iPad mini 4: first unboxing and comparison with the iPad mini 3 [video]

At the presentation of 9 September, Apple introduced a new smartphone iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, tablet iPad Pro, set-top box Apple TV and tablet iPad mini 4. But that's announcement last many might not notice. It was probably the fastest product presentation in the history of the IT-market.

Indeed, at the conference of the model told nothing, except that it now has. Although innovations from the device much more than it was at the iPad mini 3 last year. Apparently, for this reason, it is now in the range of Apple tablet and present a model iPad mini 2, which is now asking $ 270. The newest version of the mini-tablet is priced at $ 400 in the junior configuration.

Screen iPad mini and its resolution did not change - 7.9 inches and 2048 X 1536 pixels, respectively. But the "engine" has become more powerful. Apple A7 took place computing platform Apple A8. Result 3 iPad mini benchmark Geekbench - 1367 and 2437 points in multi-core and single-core mode, iPad mini from 4 - 1709 and 3088 points respectively.

The main iSight camera is now characterized by a resolution of 5 megapixels instead of 8, and the value of the maximum aperture F / 2.4. The front is based on the same sensor with a resolution of 1.2 megapixels.

It is noteworthy that the battery capacity has become less than the iPad mini - 5124 mAh 6471 mAh instead of its predecessor. But Apple promises the same 10 hours of battery life. Unlike the new smartphones, iPad mini 4 became thinner and lighter than its predecessor. More specifically, the thickness was reduced to 6.1 mm and weight of 295 g is now equal to the rest, apparently, there is no difference.



iPad mini 4 is available in three colors: silver, dark gray and gold. The cost of new items will start with a mark of 501.12 dollar for the simplest version (16 GB, Wi-Fi) to 896.06 dollar for a top-end variation (128 GB, Wi-Fi + LTE).