Earlier today, Apple updated the iPad mini to support Apple Intelligence thanks to its breakthrough A17 Pro chip with Several technical specifications have been improved across the board. Plus, here’s some important information you might have missed.
- The A17 Pro chip installed in the new iPad mini is actually Binned version. The A17 Pro chip in the iPhone 15 Pro has a 6-core GPU, but the chip installed in the iPad mini has a 5-core GPU. This isn’t the first time Apple Silicon chips have been downgraded in some way for the iPad mini. Similarly, the A15 chip in the iPad mini (6th generation) has been downclocked from 3.23 GHz to 2.92 GHz in the iPhone 13 Pro. Both of these chips consist of a 6-core CPU and a 5-core GPU.
- The A17 Pro chip is based on the more modern 3nm architecture, so the chip finally allows the iPad mini to support hardware-accelerated ray tracing and mesh shading, as previously promoted in the iPhone 15 Pro models. and will be able to support AAA games. The new iPad mini makes a great portable gaming console. Note that this may have a slight advantage over the next step, the iPad Air (M2), which does not support graphics improvements, as the chip is based on an older architecture (5nm). please. However, it can still support AAA games.
- The USB-C port inside the new iPad mini can now support USB 3 Gen 2 speeds (up to 10Gb/s). that of Latest iPad Air and iPhone Pro models. This is a significant improvement over the previous generation, which supported up to Gen 1 speeds (up to 5Gb/s).
- There are no changes to the specifications of the front and rear cameras, but that teeth Upgraded to Smart HDR 4 for photos (compared to previous generation Smart HDR 3). This matches both the iPad Air (M2) and iPad Pro (M4), which were introduced earlier this year.
- Speaking of the front camera, that camera was in the same position as the previous generation, unlike the rest of the iPad lineup where the camera was moved to the side. In other words, the front camera of the new iPad mini is still on the portrait side. You’ll probably need the Magic Keyboard accessory if you want to dock it in landscape mode, since the iPad mini is most often used in portrait mode and the iPad mini doesn’t have a Smart Connector. Therefore, there is no need to move the camera to the other side.
- Following the latest iPad Air and iPad Pro, cellular models of iPad mini eliminate the physical SIM slot and these models fully support eSIM, continuing the transition from Nano-SIM to eSIM. So keep this in mind if you are planning To switch SIM for trip.
- If you look at the iPad mini product page, you’ll notice that the back of the iPad mini now says “iPad mini,” whereas the previous generation simply said “iPad.” This trend was introduced in March 2022 with the iPad Air (M1), which now says “iPad” on the back of the iPad along with its corresponding nickname.
- The new iPad mini now supports Apple Pencil Hover. Either Apple Pencil Pro or Apple Pencil (USB-C). This feature was introduced on the iPad Pro (M2) and carried over to the iPad Air (M2).
- Continue suit of Like the rest of the iPad lineup, the new iPad mini includes a braided USB-C cable for increased durability.
- However, like the iPad Air (M2) and iPad Pro (M4), you are ordering In Europe, a charger is not available to charge the iPad mini directly into a wall or surge protector.
- and bonus one, The new iPad mini likely won’t include the iconic Apple sticker already that became This is a standard way to unbox Apple products. this This is the tendency It was introduced alongside the latest iPad Air and iPad Pro, as well as the new iPhone 16 lineup. If you purchase an iPad mini from the Apple Store, you can request an Apple sticker at the time of purchase or pick-up.
That’s all the important information you need to know about the iPad mini (A17 Pro). it is Created for Apple Intelligence. You can order it now and it will be available from October 23rd. The iPad mini starts at $499 and comes with 128GB of base storage, twice as much as before.
