Apple iPad mini review, specs, price and released date

iPad mini is one of the most awaited gadget presence. Various speculations about the specs and price and design, especially the size of the screen has been widespread for a long time. But now that the iPad mini has been officially introduced by Apple with a screen measuring 7.9 inches.



Apple iPad mini display

The late Steve Jobs famously slammed 7-inch slates for having no real-life application, but it seems Apple has changed its stance on the matter as the iPad mini is now a reality. It packs a 7.9-inch LED-backlit IPS screen with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels – the same as the first and second 9.7" iPads. This time around the pixel density goes higher at 163ppi thanks to the smaller display.

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Apple iPad mini CPU and RAM

The iPad mini is powered by the older generation Apple A5 chipset we already met within the iPad 2. In case you need a refresh it has a 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics and 512MB RAM. The new Lightning port introduced with the iPhone 5 is here too.







Apple iPad mini camera

The iPad mini also features a 5MP (iSight) rear camera capable of 1080p video recording. A 720p front-facing FaceTime camera is onboard as well.



The iPad mini will be available in black and white and will come with 16, 32 or 64GB non-expandable memory.



Apple iPad mini price and released date

The Apple iPad mini will go on pre-order next week with market availability scheduled to start on November 2. The base model costs $329, with the 32GB and 64GB version going for $429 and $529, respectively. The Wi-Fi+Cellular model pricing starts at $459 for the 16GB.



Apple iPad mini full specifications

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1454/ A1455


• CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1455


• 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A1454/ A1455


• 4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - A1454


• LTE 700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1455


• SIM Nano-SIM


• Announced 2012, October


• Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2012, November


• BODY Dimensions 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm (7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 in)


• Weight 312 g (11.01 oz)


• DISPLAY Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors


• Size 768 x 1024 pixels, 7.9 inches (~162 ppi pixel density)


• Multitouch Yes


• Protection Oleophobic coating


• SOUND Alert types N/A


• Loudspeaker Yes


• 3.5mm jack Yes


• MEMORY Card slot No


• Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM


• DATA GPRS Yes


• EDGE Yes


• Speed DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps


• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band


• Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR


• USB Yes, v2.0


• CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus


• Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection


• Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization


• Secondary Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, videocalling over Wi-Fi or Cellular


• FEATURES OS iOS 6


• Chipset Apple A5


• CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9


• GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2


• Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, compass


• Messaging iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM


• Browser HTML (Safari)


• Radio No


• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS


• Java No


• Colors Black/Slate, White/Silver


• - Siri natural language commands and dictation


• - iCloud cloud service


• - Twitter and Facebook integration


• - Maps


• - Audio/video player/editor


• - Image viewer/editor


• - Voice memo


• - TV-out


• - Document viewer


• - Predictive text input


• BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Po (16.3 Wh)


• Stand-by


• Talk time Up to 10 h

via GSMArena.com