Seventh generation Apple’s smallest iPad is finally here after three years its last refresh. There will be no grand live or pre-recorded events—the company quietly announced new tablet through its online newsroom. The headline feature that encapsulates this device? Apple is smart. Apple’s artificial intelligence features are not yet available for iPhone 16But they will arrive this month via iOS 18.1.
Starting at $499 for the base model, the seventh-generation iPad Mini has the same chassis as its predecessor but with several upgrades including a new processor, Apple Intelligence support, and double the storage capacity. . It also works with the latest version Apple Pencil Pro. Its now available for pre-order and ships on October 23.
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That’s what’s inside
The sixth-generation iPad Mini got a major upgrade in 2021, so it’s no surprise that Apple kept the external features the same in this iteration. The tablet has an 8.3-inch LCD display, thin bezels, and a 12-megapixel selfie camera, along with a USB-C port (now with 10 Gbps data transfer speeds). The rear camera has a 12-megapixel sensor that supports Smart HDR 4, an updated image processing algorithm with the ability to detect and scan documents from the Camera app (a feature we saw introduced back in the day). May with iPad Pro supports M4).
The more significant changes are inside. Apple upgraded the processor from the A15 (chipset inside iPhone 13 And iPhone 13 Pro model) to an A17 ProThis is the same as on the iPhone 15 Pro. With a six-core CPU, the company claims it delivers a 30% increase in CPU performance while the five-core GPU delivers a 25% jump over the previous model. Meanwhile, the neural motor is twice as fast.
Putting this chip in the iPad Mini means it can support Apple Intelligence — a suite of artificial intelligence tools included in iOS 18.1. It makes the iPad Mini Cheapest tablet in the line to have these features. Other supported models include fifth-generation iPad Air M1, sixth-generation iPad Air M2, fifth-generation iPad Pro M1, sixth-generation iPad Pro M2, and seventh-generation iPad Pro M4.
