iPad mini Technical Specifications

 
Wi-Fi models
Wi-Fi + Cellular models
Finish

Space Gray

Pink

Purple

Starlight

Space Gray, Pink, Purple, Starlight

Capacity1
  • 64GB
  • 256GB
Size and Weight2

Wi-Fi models

0.65 pound (293 grams)

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

0.66 pound (297 grams)

Buttons and Connectors
Volume
buttons
Stereo

speaker
Stereo

speaker
Top button/
Touch ID sensor
USB-C
connector
Nano-SIM tray
(cellular models)
Magnetic
connector
Camera
Dual

microphones
In the Box
  • iPad mini
  • USB-C Charge Cable (1 meter)
  • 20W USB-C Power Adapter
Display
8.3″ Liquid?Retina display
  • Liquid?Retina display
  • 8.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 2266-by-1488 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi)
  • Wide color display (P3)
  • True?Tone display
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Fully laminated display
  • Antireflective coating
  • 1.8% reflectivity
  • 500 nits brightness
  • Supports?Apple?Pencil (2nd?generation)

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
  • A15 Bionic chip with 64?bit architecture
  • 6-core CPU
  • 5-core graphics
  • 16-core Neural?Engine
Camera
  • 12MP Wide camera, ?/1.8 aperture
  • Digital zoom up to 5x
  • Five-element lens
  • Quad-LED True?Tone flash
  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels
  • Panorama (up to 63MP)
  • Smart HDR 3
  • Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Advanced red-eye correction
  • Photo geotagging
  • Auto image stabilization
  • 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
  • Quad-LED True?Tone flash
  • Slo?mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
  • Time?lapse video with stabilization
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus video
  • Playback zoom
  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264
FaceTime?HD Camera
  • 12MP Ultra Wide front camera, 122° field of view
  • ?/2.4 aperture
  • Smart HDR 3
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
  • Time?lapse video with stabilization
  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinematic video stabilization (1080p and 720p)
  • Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
  • Lens correction
  • Retina?Flash
  • Auto image stabilization
  • Burst mode
Video Calling3
  • FaceTime video
  • Center Stage
  • iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi?Fi or cellular
Audio Calling3
  • FaceTime audio
  • iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi?Fi or cellular
Speakers

Stereo speakers (landscape)

Microphones

Dual microphones for calls, video recording, and audio recording

Cellular and Wireless

All models

  • 802.11ax Wi?Fi 6; simultaneous dual band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO
  • Bluetooth 5.0 technology

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

Model A2568:

  • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, 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, 53, 66, 71)
  • TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)

  • UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC?HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

  • Data only5

  • Wi-Fi calling4
  • eSIM6

Learn more about cellular data

SIM Card
  • Nano?SIM (supports Apple SIM6)
  • eSIM6
Location

All models

  • Digital compass
  • Wi-Fi
  • iBeacon microlocation

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

  • Built?in GPS/GNSS
  • Cellular
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
Charging and Expansion
  • USB-C port with support for:
  • Charging
  • DisplayPort
  • USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5Gb/s)
Power and Battery8

All models

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

Wi-Fi + Cellular models

  • Up to 9 hours of sur?ng the web using cellular data network
Operating System

iPadOS?15

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

See what’s new in iPadOS?15
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
  • Voice Control
  • Zoom
  • Magnifier
  • RTT and TTY support
  • Siri and Dictation
  • Type to Siri
  • Switch Control
  • Closed Captions
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Spoken Content
Built-in Apps

Free Apps from?Apple

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

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

Syncing to a Mac or PC?requires:

  • macOS?Catalina?10.15 or later using the Finder
  • macOS?El?Capitan?10.11.6 through macOS?Mojave?10.14.6 using iTunes?12.8 or later
  • Windows?10 and iTunes?12.12 or later (itunes.com/download)
Languages

Language?support

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

QuickType keyboard?support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10 Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10 Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10 Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bangla, Meetei Mayek), Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokm?l, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese, Welsh

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese - Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Japan), English (Singapore), English (UK), English (U.S.), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-set), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokm?l), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with predictive?input

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual input

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese - Traditional (Pinyin), French (France), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Latin)

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese

Siri?languages

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

Dictation?languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Definition dictionary?support

English (UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Bilingual dictionary?support

Arabic – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English, Dutch – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Japanese – Chinese (Simplified), Korean – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Russian – English, Spanish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

Thesaurus

English (UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified)

Spell?check

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Arabic Najdi, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

Apple?Pay supported regions

Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,10 Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, U.S., Vatican City

Audio Playback
  • Audio formats supported: AAC?LC, HE?AAC, HE?AAC?v2, Protected AAC, MP3, Linear PCM, Apple?Lossless, FLAC, Dolby?Digital (AC?3), Dolby?Digital?Plus (E?AC?3), Dolby?Atmos, and Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible?Enhanced?Audio, AAX, and AAX+)
  • Spatial audio playback
  • User-con?gurable maximum volume limit
TV and Video
  • Video formats supported: HEVC, H.264, MPEG‑4 Part?2, and Motion?JPEG
  • Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content
  • Up to 4K AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple?TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay 2–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)
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

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature:

32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

Nonoperating temperature:

?4° to 113° F (?20° to 45° C)

Relative humidity:

5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 m)

iPad mini and?the Environment

iPad mini is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:11

See the iPad mini Product Environmental Report

Made with better materials

  • 100% recycled aluminum in the enclosure
  • 100% rare earth elements in the enclosure magnets
  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board
  • 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy efficient

  • ENERGY STAR? certified12

Smarter chemistry13

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

Green manufacturing

  • Apple’s Zero Waste Program helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill
  • All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production

Responsible packaging

  • 100% of virgin wood fiber comes from responsibly managed forests
  • 90% or more fiber-based packaging

Apple?Trade In

Trade in your eligible device for credit toward your next purchase, or get an Apple?Gift?Card you can use anytime.* If your device isn’t eligible for credit, we’ll recycle it for free.

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Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030.

See Apple’s commitment