The younger line of tablets includes the most compact, lightweight and relatively inexpensive Apple tablets with a display diagonal reduced to 7.9". Despite their compactness and status, they boast decent performance.

The original iPad Mini was released in the fall of 2012 and was actually a miniature copy of the iPad 2 with the same hardware, but with a smaller display. In the future, to reduce internal competition, Apple began to cut some familiar functions from the Mini or not add new ones, which is why the iPad mini devices were forgotten for almost 5 years.


In 2019, after updating the series of original iPad tablets, it came to restarting the iPad Mini series. After years of silence, Apple introduced an ideological rethinking of its miniature tablet, teaching it many tricks of older brothers. For example, the tablet hardware has been thoroughly pumped, thanks to which the Mini models of 2019 and later release feel free in resource-intensive applications a la NanoStudio 2 and Adobe Premier. Equally important, there are stereo speakers, True Tone and stylus support, like in "adult" models.

Thanks to this restart, the modern iPad Mini looks like a device with a clear positioning. It was literally created for education, services or catering, when a moderately inexpensive, but high-quality device is required to display any information. With so many unique apps in the AppStore, the iPad Mini would make a great MIDI controller for a recording studio, an all-in-one drone controller, an all-in-one remote for the home, and more.