 1488 pixels) Retina display with P3 Color Gamut, 500 nits brightness, 326 PPI, True Tone display
- Six-Core A17 (2 performance and 4 efficiency cores) Pro 3nm chip with 64-bit architecture, 5‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB variants
- iPadOS 18
- 12MP camera with f/1.8 aperture, 5P lens, True Tone flash
- 12MP 122° Ultra Wide front camera with f/2.4 aperture, Retina Flash
- Dual microphones for calls, Stereo speakers
- Touch ID
- Dimensions: 195.4x 134.8×6.3mm; Weight: 293g (Wi-Fi) / 297g (5G)
- 5G (sub‑6 GHz), Gigabit-class LTE, 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 with 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS/GNSS, USB 3 (up to 10 Gbps)
- 19.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery with Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
Pricing and availability
The new iPad mini comes in a new blue and purple colours, in addition to starlight and space grey colours and is priced starting at Rs. 49,900 for the 128GB model and the 128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular model start at Rs. 64,900.
The 256GB Wi-Fi costs Rs. 59,900 and the Wi-Fi + Cellular model costs Rs. 74,900. The 512GB Wi-Fi costs Rs. 79,900 and the Wi-Fi + Cellular model costs Rs. 94,900. Apple Pencil Pro costs Rs. 11,900 and the Apple Pencil (USB-C) is available for Rs. 7900.
The new iPad mini is now available to order on apple.com/store and in the Apple Store app in 29 countries and regions, including the US, with availability beginning Wednesday, October 23.