iPad mini Technical Specifications

 
Wi-Fi models
Wi-Fi + Cellular models
Finish
Blue
Purple
Starlight
Space Grey
Capacity1
  • 128GB
  • 256GB
  • 512GB
Size and Weight2

Wi-Fi models

293 grams (0.65 pound)

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

297 grams (0.66 pound)

Buttons and Connectors
Volume
buttons
Stereo speaker
Stereo speaker
Top button/
Touch ID sensor
USB-C connector
Magnetic
connector
Camera
Camera
Dual microphones
In the Box
  • iPad mini
  • USB-C Charge Cable (1 metre)
  • 20W USB-C Power Adapter
Display
8.3″
  • Liquid Retina display
  • LED backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 2266-by-1488 resolution at 326 ppi
  • Wide colour (P3)
  • True Tone
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Fully laminated
  • Antireflective coating
  • 500 nits brightness
  • Supports Apple Pencil Pro
  • Supports Apple Pencil (USB‑C)

The iPad mini display has rounded corners. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the screen is 8.3 inches. Actual viewable area is less.

Chip
  • A17 Pro chip
  • 6-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores
  • 5-core GPU
  • 16-core Neural Engine
Apple
Intelligence◊◊

Built into your iPad, Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections, it gives you peace of mind that no-one else can access your data — not even Apple.

Learn more about Apple Intelligence

Camera
  • 12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture
  • Digital zoom up to 5x
  • Five-element lens
  • True Tone flash
  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels
  • Panorama (up to 63MP)
  • Smart HDR 4
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Advanced red-eye correction
  • Photo geotagging
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
  • 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
  • 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
  • True Tone flash
  • Slow‑motion video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
  • Time‑lapse video with stabilisation
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
Front Camera
  • 12MP Ultra Wide front camera
  • ƒ/2.4 aperture
  • Smart HDR 4
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
  • Time‑lapse video with stabilisation
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)
  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Lens correction
  • Retina Flash with True Tone
  • Auto image stabilisation
  • Burst mode
Video Calling3
  • FaceTime video
  • Centre Stage
  • iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or a mobile network
Audio Calling3
  • FaceTime audio
  • iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or a mobile network
Speakers

Landscape stereo speakers

Microphones

Dual microphones for calls, video recording and audio recording

Mobile and Wireless

All models

  • Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO4
  • Simultaneous dual band
  • Bluetooth® 5.3

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

  • 5G (sub‑6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO
  • Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO

Model A2995:

  • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79)4
  • FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)
  • TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48)
  • UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • Data only5
  • Wi-Fi calling4
  • eSIM6

Learn more about mobile data

SIM Card
  • eSIM6
Location

All models

  • Digital compass
  • Wi-Fi
  • iBeacon microlocation

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

  • GPS/GNSS
  • Mobile connectivity
Sensors
  • Touch ID
  • Three-axis gyro
  • Accelerometer
  • Barometer
  • Ambient light sensor
Touch ID
  • Unlock iPad
  • Secure personal data within apps
  • Make purchases from the iTunes Store, the App Store and Apple Books
Apple Pay
  • Pay with your iPad using Touch ID within apps and on the web

Learn more about Apple Pay

Siri7
  • Get help with everyday tasks like sending messages, setting reminders and more
  • Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Siri” or “Hey Siri”, or use Type to Siri
  • Protected by the strongest privacy of any intelligent assistant
  • Powered by Apple Intelligence, Siri is more natural, contextually relevant and personal

Learn more about Siri

Charging and Expansion
  • USB-C port with support for:
  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • USB 3 (up to 10 Gbps)
Display Support

Supports full native resolution on the built-in display in millions of colours

  • Supports one external display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz

Digital video output

  • Native DisplayPort output over USB-C
  • VGA, HDMI and DVI output supported using adapters (sold separately)

Video mirroring

  • Up to 4K AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay‑enabled smart TV
  • Video mirroring and video out support through USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter (adapters sold separately)
Power and Battery8

All models

  • Built-in 19.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
  • Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi or watching video
  • Charging via USB-C to a power adapter or computer system

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

  • Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using a mobile data network
Operating System

iPadOS 18

iPadOS comes with powerful features and built-in apps designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of iPad.

Learn more about iPadOS 18
Accessibility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad. Learn more

Features include:

  • VoiceOver
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • Spoken Content
  • Voice Control
  • Switch Control
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Siri and Dictation
  • Type to Siri
  • Real-Time Text
  • Audio Descriptions
  • Subtitles and Closed Captioning
  • Live Captions
Built-in Apps

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips and the Apple Store app are preinstalled on iPad.

System Requirements
  • Apple Account (required for some features)
  • Internet access9

Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

  • macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, using the Finder
  • macOS High Sierra 10.13 through to macOS Mojave 10.14.6, using iTunes 12.9 or later
  • Windows 10 or later, using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/au/itunes/download)
Languages

Language support

Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, India, UK, US), Finnish, French (Canada, France), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, US), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Chinese — Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin — QWERTY, Pinyin — 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin — QWERTY, Pinyin — 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), Choctaw, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Dzongkha, Emoji, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Fula (Adlam), Georgian, German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hmong (Pahawh), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Inari Sámi, Indonesian, Ingush, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Kabyle, Kannada (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Kildin Sámi, Konkani (Devanagari), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Liangshan Yi, Lithuanian, Lule Sámi, Lushootseed, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Maltese, Mandaic, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi (InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Mi’kmaw, Mongolian, Mvskoke, Navajo, Nepali, N’Ko, North Sámi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia (Alphabetic, InScript), Osage, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Pite Sámi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Rejang, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Skolt Sámi, Slovak, Slovenian, South Sámi, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan), Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Ume Sámi, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration), Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Wancho, Welsh, Wolastoqey, Yiddish, Yoruba

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese — Simplified (Pinyin — QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Pinyin — QWERTY), Chinese — Traditional (Standard, Zhuyin-Grid), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi (Alphabetic, InScript, Transliteration), Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi (Alphabetic, InScript, QWERTY, Transliteration), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Alphabetic, Anjal, Tamil 99, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Alphabetic, QWERTY, Transliteration), Vietnamese (Telex)

QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

Chinese (Simplified — Pinyin, Traditional — Pinyin), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Hindi (Latin), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

Arabic, Chinese (Simplified — Pinyin — QWERTY, Traditional — Pinyin — QWERTY), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Vietnamese

Siri languages

Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China (mainland), Hong Kong), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Finnish (Finland), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Malay (Malaysia), Mandarin Chinese (China (mainland), Taiwan), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese (China (mainland), Hong Kong), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin Chinese (China (mainland), Taiwan), Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China (mainland)), Slovak, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain, US), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Monolingual dictionary support

Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional — Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, English (UK, US), French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Idiom dictionary support

Cantonese – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Cantonese (Traditional) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Simplified) – Japanese, Croatian–English, Czech–English, Danish–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Greek–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Kannada–English, Kazakh–English, Korean–English, Malay–English, Malayalam–English, Norwegian–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Punjabi–English, Russian–English, Slovak–English, Spanish–English, Swedish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Turkish–English, Ukrainian–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English

Thesaurus

Chinese (Simplified), English (UK, US)

Spell check

Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

Apple Pay supported regions

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China (mainland)10, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guernsey, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City, Vietnam

Video Playback
  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes
  • HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG
Audio Playback
  • Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
  • Spatial Audio playback
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit
Mail Attachment Support

Viewable document types

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz; .pkpass (Wallet)

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature:

0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

Nonoperating temperature:

−20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

Tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

iPad mini and the Environment

iPad mini is designed to reduce environmental impact:11

See the iPad mini Product Environmental Report (PDF)

Progress towards Apple 2030

  • More than 25 per cent recycled content12
  • Over 35 per cent of manufacturing electricity sourced from low-carbon electricity13
  • More than 35 per cent emissions reduction against business-as-usual scenario as modelled by Apple14

See Apple’s commitment

Materials

  • 100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure
  • 100 per cent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
  • 100 per cent recycled tin in the solder and gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100 per cent recycled copper in multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100 per cent recycled gold wire in all cameras
  • 50 per cent or more recycled plastic in eight components

Energy

  • Over 35 per cent of manufacturing electricity is sourced from low-carbon electricity13
  • ENERGY STAR®–certified15

Packaging

  • 100 per cent fibre-based packaging
  • 39 per cent recycled content in fibre packaging16

Waste

  • No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Program

Chemistry17

  • Arsenic-free glass
  • Mercury-, BFR- and PVC-free