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iPad Mini 4

21 Sep 2015

Announced on September 9, 2015, the iPad Mini 4 is the next in line of Apple's small tablets. With a starting price of $399, the iPad Mini 4 essentially has the same hardware and performance of the iPad Air 2, but weighs in at just 0.65lbs and rocks a 7.9-inch screen. The iPad Mini announcement seemed as if it were almost an afterthought, overshadowed by that of the much larger iPad Pro.

iPad Mini 4 Specs:

OS: iOS 9
Screen Size: 7.9 inches
Screen Resolution: 2048-by-1536 (326ppi)
Display: LED Multi-touch
Processor: 64-bit Apple A8
Coprocessor: M8 motion coprocessor
Storage: 16GB/64GB/128GB
Rear Camera: 8MP iSight camera, Autofocus, ƒ/2.4 aperture, Five-element lens, Hybrid IR ﬁlater. Backside illumination. Improved face detection, Exposure control, Panorama (up to 43MP), Burst mode, Tap to focus, Photo geotagging, Timer mode
Front Camera : 1.2MP FaceTime, ƒ/2.2 aperture, 720p HD video recording, Backside illumination, Auto HDR photos and videos, Improved face detection, Burst mode, Exposure control, Timer mode
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.2
Wi-Fi: Wi‑Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO
GPS: Assisted GPS and GLONASS
NFC: No
Sensors: Touch ID, Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Fingerprint: Touch ID
Height: 203.2 mm
Width: 134.8 mm
Thickness: 6.1mm
Weight for Wi-Fi : 298.8 grams
Weight for Wi-Fi + Cellular: 304 grams
Battery: 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing, 9 hours of cellular browsing
Wi-Fi Price: 16GB $399 / 64GB $499 / 128GB $599
Wi-Fi + Cellular Price: 16GB $529 / 64GB $629 / 128GB $729

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