Apple's flashy new iPad mini video shows it's more mighty than ever

2021 Ipad Mini Colors (Image credit: Apple)

What you need to know

Apple's newly announced iPad mini has a new promo video to show it off.
The new iPad mini will go on sale next week and can be pre-ordered now.

The newly announced iPad mini is the best iPad mini yet, and a new promo video shows exactly why that is.

Shared to YouTube following the completion of Apple's California Streaming event, the new video takes us on a while ride across the many different use cases an iPad mini could find itself in — and the whole video is shot in a way only Apple seems capable of doing.

Check it out!

Mega power. Mini sized. The all-new iPad mini with the powerful A15 Bionic chip fits in the palm of your hand. It has an all-screen design with a stunning 8.3" Liquid Retina display. Superfast 5G. New Ultra Wide front camera with Center Stage. USB-C. iPadOS. And it works with Apple Pencil (2nd generation). Available in four gorgeous colors.

Apple's new iPad mini is available for pre-order right now and you should be able to walk into an Apple Store and pick one up from Friday, September 24. That's also when anyone placing an online pre-order should expect their order to arrive, too.

Apple announced the new tablet alongside a standard iPad as well as the iPhone 13 lineup and Apple Watch Series 7.

The new iPad mini is shaping up to be a great little tablet — all you need to do is decide which of those four gorgeous colors you're going to go for!

Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.