Forget the iPad Pro – Apple’s ultra-portable iPad mini 6 is still on sale at Amazon
The iPad mini 6 remains the best small tablet money can buy
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If you’re keen to upgrade your tablet game in 2024 but missed out last month’s Black Friday iPad deals, fear not: Amazon is still offering the excellentiPad mini (2021)for a cut price in the final days of 2023.
Apple’s latest pint-sized tablet – which is also called the iPad mini 6 – continues to be discounted to$469 in the USand£531 in the UK(from $499 and £569, respectively), and although neither price is the best we’ve ever seen, we don’t expect either figure to improve in the coming months.
Why? Well, we’re hearing (via Bloomberg’sMark Gurman) that Apple’s upcoming crop of next-generation iPads won’t include a new iPad mini, with Apple instead set torefresh its tablet lineup with an M3-equipped iPad Pro and iPad Airin 2024.
Given the now-presumed absence of a new iPad mini model, then, there’s no reason to believe that Apple and/or Amazon will cut the price of the iPad mini (2021) even further before Black Friday next year. What’s more, you needn’t worry about missing out on game-changing tablet features by picking up Apple’s current-gen iPad mini model today because, well, it now looks like there isn’t going to be a new, game-changing iPad mini in 2024.
The largeriPad 10.9 (2022)is also stillon sale at Amazon, but if you’re looking for a smaller-scale iPad experience that doesn’t compromise on power, then the iPad mini 6 – which ranks on our list of thebest iPads, period – could be the better fit.
Today’s best iPad mini (2021) deal
Apple iPad mini 2021 (64GB)US:was$499 now$469 at AmazonUK:was £569 now£531 at AmazonApple’s latest iPad mini was on sale for a slightly better price over Black Friday, but today’s $30 / £38 discount is still a welcome saving on an otherwise keenly-priced iPad. Think of the mini as an iPad Air 4 (square edges, USB-C, no home button, and so on), but shrunk down and with a more powerful chipset inside. Its 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display is crisp – and, crucially, bright enough for outdoor use – while its 293g weight makes it easy to slip into a bag or large coat pocket.
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Axel is TechRadar’s UK-based Phones Editor, reporting on everything from the latest Apple developments to newest AI breakthroughs as part of the site’s Mobile Computing vertical. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion.
Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining TechRadar in 2020, where he then earned an NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.
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