iPad mini

Everything you need to know about Apple's smaller, thinner, lighter, 7.9-inch iPad mini

Apple's new iPad mini was announced on October 23, 2012. Apple calls it the iPad, just concentrated, but the specs are closer to the iPod touch 5 or iPad 2. With an Apple A5 processor, LTE 4G and DC-HSPA networking, and the new Lightning connector, that still makes it the best small tablet on the planet.

Key features: 7.9-inch, 1024x736 163ppi display, Apple A5 chipset, 5mp/1080p iSight camera, 720p FaceTime HD camera, LTE/DC-HSPA+/EVDO data, Lightning connector.

Pricing: $329/16GB, $429/32GB, $529/64GB for Wi-Fi. $459/16GB, $559/32GB, $659/64GB for Wi-Fi + Cellular.

Availability: Wi-Fi available now, cellular shipping in mid- to late-November.

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October 23 preview: Imagining Apple's iPad mini event

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Oct 22, 2012 a 10:13 am

Back in May, iMore learned Apple would be going ahead with a 7-inch iPad and targeting an October release. Now Apple has gone and announced an October 23, 2012 event, and while we won't know the exact agenda until Apple executives take the California Theater stage, it's widely expected that the iPad mini will be star of the show. But it won't be the whole show. Whether Apple runs the October iPad/Mac event like the September iPhone/iPod event, as essentially two separate events glued together, or whether they run them as a single event like the WWDC Keynote that flows from one topic to another, rumors persist of a focus on iBooks, of an updated iPad 3, of new Macs, and perhaps of more.

Apple starts to prep California Theatre in San Jose ahead of tomorrow's event

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Oct 22, 2012 a 6:08 am

Apple has started to prepare the California Theatre in San Jose ahead of its special event tomorrow. Apple sent out invites last week for what is widely thought to be the official announcement of the iPad mini. The guys from Techie Buzz managed to capture a few pictures of the graphics which are being used for the event.

"iPad mini" appears in Apple Online Store suggested search results, but...

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 a 9:48 pm

"iPad mini" is currently showing up as a suggested search result in Apple's online store. But so is "iPad air". And "iPad nano". And "iPad little". And more.

iBooks 3.0 appears in iTunes listing ahead of iPad mini event

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 a 4:03 pm

Looks like iBooks 3.0 may be making an appearance at this Tuesday's iPad mini event, at least if specifications that mysteriously showed up in a book listing on the iBookstore is correct.

iPad mini pricing rumored to start at $329

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 a 12:37 pm

While iMore has consistently heard the widely anticipated iPad mini would start at around $200-$250 for 8GB, now some pricing information is being reported that pegs the starting price higher -- at $329 (though at what storage capacity is uncertain).

The inexpensive, non-Retina, iPad air

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Oct 19, 2012 a 1:41 pm

While a lot is suspected about the new, smaller iPad Apple is likely to debut on October 23, questions remain about just how low Apple's willing to push the price, what kind display density device size and price constraints will allow, and what exactly Apple will call it.

iMore show 320: Selling trucks

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 a 8:35 pm

Rene and Jim Dalrymple of The Loop talk the October iPad event, the iPad mini, Microsoft Surface, and the difference between the two types of compromises and companies.

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iPad mini preview redux

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 a 5:23 pm

The iPad mini. It's been the subject of rumor and speculation. Its size has been labeled as DOA by no less than Steve Jobs himself. Its very existence has been doubted, and not without reason. Yet the iPad mini is real. 7.85-inches and not crippled by smartphone software stretched out, but made powerful by tablet software at scale. The iPad mini is an iPad, only slightly smaller and thinner, and much, much lighter. And Apple will likely be announcing it on October 23.

Shots of supposed iPad mini display leak

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 a 10:55 am

Pictures of what are supposed to be the display of the unannounced iPad mini have surfaced recently. The dimensions measure 162 mm x 124 mm, which works out to the same 4:3 aspect ratio of the full-sized iPad.

Apple to release as many as 24 new iPad/iPad mini models next week

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 a 1:46 pm

According to a leaked product list, Apple may launch as many as 24 iPad models, including the new iPad mini at their just-announced October 23 event next week. If accurate, that would likely include storage, color, and radio variants, which is fairly typical for any new Apple product. 9to5Mac scored the list:

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Dec 1, 2012 at 7:35 am - 5 months ago

I have had an ipad for a long time and it is so big I think the screen on the mini will be awesome I wish I had enough money to get one! That's the last product I would like to have from apple.

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Feb 13, 2013 at 1:10 am - 3 months ago

We have been getting a lot of questions about iPad mini durability and screen repair feasibility lately here at iRepairNational. We have been posting our finding on some of the major discussion and blog sites and iMore.com made the cut. It turns out we have good and bad news.
~The bad news is that the mini is as fragile as its big brothers, despite being lighter. Why you ask? Well, all previous versions of iPad have a had a thin plastic or rubber trim that fit between the aluminum frame and the glass. This allowed the iPad to absorb small dents and dings before the aluminum put too much pressure on the fragile glass (yes, despite the hype all of Apple's products still use crack-prone glass). The iPad Mini Glass fits right up to the beveled aluminum edge, and if that edge gets dented in it immediately puts a lot of pressure on the glassing causing it to crack.
~ The good news is that the glass can be replaced for much less than purchasing a replacement or even one of Apple's refurbished units. There are a few challenges to the repair, primarily in that this is the first ever Apple mobile device to require soldering when replacing a cracked or shattered screen. The glass/touchscreen itself has cable that is soldered to a touchscreen controller board, and than a cable from the home button also solders on to the digitizer cable.

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Feb 15, 2013 at 12:41 am - 3 months ago

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