There’s a lot to be said for the pleasures of anticipation, but at a certain point the thing you’re waiting for simply cannot live up to expectations. It gets built up too much, and can only disappoint. Which brings me to the 7th-gen iPad mini.
The latest mini was a long time coming: the 6th-gen model was unveiled three years, one month, and one day previously. Which makes it all the stranger that the new tablet was announced via the discreet medium of an emailed press release rather than with the fanfare of a media event broadcast to millions around the world. Why so shy, Apple? Because it wasn’t very interesting.
The main difference between the new iPad mini and the one released in 2021 is its inclusion of an A17 Pro processor instead of an A15. That’s a solid upgrade in power, and more importantly (as far as Apple’s concerned, at any rate) means the new device is capable of running Apple Intelligence. But it won’t significantly alter your day-to-day experience, because the A15 is still a serviceable chip and the iPad mini is overwhelmingly used for media consumption, emailing, web surfing, and light gaming. Apple Intelligence needs the A17, but you probably don’t.
Read more at Macworld.com