San Jose, California: Apple today introduced iPad mini, a completely new iPad
design that is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the third
generation iPad.
The new iPad mini features a stunning 7.9-inch Multi-Touch
display, FaceTime HD and iSight cameras, ultrafast wireless performance and an
incredible 10 hours of battery life―every inch an iPad, yet in a revolutionary
design you can hold in one hand.
“iPad mini is every inch an iPad. With its gorgeous 7.9-inch
display, iPad mini features the same number of pixels as the original iPad and
iPad 2, so you can run more than 275,000 apps designed specifically for iPad,”
said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
iPad mini comes in a beautiful new aluminum and glass design
that is just 7.2 mm thin and weighs only 0.68 pounds. The 7.9-inch Multi-Touch
display delivers the same iPad experience users have come to expect, in a
design that has 35 percent more screen real estate than 7-inch tablets and up
to an astonishing 67 percent more usable viewing area when browsing the web.
The dual-core A5 chip delivers responsive graphics and a fast, fluid
Multi-Touch experience, while still providing all-day battery life.
The tablet features a front-facing FaceTime HD camera and a
5 megapixel iSight camera on the back with advanced optics for taking sharp
still pictures and recording full 1080p HD video. The iSight camera includes
video image stabilization and both cameras feature backside illumination to let
users capture great pictures in low light. iPad mini also allows easy sharing
of photos with friends and family using iCloud’s Shared Photo Streams.
iPad mini features dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi support for
speeds up to 150 Mbps, which is twice the Wi-Fi performance compared to
previous iPad models. It is available in Wi-Fi + Cellular models which are
world-ready with built-in support for ultrafast wireless standards, including
LTE and DC-HSDPA, so you can browse, download and stream content fast from
wherever you are. The data plans will be available with no contract so one can
simply sign up and activate service directly from his or her iPad. The Personal
Hotspot feature means users can share a fast cellular data connection via
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB with up to five other devices such as MacBook Pro, iPod
touch or another iPad.
Notably, Apple today also announced the fourth generation
iPad as well as an all-new version of its popular 13-inch MacBook Pro.