The Apple iPad mini (2021) launched final 12 months at $500 for the bottom 64GB mannequin, the 256GB one was $650 – was and nonetheless is, at the very least within the US. Nonetheless, the costs in Europe and different areas have elevated whereas the Apple Retailer was down in preparation for the brand new iPad tenth gen and iPad Professional 2022.
We seemed round a couple of regional shops and in contrast the present costs with what they had been earlier this month. Of the areas we checked, solely the US and Canada costs stayed the identical, all over the place else there was a small to reasonable worth bump.
In mainland Europe will increase of €100 to €160 proved to be fairly frequent. We additionally checked the nations that don’t use the Euro since these had been hit the toughest with the brand new iPhone costs. As soon as once more, nations like Poland are taking a look at a 20+ % improve in worth.
Listed here are the costs we discovered – the outdated costs are on the left, the brand new costs are on the proper.
These worth hikes make the latest mini much more costly than the brand new iPad tenth gen mannequin that was unveiled yesterday. The iPad mini (2021) does have a quicker chipset (Apple A15 vs. A14) and a sharper show (327ppi vs. 264ppi) and is smaller too, for these on the lookout for one thing compact. However you’ll be paying additional for that comfort.