It's been just over a month since Apple released the iPad mini 7, refreshing its smallest tablet with a new Apple Intelligence-capable A17 Pro chip. MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera has been using the ‌iPad mini 7‌ as a replacement for the iPad Pro for the last several weeks, and he has some thoughts to share on Apple's latest iPad.
When Apple dropped the 6th-generation iPad mini in 2021, it was kind of a big deal. Finally, the iPad mini looked like every other iPad—ditching the Home button for an edge-to-edge display—it just looked a lot smaller. It was a fan-favorite design, even if it didn't escape some fair criticism.
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Apple’s new iPad mini 7 arrived last month after rumors had long predicted its debut. And one of its chief features, Apple Intelligence support, was all but guaranteed based on prior reporting.
However, the way that AI support arrived was perhaps the device’s biggest surprise.
Let's get this one out of the way: These two iPad minis look identical. They are both aluminum tablets, each with the same dimensions: 7.69 inches tall by 5.3 inches wide by 0.25 inches thick. They both weigh 0.65 pounds, or 293 grams (0.66 pounds or 297 grams for the cellular model).
Apple doesn't make a small keyboard for the ‌iPad mini‌, so unless you have a third-party accessory like a Bluetooth keyboard, typing needs to be done with the on-display keyboard. Adding a keyboard does help the situation, but you're still working with a smaller-sized display.
Apple could have thrown an M-series chip into the iPad mini, but that seemed unlikely. Prior mini models have historically been equipped with iPhone-class chips.
So why was the A17 Pro assumed out of the running? Because of challenges associated with Apple’s first-generation 3-nanometer fabrication process.
On a similar note, the two devices have almost—almost—the same display. Whichever model you pick up, you'll get an 8.3-inch LED display (no OLED or mini-LED for the iPad minis). Both displays have a resolution of 2266x1488, with a pixel count of 326 ppi (pixels per inch), and a max brightness of 500 nits, which is pretty bright. Each has a P3 color gamut, so all things considered, both displays should be sharp and vibrant (just not all that big).
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