Apple iPad mini 4 Announced, Sold at $399

Apple introduced the iPad mini 4 along with the iPad Air Pro at its event in California. It has the same 7.9 inch Retina Display with 2048×1536 resolution seen on last year’s iPad mini 3 with Retina Display, but this has Apple A8X chip with M8 motion co-processor, compared to old A7 chip in the mini 2 and mini 3, Touch ID fingerprint sensor and other internals similar to the iPad Air 2.

Apple iPad mini 4 specifications

• 7.9 inch Retina Display with 2048×1536 resolution at 326 ppi, Fingerprint-resistant Oleophobic coating
• A8X chip with 2nd gen 64-bit architecture and M8 motion coprocessor
• Touch ID fingerprint sensor
• iOS 9
• 4G LTE (Optional), Wi‑Fi (802.11a/​b/​g/​n); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and MIMO, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS and GLONASS
• 8MP iSight 1080p camera
• 1.2MP HD front-facing camera
• 19.1-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery with up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video or listening to music

The Apple iPad mini 4 comes in Silver, Gold and Space Grey colors and starts at $399 for 16GB, $499 for 64GB and $599 for WiFi variants and $529, $629 and $729 for 16GB, 64GB and 128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular models, respectively. Apple has discontinued the iPad mini 1 and has kept the iPad mini 2 at a new price of $269. All these are now available for order.