# Apple's new iPad mini gets OLED screen and water resistance

> Apple's eighth-generation iPad mini arrives with a larger OLED display, faster chip, and IP67 durability, but at a significantly higher price.
- Title: Apple's new iPad mini gets OLED screen and water resistance
- Summary: Apple's eighth-generation iPad mini arrives with a larger OLED display, faster chip, and IP67 durability, but at a significantly higher price. Apple unveiled…
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- Source: TechRadar — https://techradar.com/tablets/ipad-mini/apples-new-oled-ipad-mini-is-here-and-its-a-much-bigger-upgrade-than-i-expected
- Published: 2026-10-26T14:54:55+00:00
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## Apple unveils eighth-generation iPad mini
Apple has unveiled the eighth-generation iPad mini, arriving two years and three days after the iPad mini eight point three-inch from two thousand twenty-four. Orders begin October twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six.
## Larger OLED screen with brighter display
The new iPad mini features an eight point five-inch OLED Super Retina XDR screen, zero point two inches larger than the previous Liquid Retina display.
## Bezels shrink while size stays the same
Apple's design team shrank the bezels by twenty-four percent all around while keeping the same overall dimensions. The P three color gamut and True Tone technology remain supported.
## Display locked at sixty hertz refresh rate
The new OLED screen still supports only sixty hertz refresh rate, meaning the iPad Pro remains Apple's only one hundred twenty hertz-compatible iPad.
## New Acoustic Display improves audio
Custom-designed woofers sit in the screen for higher peak volume and stronger bass. Tweeters between the aluminum and glass improve high-end audio over the previous mini's stereo speakers.
## Nano-Texture option reduces reflections
A Nano-Texture display option, trickling down from the iPad Pro, blocks natural and artificial reflections. It costs one hundred dollars and requires at least the two hundred fifty-six gigabyte model.
## IP sixty-seven water and dust resistance
The aluminum design now includes IP sixty-seven water and dust resistance, making it more durable on the go and potentially a better option as a kids' tablet.
## Thinner and lighter than before
The new iPad mini measures five point three three millimetres thick and weighs two hundred fifty-four grams, compared to six point three five millimetres and two hundred ninety-five grams previously.
## Color options narrow to two choices
The new iPad mini comes in Starlight or Midnight only, ending options for Blue, Purple, and Space Gray.
## A twenty Pro chip with two configurations
The eighth-generation iPad mini gets Apple's two nanometre A twenty Pro chip.The one hundred twenty-eight and two hundred fifty-six gigabyte models have a five-core CPU and seven-core GPU.
## Significant performance gains over A seventeen Pro
Apple promises up to sixty percent faster multithreaded CPU performance, four point five times faster AI performance, and two point seven times better graphics performance compared to the A seventeen Pro.

> up to 60% faster multithreaded CPU performance, 4.5x faster AI performance, and 2.7x better graphics performance
## Connectivity and camera specs unchanged
Wi-Fi seven, Bluetooth six, and Thread are supported via the Apple-made N one chip.The C two modem enables up to fifty percent faster cellular data speeds.
## Price jumps significantly from previous generation
The new iPad mini starts at six hundred ninety-nine dollars for Wi-Fi or eight hundred forty-nine dollars for Wi-Fi and Cellular.
## Orders open October twenty-eighth, shipping November sixth
Apple begins taking orders on October twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-six at ten ten am PT, one ten pm ET, five ten pm GMT. Shipping begins November sixth, twenty twenty-six.
## Key takeaway

Apple unveiled the eighth-generation iPad mini with an eight point five-inch OLED display, A twenty Pro chip, and IP sixty-seven water resistance, starting at six hundred ninety-nine dollars, up from the previous generation's four hundred ninety-nine dollars.