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If you want to buy a small tablet, you can take it with you everywhere 64 GB Apple iPad mini It’s back at $400, which is the lowest price ever on Amazon. That’s $99, or 20 percent less than what you’d pay if you bought it directly from Apple, and $69 off its Amazon list price of the past few days. The pink, purple, and space gray variants have all been reduced at the moment, so you have a few options to choose from. If you need more storage, you can get that too 256 GB iPad mini for $550. While this isn’t the lowest price we’ve seen for the model on the website, it’s still $99 less than the retail price.
In our review, we said the tablet is actually the iPad Air Mini, as Apple has given it an “all-screen” Liquid Retina design, a TouchID-capable top button, a USB-C port for charging, and second support. Apple Pencil generation. This is a significant redesign of the tablet, which was very similar to its previous iterations. There is USB-C for charging and the fact that it works with the second generation Apple Pencil means that if you have another iPad you can use accessories with it.
Additionally, we praised the iPad mini for having a 12MP wide front camera that takes center stage. The camera allows you to automatically zoom in and out and pan to follow you during video calls, so the person on the other end can see you as you go. Overall, we found the device’s performance to be solid, and even named it the best small tablet available in 2021 when it was released. It’s been a while since then, but the device is still a great option, even if it’s not quite as powerful as the iPad Air. and iPad Pro.
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