\nApple\u00ae today introduced the powerful new iPad mini\u00ae \u2014 with a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina\u00ae display \u2014 in four gorgeous finishes. Featuring the brand new A15 Bionic chip, the new iPad mini delivers up to 80 percent faster performance than the previous generation, making it the most capable iPad mini ever. A new USB-C port allows faster connectivity, and cellular models with 5G bring more flexible mobile workflows. New advanced cameras, Center Stage\u2122, and support for Apple Pencil\u00ae (2nd generation)enable new ways for users to capture photos and videos, communicate with loved ones, and jot down their ideas when creativity strikes. The new iPad mini is available to order beginning today, and will be in stores beginning Friday, September 24.\n<\/p>\n
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210914005958\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n The powerful new iPad mini features an all-screen design, the A15 Bionic chip, Touch ID, Center Stage, and more. (Photo: Business Wire)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\u201cWith its ultra-portable design and wide range of uses from everyday tasks to creative and enterprise applications, there\u2019s nothing else like iPad mini,\u201d said Greg Joswiak, Apple\u2019s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. \u201cWith a new all-screen Liquid Retina display, massive boost in performance, new advanced cameras on the front and back, Center Stage, USB-C, 5G, and support for Apple Pencil, the new iPad mini is a huge leap forward that can be held in the palm of your hand.\u201d\n<\/p>\n New All-Screen Design in Four Gorgeous Finishes<\/b><\/p>\n \nThe new iPad mini delivers an amazing experience in a gorgeous new array of finishes \u2014 pink, starlight, purple, and space gray. iPad mini features a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display with narrow borders, all while keeping the same compact footprint. With advanced technologies such as 500 nits of brightness, a P3 wide color gamut, anti-reflective screen coating, True Tone\u00ae, and full lamination, images and video will be vibrant and come right up to the surface of the glass. And new landscape stereo speakers, combined with the new display, deliver a great movie-viewing experience.\n<\/p>\n \nThe all-screen design is enabled by moving Touch ID\u00ae to the top button of iPad mini. Touch ID delivers the same ease of use and secure authentication users know and love \u2014 to unlock iPad mini, log in to apps, or use Apple Pay\u00ae. iPad mini now supports Apple Pencil (2nd generation), which attaches magnetically to iPad mini for wireless charging and pairing.\n<\/p>\n A15 Bionic Brings Powerful Performance to iPad mini <\/b><\/p>\n \niPad mini gets a huge performance boost from the new A15 Bionic chip, with its incredibly efficient design that delivers all-day battery life.1<\/sup> The 6-core CPU delivers a 40 percent jump in performance, and the 5-core GPU delivers an 80 percent leap in graphics performance compared to the previous generation of iPad mini. A15 Bionic on iPad mini handles even the most demanding tasks \u2014 from graphically rich games to pro apps used by designers, pilots, doctors, and more. With its powerful performance and compact design, iPad mini is the ultimate tool users can take anywhere.\n<\/p>\n \nAdvanced machine learning (ML) functions are powered by a 16-core Neural Engine and new ML accelerators in the CPU, delivering 2x faster ML tasks than its predecessor. Combined with the CPU and GPU, the Neural Engine enables apps to deliver next-level experiences, such as image recognition and natural language learning. With iPadOS\u00ae 15, powerful new ML features include Live Text, which uses on-device intelligence to recognize text in photos that users can take action on, and even translates text from photos into seven different languages.2<\/sup><\/p>\n Center Stage Comes to iPad mini with New Advanced Cameras <\/b><\/p>\n \nThe Center Stage experience on iPad Pro\u00ae is now available on iPad mini, so users can enjoy even more engaging video calls. An updated Ultra Wide front camera with a new 12MP sensor and a much larger field of view enable Center Stage, which automatically pans the camera to keep users in view as they move around. When others join in, the camera detects them too, and smoothly zooms out to easily include them in the conversation.\n<\/p>\n \nThe back camera now features a 12MP sensor with Focus Pixels and a larger aperture to capture sharp, vivid photos. The back camera also features a True Tone flash, perfect for capturing images in low light. With a new ISP in A15 Bionic, users will also see remarkably natural-looking photos with Smart HDR, which improves image quality by recovering details in shadows and highlights.\n<\/p>\n 5G and USB-C for Faster Connectivity <\/b><\/p>\n \nWith 5G now available on iPad mini, customers can do even more with faster wireless connectivity on the go. 5G allows iPad mini to reach peak speeds of up to 3.5Gbps in ideal conditions.3 <\/sup>Users can now stay connected and be even more productive wherever they are \u2014 from everyday activities like friends playing games, to field service technicians working onsite. Combined with continued support for Gigabit LTE and eSIM, iPad mini offers incredible flexibility when users need to get connected. Wi-Fi 6 ensures even faster Wi-Fi connections as well.\n<\/p>\n \niPad mini now features a USB-C port for up to 5Gbps data transfer, which is 10x faster than the previous generation, and connects to a vast ecosystem of USB-C accessories, including cameras and external storage and displays up to 4K. USB-C enables workflows with high-bandwidth input and output for everyday users and creative professionals alike \u2014 perfect for a photographer connecting cameras when shooting on location, or a doctor conducting an ultrasound remotely.\n<\/p>\n Even More Intuitive iPad Experience with iPadOS 15<\/b><\/p>\n iPadOS 15<\/a> brings new features that take advantage of the unique capabilities of iPad, helping users be more productive and taking the versatility of iPad mini even further:\n<\/p>\n Accessories <\/b><\/p>\n \nApple Pencil (2nd generation) turns iPad mini into a digital journal and sketchbook users can take anywhere. With wireless charging and pairing, and support for double tap, Apple Pencil delivers pixel-perfect precision and industry-leading low latency, making writing as easy and natural as pen and paper.\n<\/p>\n \nA new Smart Folio\u00ae designed for iPad mini is a slim, lightweight cover and delivers open-to-wake and close-to-sleep functionality. The Smart Folio now comes in beautiful coordinating colors that complement the new iPad mini finishes: black, white, dark cherry, English lavender, and electric orange.<\/p>\n iPad and the Environment<\/b><\/p>\n \niPad mini features 100 percent recycled aluminum in the enclosure \u2014 marking a major milestone where every single model in the iPad lineup now has a 100 percent recycled aluminum enclosure. iPad mini also uses 100 percent recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board, and 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in the magnets in the enclosure and the speakers.\n<\/p>\n \nToday, Apple is carbon neutral for global corporate operations, and by 2030, plans to have net zero climate impact across the entire business, which includes manufacturing supply chains and all product life cycles. This means that every Apple device sold, from component manufacturing, assembly, transport, customer use, charging, all the way through recycling and material recovery, will be 100 percent carbon neutral.\n<\/p>\n Pricing and Availability <\/b><\/p>\n 1 <\/sup>Battery life varies by use and configuration. \nApple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple\u2019s five software platforms \u2014 iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS \u2014 provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple\u2019s more than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.\n<\/p>\n \nNOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple Newsroom (www.apple.com\/newsroom<\/a>), or call Apple\u2019s Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042.\n<\/p>\n \n\u00a9 2021 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPad mini, Liquid Retina, Center Stage, Apple Pencil, True Tone, Touch ID, Apple Pay, iPadOS, iPad Pro, FaceTime, Smart Folio, and Apple Store are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.\n<\/p>\n View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span>https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210914005958\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \nCat Franklin![\"The](\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20210914005958\/en\/906033\/4\/Apple_iPad-mini_hero_09142021.jpg\")
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