Apple launches iPad mini with OLED screen, A20 Pro chip and water resistance

Apple unveiled the new iPad mini with an 8.5‑inch OLED display (nano‑texture option, >2× peak brightness), A20 Pro processor featuring Neural Accelerators per GPU core and a Dual 16‑core Neural Engine, 12 MP Center Stage front camera, acoustic display, water and dust resistance, fast‑charge and iPadOS 27 with Apple Intelligence.

Benchmarks are the company's own; not independently verified.

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Measure app inference latency on A20 Pro’s Dual 16-core Neural Engine; developers will expect sub-second on-device AI responses.

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