Apple iPad mini (A20 Pro)
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My short take
Apple moved the mini to an 8.5-inch OLED panel and the A20 Pro chip. It weighs 255 g, which is about half an iPad Air 13-inch, and the battery is 18.9 Wh. Apple doesn't list a refresh rate for it, so I'd assume it isn't ProMotion.
A big speed bump and battery life that matched Apple's claim in Macworld's test, held back by a 60Hz screen and a sixth CPU core locked to the 512GB model. I'd buy the base 128GB Wi-Fi model if you want a tablet this small, and skip paying for storage just to get the extra core.
Pavel Ryzhikh, November 10, 2026
The specs
- Screen
- 8.5 in
- Weight
- 255 g
- Battery
- 18.9 Wh
- Chip
- Apple A20 Pro
- Base storage
- 128 GB
- Stylus
- Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil (USB-C)
- Operating system
- iPadOS
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