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iPad mini (6th generation) - Technical Specifications

Year introduced : 2021

Identify your iPad model

Finish

  • Space Grey

  • Pink

  • Purple

  • Starlight

Capacity1

  • 64GB

  • 256GB

Size and Weight2

  • Wi-Fi models

    • Height: 195.4 mm (7.69 inches)

    • Width: 134.8 mm (5.3 inches)

    • Depth: 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)

    • Weight: 293 grams (0.65 pounds)

  • Wi-Fi + Cellular models

    • Height: 195.4 mm (7.69 inches)

    • Width: 134.8 mm (5.3 inches)

    • Depth: 6.3 mm (0.25 inches)

    • Weight: 297 grams (0.66 pounds)

Buttons and Connectors

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  1. Volume buttons

  2. Front camera

  3. Top button/Touch ID

  4. Rear camera

  5. Flash

  6. USB-C connector

  7. SIM tray (Wi-Fi + Cellular)

  8. Magnetic connector for Apple Pencil

In the Box

  • iPad mini (6th generation)

  • USB‑C Charge Cable (1 metre)

  • 20W USB‑C Power Adapter

Display

  • Liquid Retina display

  • 8.3-inch (diagonal) LED backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology

  • 2266x1488 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi)

  • Wide colour display (P3)

  • True Tone display

  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

  • Fully laminated display

  • Anti-reflective coating

  • 1.8% reflectivity

  • 500 nits brightness

  • Supports Apple Pencil (2nd generation)

The iPad mini display has rounded corners. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the screen is 8.3 inches. Actual viewable area is less.

Chip

  • A15 Bionic chip

  • 6-core CPU with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

  • 5-core GPU

  • 16-core Neural Engine

Camera

  • 12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture

  • Digital zoom up to 5x

  • Five-element lens

  • Quad-LED True Tone flash

  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels

  • Panorama (up to 63MP)

  • Smart HDR 3

  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

  • Advanced red-eye correction

  • Photo geotagging

  • Auto image stabilisation

  • Burst mode

  • Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

  • 4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

  • 720p HD video recording at 30 fps

  • Quad-LED True Tone flash

  • Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps

  • Time-lapse video with stabilisation

  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps

  • Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)

  • Continuous autofocus video

  • Playback zoom

  • Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264

Front Camera

  • 12MP Ultra Wide front camera, 122° field of view

  • ƒ/2.4 aperture

  • Smart HDR 3

  • 1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps

  • Time-lapse video with stabilisation

  • Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps

  • Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p)

  • Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

  • Lens correction

  • Retina Flash

  • Auto image stabilisation

  • Burst mode

Video Calling3

  • FaceTime video

  • Centre Stage

  • iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network

Audio Calling3

  • FaceTime audio

  • iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi‑Fi or a mobile network

Speakers

  • Landscape stereo speakers

Microphones

  • Dual microphones for calls, video recording and audio recording

Mobile and Wireless

  • All models

    • Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO; speeds up to 1.2Gb/s

    • Simultaneous dual band

    • Bluetooth 5.0

  • Wi‑Fi + Cellular models

    • Model A2568:

    • 5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79)4

    • FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)

    • TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)

    • UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

    • Data only5

    • Wi-Fi calling4

    • eSIM6

Learn more about mobile data

For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your provider and see apple.com/uk/ipad/cellular/networks.

SIM Card

  • Nano‑SIM

  • eSIM6

Location

  • All models

    • Digital compass

    • Wi‑Fi

    • iBeacon micro-location

  • Wi-Fi + Cellular models

    • GPS/GNSS

    • Mobile data

Sensors

  • Touch ID

  • Three-axis gyro

  • Accelerometer

  • Barometer

  • Ambient light sensor

Touch ID

  • Unlock iPad

  • Secure personal data within apps

  • Make purchases from the iTunes Store, the App Store and Apple Books

Apple Pay

  • Pay with your iPad using Touch ID within apps and on the web

Learn more about Apple Pay

Siri7

  • Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more

  • Use your iPad hands-free

  • Listen to and identify songs

Learn more about Siri

Charging and Expansion

USB‑C port with support for:

  • Charging

  • DisplayPort

  • USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5Gb/s)

Display Support

  • Supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colours

    • Supports one external display with up to 4K resolution at 30Hz

  • Digital video output

    • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C

    • VGA, HDMI and DVI output supported using adapters (sold separately)

  • Video mirroring

    • Up to 4K AirPlay for mirroring, photos and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay 2–enabled smart TV

    • Video mirroring and video out support through USB‑C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and USB‑C VGA Multiport Adapter (adapters sold separately)

Power and Battery8

  • All models

    • Built-in 19.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery

    • Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi or watching video

    • Charging via power adapter or USB-C to computer system

  • Wi‑Fi + Cellular models

    • Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using a mobile data network

Operating System

iPadOS

iPadOS comes with powerful features and built-in apps designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of iPad.

Learn more about iPadOS

iPad User Guide

Accessibility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad.

Learn more about Accessibility

Features include:

  • VoiceOver

  • Zoom

  • Magnifier

  • Spoken Content

  • Voice Control

  • Switch Control

  • AssistiveTouch

  • Siri and Dictation

  • Type to Siri

  • Real-Time Text

  • Audio Descriptions

  • Subtitles and Closed Captioning

  • Live Captions (beta)

Built-in Apps

  • App Store

  • Books

  • Calendar

  • Camera

  • Clock

  • Contacts

  • FaceTime

  • Files

  • Find My

  • Freeform

  • Home

  • iTunes Store

  • Magnifier

  • Mail

  • Maps

  • Measure

  • Messages

  • Music

  • News

  • Notes

  • Photo Booth

  • Photos

  • Podcasts

  • Reminders

  • Safari

  • Settings

  • Shortcuts

  • Siri

  • Stocks

  • Tips

  • Translate

  • TV

  • Voice Memos

  • Weather

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips and Apple Store app are pre-installed on iPad.

  • Pages

  • Numbers

  • Keynote

  • iMovie

  • GarageBand

  • Apple Store

  • Clips

  • Swift Playgrounds

  • Support

System Requirements

  • Apple ID (required for some features)

  • Internet access9

  • Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

    • macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

    • macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.8 or later

    • Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from itunes.com/uk/download)

Languages

  • Language support

    • English (Australia, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain), Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

  • QuickType keyboard support

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10-Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Apache (Western), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese – Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Phonetic, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Dzongkha, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bengali, Meetei Mayek), Māori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese (Telex, VIQR, VNI), Welsh, Yiddish

  • QuickType keyboard support with auto-correction

    • Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese – Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10-Key), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese (Telex)

  • QuickType keyboard support with predictive typing

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

  • QuickType keyboard support with multilingual typing

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese – Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese – Traditional (Pinyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Latin), Vietnamese

  • QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

  • QuickPath keyboard support

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese (Traditional Pinyin QWERTY), French (Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese

  • Siri languages

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

  • Dictation languages

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

  • Monolingual dictionary support

    • English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

  • Idiom dictionary support

    • Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese–English, Cantonese–English

  • Bilingual dictionary support

    • Arabic–English, Bangla–English, Chinese (Simplified)–English, Chinese (Traditional)–English, Czech–English, Dutch–English, Finnish–English, French–English, French–German, German–English, Gujarati–English, Hindi–English, Hungarian–English, Indonesian–English, Italian–English, Japanese–English, Japanese–Chinese (Simplified), Korean–English, Polish–English, Portuguese–English, Russian–English, Spanish–English, Tamil–English, Telugu–English, Thai–English, Urdu–English, Vietnamese–English

  • Thesaurus

    • English (UK, US), Chinese (Simplified)

  • Spellcheck

    • English (Australia, Canada, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Arabic (Najdi), Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hindi (Devanagari), Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

  • Apple Pay–supported regions

    • Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland,10 Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, US, Vatican City

Video Playback

  • Supported formats include HEVC and H.264

  • Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content

Audio Playback

  • Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos

  • Spatial Audio playback

  • User-configurable maximum volume limit

Mail Attachment Support

  • Viewable document types

    • .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz; .pkpass (Wallet)

Environmental Requirements

  • Ambient operating temperature: 0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

  • Non-operating temperature: −20° to 45° C (−4° to 113° F)

  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing

  • Operating altitude: tested up to 3,000 metres (10,000 feet)

iPad mini and the Environment

iPad mini is designed with the following features to reduce its environmental impact:11

Learn more about the iPad mini Product Environmental Report (PDF)

Made with better materials

  • 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure

  • 100% recycled rare earth elements in the speaker and enclosure magnets

  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board

  • 35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy efficient

  • ENERGY STAR® certified12

Smarter chemistry13

  • Arsenic-free display glass

  • Mercury-, BFR-, PVC- and beryllium-free

Green manufacturing

  • Apple’s Zero Waste Programme helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill

  • All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production

Responsible packaging

  • 100% of virgin wood fibre comes from responsibly managed forests

  • 90% or more fibre-based packaging

Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030.

Learn more about Apple’s commitment to the environment

◊ The displays have rounded corners. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the 13-inch iPad Pro is 13 inches, the 11-inch iPad Pro is 11.1 inches, the 13-inch iPad Air is 12.9 inches, the 11-inch iPad Air and iPad are 10.86 inches, and the iPad mini is 8.3 inches. Actual viewable area is less.

◊◊ USB‑C to Apple Pencil Adapter required to work with iPad.

  1. Available space is less and varies due to many factors. Storage capacity is subject to change based on software version, settings and iPad model. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual formatted capacity less.

  2. Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.

  3. FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime-enabled device for the caller and recipient and a Wi‑Fi connection. Availability over a mobile network depends on network provider policies; data charges may apply.

  4. Data plan required. 5G, Gigabit LTE and Wi‑Fi calling are available in selected markets and through selected network providers. Speeds are based on theoretical throughput and vary based on site conditions and network. For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your provider and see apple.com/uk/ipad/cellular/networks.

  5. Data plan is sold separately. The model you purchase is configured to work with a particular mobile network technology. Check with your network provider for compatibility and data plan availability.

  6. Not all providers support eSIM. See your provider for details. Not available in China mainland.

  7. Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary by area. Internet access required. Mobile data charges may apply.

  8. Testing conducted by Apple in August 2021 using pre-production iPad mini (6th generation) units and software. Testing consisted of full battery discharge while performing each of the following tasks: video playback and internet browsing using Wi‑Fi or a mobile data network (cellular models subscribed to LTE and 5G networks). Video content was a repeated 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. Internet over Wi‑Fi and mobile data network tests were conducted using dedicated web servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages. All settings were default except: Wi‑Fi was associated with a network (except for internet browsing over a mobile data network); the Wi‑Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto‑Brightness were turned off; Brightness was set to 50%; and WPA2 encryption was enabled. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, network and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPad units; actual results may vary.

  9. Wireless broadband recommended; fees may apply.

  10. In China mainland, you can use Apple Pay on the web in Safari only on compatible iPhone and iPad models using iOS 11.2 or later.

  11. Data accurate as of product launch.

  12. ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

  13. Apple defines its restrictions on harmful substances, including definitions for what Apple considers to be “free of”, in the Apple Regulated Substances Specification. Every Apple product is free of PVC and phthalates with the exception of AC power leads in India, Thailand (for two-pin AC power leads) and the Republic of Korea, where we continue to seek government approval for our PVC and phthalates replacement.