{"id":898049,"date":"2026-10-28T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898049\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:52:08","slug":"hands-on-with-the-new-oled-ipad-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898049\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-on with the new OLED iPad Mini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It\u2019s an iPad for sure, but the new OLED on the Mini looks exceptional, and the optional nano-texture matte finish is awesome. The \u201cPro and tell\u201d event venue has soft lighting that\u2019s not the most conducive to blinding glare on displays, but the matte finish pretty much squashes it entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Moving the front-facing camera to the long edge is also a welcome change, matching other recent iPad models. (The shift means that the whole iPad line has the camera that way.) The reliance on Touch ID instead of Face ID is still a bummer, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The 8th-generation iPad Mini, revealed on Monday, has an 8.5-inch OLED screen, thinner bezels, and a higher peak brightness of up to 1,200 nits. The display still tops out at a 60Hz refresh rate instead of hitting 120Hz. It\u2019s equipped with an A20 Pro chip, though the 128GB and 256GB models <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/10\/26\/new-ipad-mini-has-big-limitation-on-all-but-one-model\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have five CPU cores<\/a>, while the 512GB model gets six. Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2026\/10\/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also touted<\/a> the new iPad Mini\u2019s \u201cAcoustic Display,\u201d which includes woofers \u201cpaired through the display to produce punchier bass and more volume.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The new iPad Mini starts at $699 and comes in two colors: starlight and midnight. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Apple-iPad-mini-A20-Pro\/dp\/B0HPC1JLCQ\/?tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available to preorder now<\/a> ahead of its launch on November 6th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s an iPad for sure, but the new OLED on the Mini looks exceptional, and the optional nano-texture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[517,356218,4116,3,172,74],"class_list":["post-898049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-apple-event-2026","tag-ipad","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}