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New iPad Mini 7 Models Begin Arriving to Customers in Australia and New Zealand

It's Wednesday, October 23 in Australia and New Zealand, which means that customers who pre-ordered one of the new iPad mini 7 devices are starting to receive their orders.

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Apple introduced the iPad mini 7 on October 15, which is also when the company began accepting pre-orders. While the ‌iPad mini 7‌ has the same design as the iPad mini 6, it is equipped with an A17 Pro chip and 8GB RAM in order to support the Apple Intelligence features that are coming in iPadOS 18.1.

The ‌iPad mini 7‌ also offers Wi-Fi 6E, faster USB-C data transfer speeds, Bluetooth 5.3, and support for the Apple Pencil Pro. It now offers a minimum of 128GB of storage with an option to upgrade to 256GB or 512GB, and Apple also unveiled new colors.

There are no Apple retail stores in New Zealand, but Apple Stores in Australia will have the new ‌iPad mini 7‌ available for walk-in purchases. We are not expecting any shortages of the new tablet.

Following New Zealand and Australia, sales of the ‌iPad mini 7‌ will begin in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and finally, North America.

The ‌iPad mini 7‌ is priced starting at $499, and it continues to be Apple's smallest tablet.

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n-evo Avatar
18 months ago

New iPad Mini 7 Models Begin Arriving to Customers in Australia and New Zealand
Exciting times. Is there a MacRumors reporter at the scene so the rest of us can see events live as they unfold?
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
18 months ago
“Both people who preordered the device are said to be pleased.”
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18 months ago

We are not expecting any shortages of the new tablet.
Truer words have never been spoken 😂
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iZac Avatar
18 months ago
In this thread:

Macrumours editors and users hit refresh waiting for one of our Aussie/Kiwi colleagues to post an unboxing of their new toy ;)

* refresh *
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klasma Avatar
18 months ago

Dangit! They beat America again!
How do they do it??

I'm so jellyous.
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18 months ago
Dangit! They beat America again!
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