Apple's small 8.3-inch tablet. It weighs 293 g and brings the A17 Pro chip, Apple Pencil Pro support, 10 Gbit/s USB-C and Wi-Fi 6E. The display remains an LCD. Reviews praise its portability and performance; the screen lag in vertical scrolling is reduced but not gone for everyone, and repairability is low.
Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + Cellular (A2995) · 128 / 256 / 512 GB
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Model | iPad mini (A17 Pro), 2024; Wi-Fi + Cellular model A2995 |
| Storage and colour | 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB; Blue, Purple, Starlight, Space Grey |
| Display | 8.3-inch Liquid Retina; 2266 × 1488, 326 ppi; 500 nits |
| Display features | Fully laminated, anti-reflective coating, oleophobic coating, P3 wide colour, True Tone |
| Chip | Apple A17 Pro; 6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency), 5-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine |
| Pencil support | Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil (USB-C), Apple Pencil hover |
| Rear camera | 12 MP wide f/1.8; 5× digital zoom; True Tone flash; Smart HDR 4 |
| Front camera | 12 MP Center Stage f/2.4 |
| Video | 4K at 24/25/30/60 fps; 1080p at 25/30/60 fps; 1080p slo-mo at 120/240 fps; cinematic stabilisation |
| Authentication | Touch ID in the top button |
| USB-C | USB 3 up to 10 Gbit/s; charging and DisplayPort |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) 2×2 MIMO; Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Cellular | 5G (sub-6 GHz, 4×4 MIMO), Gigabit LTE; eSIM only |
| Battery | 19.3 Wh lithium-polymer; up to 10 hours of web or video on Wi-Fi; up to 9 hours of web on cellular data |
| Size and weight | 195.4 × 134.8 × 6.3 mm; Wi-Fi 293 g, Wi-Fi + Cellular 297 g |
Apple says the A17 Pro brings Apple Intelligence support to the iPad mini; feature availability varies by language and region. Apple Support
Early reviews collected by 9to5Mac split on the “jelly scrolling” seen on the previous model, where one side of the screen refreshes later during vertical scrolling: The Verge found the effect still clearly present, while Six Colors, Wired and MacStories saw none on their units; MacStories credited an improved display controller. MacStories measured 762/274 Mbit/s over Wi-Fi 6E. Engadget found the A17 Pro slightly slower than in the iPhone 15 Pro but ample for an iPad mini.
9to5Mac: New iPad mini reviews: Jelly scrolling is fixed (probably)In iFixit's teardown, reported by AppleInsider, a high-speed camera showed the effect reduced but not eliminated; no obvious change to the display driver board was seen and the panel is a 60 Hz IPS. The provisional repairability score is 3 out of 10, the same as before. The USB-C port is easier to replace; most other parts are almost unchanged from the 2021 model. Memory is at least 8 GB.
AppleInsider: 2024 iPad mini teardown reveals minimal internal changes