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Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong

iPad mini 7 (2024) Is Official! Does Apple Do Enough? (Apple Bitz XL, Ep. 323)

Apple Bitz XL w/ Brian Tong

Apple Bitz XL Podcast w/ Brian Tong

Tech News, Technology, News

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Apple officially announced the new iPad mini, which features a faster processor, Apple Intelligence support, and Apple Pencil Pro support. But did they do enough? What do you think?

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0:00.0

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E-S-B networks, stay safe and stay clear of electricity wires. What's up everybody Brian Tong here and yes, Tectober is still in full effect and we got some new goodies because Apple just announced

0:44.9

the new iPad many today with an online announcement so let's not waste any time

0:49.2

and get right into what's new. The design appears to be exactly the same, which is fine with me, but the changes

0:55.0

they are really under the hood. It brings the A17 pro chip to the mini, which gives it a 30%

1:00.9

bump in CPU performance and a 25% increase in

1:04.3

G. P. performance compared to the previous iPad mini model but that also

1:09.2

allows for Apple intelligence support to finally come to this device with the new chip.

1:14.5

Now it still has an 8.3 inch liquid retina display that's not mini LED or

1:20.0

O-led plus Apple Pencil Pro support for a lot more creative versatility and access to

1:26.1

different features by squeezing the pencil pro that were shown off on the iPad Pro that came

1:31.4

out this year.

1:32.4

You also have an improved 12

1:33.7

megapixel wide camera with smart H.R. 4 so that's going to give you

1:36.8

improved photos and video quality on the mini. Now it starts at 499

1:41.7

with an entry-level storage of 128 gigs which is twice the previous

1:45.8

model so yes they used to start at 64 thank you Apple for finally bringing what I think is an

1:50.9

appropriate storage for base model of this type of device.

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