The iPad Mini 4 is so thin and light you might be left wondering what’s actually inside the thing.
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iFixit’s teardown of the iPad Mini 4 reaffirms Apple’s claims of the device being a smaller variant of the iPad Air 2, but the tablet packs in a few surprises in its folds, such as an altered component layout.
One of the major reasons the iPad mini 4 is slimmer – almost 20 per cent thinner than its predecessor, in fact, at 6.1mm – is because the battery has been trimmed. For instance, the FaceTime camera has slimmed down, the battery has shrunk, the LCD and front panel glass are fused together and antennas have been moved both to the top and bottom of the device. iFixit’s full teardown provides additional details on all the nips and tucks in the device. The iPad Mini 4 is now available directly from Apple and starts at $399 Dollars . The resolution might not look as great as 4k HD Desktop monitors and laptop screens, but will be an upgrade from the iPad Air 2. For example, the A8 chipset will help power the Split View multi-tasking feature in iOS 9, which comes pre-loaded on the iPad mini 4.
Gizmodo noted that the main advantage of this discovery is for users to be informed that if they want to save about a hundred bucks, the iPad Mini 4 is the better choice than the iPad Air 2 – provided they don’t mind the smaller footprint of the new tablet.
There are many similarities between the two iPad generations.
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T-Mobile also plans to begin selling the iPad mini 4 in stores, but those sales won’t begin until September 25. You also get the Touch ID fingerprint scanner from the iPad mini 3. Furthermore, its beats the iPad Mini 2 and 3 in terms of speed. Furthermore, the reputed internal storage of the Air 3 from Apple will come in 16 GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities. We’ll have to wait for a review version to put that boast to the test.
