Apple's new iPad Mini, which is set to take on Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 in the tablet market, is priced between $329 and $829 as against the starting price of iPad 2 at $399 and iPad 3 at $499.
Apple Inc unveiled its much-talked-about new iPad mini at San Jose, California on Tuesday.
The Wi-Fi models of iPad mini will be available in black & slate or white & silver, and here is the pricing of all the variants:- 16GB model is priced at $329, 32GB model at $429 and 64GB model at $529.
iPad mini with Wi-Fi + Cellular pricing:- 16GB model to be priced at $459, 32GB model at $559 and 64GB model at $659.
However, the pricing and availability of iPad mini in India is still not known.
When and Where to Pre-Order:
iPad mini with Wi-Fi models will be available on November 2 at Apple Online Store, Apple's retail stores, and select Apple Authorized Resellers in 34 countries including the US, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK. iPad mini with Wi-Fi + Cellular will start shipping a couple of weeks after the Wi-Fi models, beginning in the US on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.
Customers can begin pre-ordering all models of iPad mini on Friday, October 26 through the Apple Online Stores like the US, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
iPad mini has a completely new iPad design that is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the third generation iPad. It features a stunning 7.9-inch Multi-Touch display, A6X chip, FaceTime HD and iSight cameras, ultrafast wireless performance and claims to give 10 hours of battery life.
iPad mini features dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi support for speeds up to 150 Mbps, which is twice the Wi-Fi performance compared to previous iPad models. iPad mini is available in Wi-Fi + Cellular models which are world-ready with built-in support for ultrafast wireless standards, including LTE and DC-HSDPA.