Apple today revealed the extremely anticipated iPad mini , and an updated quaternary - propagation of its iPad at the San Jose California Theatre . Phil Schiller , Applesenior frailty chairperson of global marketing , took to the microscope stage during the keynote , which was streamed across the globe on thecompany ’s website , to reveal the fresh smaller pad of paper .
iPad mini Pricing & Availability
iPad mini with Wi - Fi manakin will be available on Friday , November 2 , for a suggested retail price of £ 269 for the 16 GB model , £ 349 for the 32 GB model and £ 429 for the 64 GB manikin .
The iPad mini tech specs
The iPad mini has a 7.9 in display , sitting between Apple ’s iPhone and the 9.7 in iPad , but slightly larger than rival tablets from the like of Amazon , Google and Samsung . The equipment will retail from $ 329 for a 16 GB model ( UK pricing TBA ) .
Pre - orders start this Friday . Wi - Fi will ship on November 2nd in the US , and then two weeks later around the world .
Phil Schiller described the iPad miniskirt as “ fantastically thin , beautiful … as thin as a pencil and light as a launchpad of report ” .
The iPad mini sport an A5 mainframe , the same found in the iPad 2 and Apple promises the 10 - hour electric battery life base on other iPad model . The front of the iPad mini has a FaceTime HD camera , while the rear has a 5 - Megapixel camera ( the same as the new iPod touch ) .
The iPad mini is 7.2 mm thick and like the iPhone 5 the young iPad mini comes in two framework : blanched with eloquent mount and ignominious with a slate black eye models .
It also sport the 4 1000 LTE connection found on the iPhone 5 and fourth - generation iPad as well as WiFi N networking models .
Like the iPad 2 and new iPad it works with a Smart Cover .
Phil Schiller said “ It ’s every in an iPad ” . “ It ’s the lowest priced iPad yet ” said Phil Schiller , although it is notably more expensive than the Google Nexus 7 and Android Fire devices , which retail for £ 159 and £ 129 respectively in the UK .
The fourth-generation iPad
The newfangled 4th - generartion iPad has anew generation of icon sign processor for face acknowledgment and simulacrum stabilization and the same 10 hour battery lifetime of the original iPad . Apple claims that the new chip doubles the graphics performance .
The 4th - generation iPad also has 2x faster Wi - Fi , 802.11 a / b / g / n ( 2.4GHz and 5GHz ) .
It also has an expande 4 universal gravitational constant LTE chip which has greater mailman reporting , this is require to include the 1800 band that is being used by EE in the UK .
The fourth - propagation iPad cost the same amount as the current iPad , with pricing starting at £ 399 in the UK .
Both the iPad mini and quaternary - generation iPad ship with the Lightning connector .
The fourth-generation iPad pricing and availability
The fourth generation iPad with Wi - Fi models will also be useable on Friday , November 2 , in black or white for a suggested retail damage of £ 399 inc VAT ( £ 332.50 ex VAT ) for the 16 GB fashion model , £ 479 inc tub ( £ 399.17 ex VAT ) for the 32 GB model and £ 559 inc VAT ( £ 465.83 ex-husband VAT ) for the 64 GB model .
Tim Cook also announced that Apple has sold it ’s 100 one-millionth iPad . Noting that masses also “ love their iPads ” and use them more than Apple ’s competitors devices . He also mark that the iPad has been extremely succesful in business , with over 94 % of Fortune 500 companies either test or deploying the iPad .
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Apple iPad mini revue
