On Tuesday, throughout its September occasion, the entire limelight was on the iPhone 13 collection, however an attention-grabbing a part of the occasion was the launch of the brand new iPad Mini.

The iPad Mini, on the time of launch, appeared like a refreshed product with a number of enhancements, however, because the launch, a few particulars have come to mild that trace at some limitations that the iPad Mini is provided with.

First noticed by Jason Snell (Six Colours), the brand new iPad Mini lacks help for mmWave 5G. The SoC in use, which is the A15 Bionic chip may also be barely downgraded from the iPhone 13, as per MacRumors.

Does the iPad Mini Actually Not Have mmWave 5G?

For many who missed the occasion, help for 5G was the headlining characteristic on the mobile model of the iPad Mini, however, when somebody takes a glance into the technical specs of the iPad Mini, it appears to help solely low and mid-band 5G and never mmWav3e 5G.

Again in 2020, when the iPhone 12 collection was launched, Apple took the stage to boast about 5G and attempt to capitalise on the 5G hype touting sooner obtain speeds and add speeds.

This isn’t an enormous downgrade since 5G continues to be extremely depending on protection and isn’t at all times sooner than LTE. Protection in the US has develop into higher however mmWave 5G continues to be not at its peak when it comes to availability, because the limitations are fairly excessive as of now.

Is the A15 Bionic on the Mini Slower?

Coming again to the SoC aspect of issues, it appears that there’s some downgrading with the iPad Mini’s processor. GeekBench studies by way of MacRumors counsel that the Mini’s efficiency is round 2.9 GHz, decrease than the iPhone 13’s 3.2GHz.

Do observe that this GeekBench take a look at shouldn’t be the end-all of efficiency and contemplating that previously outcomes have been faked, we have to take this data with a pinch of salt.

There may be some distinction between the iPhone 13 collection and the iPad Mini because the Mini provides 5 graphic cores over the iPhone’s 4-core GPU. Realistically we have no idea how a lot the distinction is, however there ought to be minor variations, if no more.

For these questioning, the iPad Mini 6 has a beginning worth of INR 46,900 (about $636) for the Wi-Fi-only mannequin. The Wi-Fi+ Mobile mannequin carries a price ticket of INR 60,900, which converts roughly to about $826.

It’s accessible in 256GB and 64GB storage variants and is available in Electrical Orange, English Lavender, Darkish Cherry, White, and Black coloration choices.