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New iPad Mini and the Apple Pencil
on the right-side edge, the lightning connector and Touch ID button are on the middle bottom. Even the resolution, bezels and battery life remain the same. But let’s not be fooled, the new iPad Mini is very different on the inside! There are many upgrades and changes that make it a very significant new choice among tablets.
Here’s a brief summary of some of the upgrades and new features of the iPad Mini, also called iPad Mini 5th Generation.
Storage Size: The storage on the iPad Mini now starts at 64 GB and increases to 256 GB. Weight: iPad Mini weighs .66 of a pound, just a little over a half pound. (This represents almost no change from the .67 of a pound for the iPad Mini 4). Camera: The iPad rear camera is an upgraded 8 MP f/2.4 camera that can record full HD videos and supports Live Pho- tos. The front Face Time camera is a 7- megapixel camera with an f/2.2 aperture and is capable of recording 1080p video, with Retina flash and wide color capture. Processor: The iPad Mini has an A12 Bionic chip that has a 66% higher clock speed than its predecessor. The A12 Bionic chip has a 2.49 GHz six-core processor. This accounts for signifi- cant improvements in speed.
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The new iPad Mini was updated and released in March 2019. From the outside, that iPad and the previous one from Septem- ber 2015 are hard to tell apart. The screen is the same size (7.9” diagonal), the sleep/wake button remains in the same position and the earphone jack is still where it was. Volume controls are
JOAN TANENHAUS, Joan Tanenhaus, M.A., CCC, Speech-Language Pathologist/ Assistive Technology Specialist, is Founder and Executive Director of Technology for Language and Learning, Inc., a non-profit organiza - tion dedicated to advancing the use of computers and technology with children and adults with Special Needs. (e-mail: ForTLL@aol.com)
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