- Dual-core A5 chip
- Facetime HD camera
- 5 MP iSight camera
- LTE wireless
- 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi
- 10 hours of battery life
Will Apple's Mini Bring iPads to the Masses?
Apple's unveiled its highly anticipated iPad mini, offering up a 7.9-inch screen built into a device that you can hold in one hand. The iPad mini and its larger sibling, the fourth generation iPad, will ship on November 2, with pre-orders beginning this Friday. The entry-level mini, with 16GB of memory, will cost $329 for a WiFi version and $459 for Wifi and cellular. The new full-sized iPad will start at $499 for WiFi and $629 for WiFi and cellular. For folks who've balked at paying the iPad's premium price, the mini takes some of the sting away. Apple's CEO Tim Cook said that way, the device will be more attractive to a wider range of customers. Apple's faced a lot of pressure in the market to temper its prices: Amazon's popular Kindle Fire HD sells for $199 in a WiFi version, while Samsung's Galaxy Tab goes for roughly the same price. "They covered the right price segment with the mini," says Steve Baker, a senior consumer technology industry analyst with NPD Group. "But if it were me, I think I'd price at $299. I don't know why they picked $329 but their track record is good at finding the right price points." Under the hood, the mini features: