In Australia and New Zealand it’s Wednesday 23 October. This means customers who pre-ordered one of the new iPad mini 7 devices will start receiving their order.
Apple announced the iPad mini 7 on October 15th, and that was also the day the company started accepting pre-orders. The iPad mini 7 has the same design as the iPad mini 6, but is equipped with an A17 Pro chip and 8GB RAM to support Apple Intelligence features introduced in iPadOS 18.1.
iPad mini 7 also offers Wi-Fi 6E, faster USB-C data transfer speeds, Bluetooth 5.3, and support for Apple Pencil Pro. It offers a minimum of 128GB of storage, with the option to upgrade to 256GB or 512GB, and Apple has also announced new colors.
There are no Apple retail stores in New Zealand, but the new iPad mini 7 will be available for walk-in purchase at Apple Stores in Australia. We don’t expect there to be a shortage of new tablets.
Following New Zealand and Australia, iPad mini 7 sales will begin in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and finally North America.
The iPad mini 7 starts at $499 and remains Apple’s smallest tablet.
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