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Apple Unveils All-New iPad Mini With 8.5-Inch OLED, A20 Pro, IP67, Preorders Oct. 28
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8.5-inch OLED display with thinner, lighter design and A20 Pro chip. IP67 water and dust resistance with nano-texture option.
OLED iPad mini unveiled
Apple unveiled the all-new iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, a thinner and lighter design, and water and dust resistance, powered by an A20 Pro chip. The OLED panel delivers higher contrast and more than 2x higher peak brightness than the previous-generation iPad mini, and peak brightness reaches up to 1200 nits. The new iPad mini is 5.4 mm thin and carries an IP67 rating to protect against water and dust.
The iPad mini now has a 12MP Center Stage front camera on the landscape edge, and the device also includes an Acoustic Display for an even better audio experience. Customers can pre-order the new iPad mini along with the new Smart Folio starting Wednesday, October 28, with availability beginning Friday, November 6.
A20 Pro chip differences
The A20 Pro supercharges AI with Neural Accelerators in each GPU core and a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, and iPad mini is powered by iPadOS 27 with the next generation of Apple Intelligence and Siri AI. Every configuration except the highest 512GB model includes a less powerful, binned A20 Pro chip, and the 128GB and 256GB models have a 16-core Neural Engine. The 512GB configuration is the only one with a Dual 16-core Neural Engine, and the 512GB model also has a 6-core CPU with 2 super cores and 4 efficiency cores.
The A20 Pro chip versions differ by storage, with models with 128GB or 256GB using a 5-core CPU and a single 16-core Neural Engine, while the 512GB model gets a 6-core CPU and a dual 16-core Neural Engine. The new iPad mini can achieve peak brightness of up to 1200 nits, and the device supports 600 nits of full-screen brightness for SDR and HDR content.
Pricing, connectivity, and availability
The new tablet starts at $699 and customers can spec the 8.5-inch OLED display with its nano-texture coating. A set of custom woofers is embedded through the display, and the tablet is now iP67-rated against water and dust. The new iPad mini starts at $699 for the Wi-Fi model and $849 for the Wi-Fi and cellular model, and the device is 5.4 mm in thickness.
The iPad mini comes in midnight and starlight with 128GB, 256GB and 512GB of storage, and the Wi-Fi + Cellular model starts at $849. iPad mini is powered by iPadOS 27 with the next generation of Apple Intelligence and Siri AI, and Siri AI can draw on a user’s personal context to help users find what they need and understand what’s on their screen.