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Prices, details on the iPad Mini, 4th-gen iPad

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The Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, Oct. 23 2012 2:21 p.m. MDT

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Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, talks in front of a projection of the iPad mini in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Apple Inc. is refusing to compete on price with its rivals in the tablet market it's pricing its new, smaller iPad well above the competition. On Tuesday, the company revealed the iPad Mini, with a screen that's about two-thirds the size of the full-size model, and said it will cost $329 and up.

Marcio Jose Sanchez, Associated Press

Summary

Apple refreshed its iPad lineup on Tuesday. Here are details on prices and availability of the new iPad mini and updated full-sized iPad.

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Apple refreshed its iPad lineup on Tuesday. Here are details on prices and availability of the new iPad mini and updated full-sized iPad.

MODELS AND PRICES:

There are six different configurations of the iPad Mini with different access capabilities and storage amounts. Each device comes with a 7.9-inch screen measured diagonally and has the same 1024-by-768 pixel resolution as the iPad 2. The Mini has the same dual-core A5 chip as the iPad 2, front and back cameras and 10 hours of battery life. It is 7.2 millimeters (0.28 inch) thick and weighs 0.68 pounds, just over half the 1.33 pounds of the iPad 2. It comes with the new Lightning connector, which was introduced with the new iPhone last month.

iPad Mini, Wi-Fi only, 16 gigabytes of storage, $329

iPad Mini, Wi-Fi only, 32 GB, $429

iPad Mini, Wi-Fi only, 64 GB, $529

iPad Mini, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 16 GB, $459

iPad Mini, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 32 GB, $559

iPad Mini, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 64 GB, $659

The fourth-generation iPad boasts the sharper, Retina display with 2048-by-1536 pixel resolution and a 9.7-inch screen measured diagonally. It has a dual-core A6X chip with quad-core graphics. Apple says that doubles the computing power of the previous-generation iPad. It also has front and back cameras and 10 hours of battery life. It is 9.4 millimeters (0.37 inch) thick and weighs 1.44 pounds. It also comes with the Lightning connector.

Fourth-generation iPad, Wi-Fi only, 16 GB, $499

Fourth-generation iPad, Wi-Fi only, 32 GB, $599

Fourth-generation iPad, Wi-Fi only, 64 GB, $699

Fourth-generation iPad, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 16 GB, $629

Fourth-generation iPad, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 32 GB, $729

Fourth-generation iPad, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 64 GB, $829

For both products, the U.S. cellular carriers are AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.

The iPad 2 with 16GB and Wi-Fi only remains $399. It's $529 for the 16 GB unit with both Wi-Fi and cellular capability on older 3G networks. Apple previously discontinued iPad 2 models with more storage.

AVAILABILITY:

Apple's website will start taking advanced orders for the iPad Mini and the fourth-generation iPad on Friday. They will start shipping and go on sale in stores on Nov. 2.

They will be available in the U.S., 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 U.K.

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