What’s new in iPad mini with A17 Pro: the small tablet has become even more powerful and versatile
By ForGeeks Today, Apple unveiled an updated version of the iPad mini, equipping it with a powerful A17 Pro chip and support for Apple Intelligence. This ultra-portable tablet combines high performance, innovative technology and a compact design, making it ideal for those looking for a powerful device in a compact form. Let’s take a look at what the iPad mini has to offer and why it’s worthy of consideration.
A17 Pro: next-level power
The main new feature of the iPad mini is the A17 Pro chip, which offers a significant performance boost. This processor is 30% faster compared to the previous generation, while Graphic Processing Unit shows a performance boost of 25%. This jump in power allows users to easily run demanding applications such as video and graphics editing programs, as well as modern games.
With the A17 Pro chip, users can dive into complex AR apps, edit photos and videos professionally, and enjoy realistic gaming with hardware-accelerated ray tracing that is 4x faster than software. This tablet also supports dynamic caching and hardware-accelerated shading, making it ideal for those looking for a balance between mobility and power.
Apple Intelligence: smart technology is always at your fingertips
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The new Apple Intelligence system integrated into iPadOS 18 greatly expands the functionality of the iPad mini. It utilizes both local computing on the device and cloud-based models to perform tasks while balancing performance and data protection. Apple Intelligence helps users accomplish everyday tasks faster and easier by taking into account their personal context.
Apple Intelligence helps users accomplish everyday tasks faster and easier by taking into account their personal context.
The core features of Apple Intelligence:
- Text tools allow users to check, rewrite, and abbreviate text directly in apps like Mail, Notes, and Pages.
- Siri has become even more integrated into the system, providing more natural interaction and maintaining context between queries. Users can now type to Siri, as well as receive responses related to iPad features.
- In Photo, the Memories feature allows users to create movies based on text descriptions, and the new Clean Up tool automatically removes distracting elements in photos without affecting the main subject.
Additional features, such as Image Playground to create images based on description and the ability to create Genmoji (customized emoji) based on a photo, will be available in future updates.
Apple Pencil Pro support
With the new iPad mini, support for Apple Pencil Pro is now available, giving users new ways to be creative and productive. Apple Pencil Pro lets you change drawing tools with gestures, control line thickness and colors, and haptic feedback makes interaction even more intuitive. Users can pinch Apple Pencil to quickly call up a palette of tools or switch between different settings.
These features make the iPad mini ideal for artists, designers, and those who actively use note-taking and drawing in their daily work.
Cameras: Even better for mobile work
12 MP main camera the new iPad mini has received support for Smart HDR 4, which makes pictures more detailed and saturated. It also uses artificial intelligence to automatically recognize documents in the Camera app, making them easier to scan. Front camera with support for Center Stage makes video calls and selfies even easier by following the user’s movements in the frame.
Front camera with support for Center Stage makes video calls and selfies even easier by following the user’s movements in the frame.
Improved connectivity and autonomy
The new iPad mini supports Wi-Fi 6E, providing twice the connection speed of the previous generation. With models supporting 5G you can file, chat and transfer data at high speeds anywhere in the world. The new USB-C is also twice as fast, supporting data transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps, making it easier to import large files.
Design and colors
The new iPad mini is available in four elegant colors: blue, purple, starlight and gray space. The device retains its compact 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display, which delivers a bright and crisp picture perfect for work and entertainment.
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Price and availability
The base model iPad mini with 128GB of storage (twice as much as the previous generation) costs $499. The model with Wi-Fi + Cellular costs $649, and versions with 256GB and 512GB storage are also available. Pre-orders began on October 15, and the devices will go on sale starting October 23.
And the devices will go on sale starting on October 15.
