Apple iPad Mini 6: Specs, Price, and Competitors

Apple’s iPad Mini 6 is the latest entry in its long-running series of travel-friendly 8-inch tablets. Despite its size, the iPad Mini 6 packs high-end hardware and offers performance rivaling that of larger and more expensive tablets.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Apple iPad Mini 6, including standout features, its specs, and pricing. We’ll also discuss its main competitor in the 8-inch tablet market.

Highlights

• 8.3-inch Liquid Retina IPS LCD
• 3:2 aspect ratio
• Apple A15 Bionic CPU
• 4GB of RAM with 64GB or 256GB of storage
• Available in WiFi-only and WiFi + Cellular versions
• Fingerprint unlock
• USB Type-C 3.1
• Supports Apple Pencil 2
• ~5100 mAh battery

Full Specifications

Apple iPad Mini 6: The Overview

The Apple iPad Mini 6 offers great performance in a small package, with a flagship-tier 6-core Apple A15 Bionic CPU and 4GB of RAM powering its 8.3-inch, 2266 x 1488 Liquid Retina IPS display running at 60Hz. Unfortunately, the iPad Mini 6’s 3:2 aspect ratio display suffers greatly from jelly scrolling in portrait mode, which drags down an otherwise excellent experience. A roughly 5100mAh lithium-polymer battery lithium polymer battery powers the iPad Mini 6, which is good for 6 hours in our standardized battery life tests.

Apple sells WiFi-only and WiFi + cellular versions of the Apple iPad Mini 6. The cellular version supports 5G and LTE, with the only notable difference between the two models being a very slight weight increase on the cellular-equipped version (293g vs. 297g).

The iPad Mini 6 launched with iPadOS 15, but Apple’s famed extended software support means that it currently runs iPadOS 17.3.1 at the time of writing. We expect a few more years of updates from Apple, as is common for their tablets.

The Apple iPad Mini 6 supports Apple’s excellent Apple Pencil 2. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t sell first-party keyboard covers, but you can use Bluetooth keyboards with the iPad Mini 6.

Read: Apple iPad Mini 6 review

Pricing and Availability

Apple’s iPad Mini 6 is widely available. You can purchase it from most electronics retailers (or Apple itself). Prices for the 64GB WiFi-only version start at $499 in the US, around €650 in Europe, and £569 in the UK.

Apple iPad Mini 6 Alternatives

The only real alternative to the Apple iPad Mini 6 is the Lenovo Legion Tab Y700 2023. The Lenovo isn’t as performant as the iPad Mini 6, but its Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 CPU puts it in the upper echelon as far as Android tablets go. Lenovo’s tablet also has a higher refresh rate (144Hz) and packs more RAM and built-in storage than the Apple tablet. So, it’s certainly a viable contender.

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Apple iPad Mini 6

Read now: Our Apple iPad Mini 6 Review

The Apple iPad Mini 6 is the best 8-inch tablet on the market today. It offers a premium design, is more powerful than every Android tablet, supports the Apple Pencil 2, and ships with up-to-date software. We get premium features like great speakers and a fingerprint scanner. Sadly, the otherwise excellent 8.3-inch screen has a jelly effect which is a bit of a bummer.

Positive

• Premium design
• Very powerful
• Good speakers
• Fingerprint scanner
• Apple Pencil 2 support
• Up-to-date software

Negative

• Display with Jelly Effect

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