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Apple Unveils OLED iPad Mini With Thinner Body and Higher Price

Equipped with an 8.5‑inch OLED, Acoustic Display, IP67 rating, A20 Pro chip, the mini shows Apple shifting premium hardware into a smaller, pricier package.

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A starlight iPad mini shown front and back. The screen displays a FaceTime call: a smiling woman in a bright blue blouse sits before lush green plants, while a small inset shows a smiling man in front of a red desert landscape.
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Overview

  • The new iPad mini is available for pre-order and launches on Friday, November 6, with shipments and in‑store availability scheduled the same day.
  • The device moves to an 8.5‑inch OLED that boosts peak HDR brightness to about 1,200 nits, narrows bezels, and lets Apple make the chassis thinner and lighter for easier one‑hand use.
  • Apple replaced visible speaker grilles with an Acoustic Display that drives mid and bass through the screen plus tiny hidden tweeters, and the sealed design earns the mini an IP67 water and dust resistance rating.
  • Performance is powered by the A20 Pro chip but Apple uses binned variants by storage tier so lower‑capacity models ship with a reduced‑core A20 Pro while the 512GB model gets the full configuration.
  • Reviewers praise the OLED, build and on‑device AI capability but flag two main tradeoffs: the screen is limited to 60Hz with no ProMotion and the U.S. starter price is $699, leaving many buyers weighing the upgrade against discounted older minis.