iPad Mini (5th generation)

Tablet computer developed by Apple (2019–2021)
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The fifth-generation iPad Mini (stylized and marketed as iPad mini[2] and colloquially referred to as iPad Mini 5[3]) is a tablet computer in the iPad Mini line, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. Announced in a press release along with the third-generation iPad Air on March 18, 2019 and released the same day.[4] Its predecessor, the iPad Mini 4, was discontinued on the same day.[5]

iPad Mini (5th generation)
Also known asiPad Mini 5
DeveloperApple Inc.
ManufacturerFoxconn
Product familyiPad Mini
TypeTablet computer
Generation5th
Release dateMarch 18, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-03-18)
Introductory price$399 USD
£399 GBP
$569 AUD
$529 CAD
€459 EUR
DiscontinuedSeptember 14, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-14)
Operating systemOriginal: iOS 12.2
Current: iPadOS 18.0, released September 16, 2024[1]
System on a chipApple A12 Bionic with 64-bit architecture and Apple M12 motion co-processor
CPU2.49 GHz Hexa-core (2 × high performance Vortex + 4 × high efficiency Tempest)
Memory3 GB LPDDR4X RAM
Storage64 or 256 GB flash memory
Display7.9 inches (200 mm) 2048×1536 px (326 ppi) IPS LCD 500-nits Max Brightness, Wide-Color Display (P3), True Tone Display, Fully Laminated Display, 1.8% Reflectivity and Apple Pencil (1st Generation) Support with a 4:3 aspect ratio and antireflective coating
SoundStereo (both at bottom)
InputMulti-touch screen, headset controls, M12 motion co-processor, proximity and ambient light sensors, 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, digital compass, dual microphone, Touch ID fingerprint reader, barometer
CameraFront: 7 MP, 1080p
Back: 8 MP, 1080p
Connectivity
Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular:
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz and MIMO

Bluetooth 5.0

Wi-Fi + Cellular:
GPS & GLONASS
GSM
UMTS/HSDPA
850, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz
GSM/EDGE
850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
LTE
Multiple bands
A2124: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, and TD-LTE 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46

A2126: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71 and TD-LTE 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46)

Power3.82 V 19.32 W·h (5124 mA·h)
Online servicesApp Store, iTunes Store, iBookstore, iCloud, Game Center
DimensionsHeight: 203.2 mm (8.00 in)
Width: 134.8 mm (5.31 in)
Depth: 6.1 mm (0.24 in)
MassWi-Fi: 300.5 g (0.662 lb)
Wi-Fi + Cellular: 308.2 g (0.679 lb)
PredecessoriPad Mini 4
SuccessoriPad Mini (6th generation)
RelatediPad Air (3rd generation)
iPad (8th generation)
WebsiteiPad mini - Apple at the Wayback Machine (archived September 13, 2021)

It shares a similar design to the iPad Mini 4 and features the Apple A12 Bionic chip, 64 or 256GB storage, a more modernly upgraded 7.9-inch Retina Display with support for Apple Pencil (1st Generation), True Tone display and Bluetooth 5.0. iFixit's teardown shows this iPad Mini is equipped with an upgraded 3GB of LPDDR4X RAM, the same as the iPhone XR.[6]

The iPad Mini 5 was discontinued on September 14, 2021, with the announcement of the iPad Mini (6th generation).

Features

Hardware

The dimensions of the fifth-generation iPad Mini are nearly identical to the iPad Mini 4.

Available in three color options (including Silver, Space Gray and Gold), the gold color option of the fifth-generation iPad Mini is now updated introduced with the iPhone 8.

It features the upgraded front camera system of the 7MP (1080p) camera used since 2016 starting with the iPhone 7 and continued with the iPhone XS, while the rear camera system continues with the older 8MP (1080p) used since the iPad Air 2 in 2014, as such, it cannot be recorded in 4K video.[7] The iPad Mini uses a Lightning port and has a headphone jack. It has a True Tone display, which allows the LCD to adapt to ambient lighting to change its color and intensity in different environments. It also has a wide color display (Display P3 color gamut), which means it can shows more vibrant color compared to the previous generation.[8] The iPad Mini 5 includes a Touch ID home button.

The Apple A12 Bionic chip powering the fifth-generation iPad Mini has a 66% higher clock speed than its predecessor, which had a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor; (the Apple A8 in the previous generation was clocked higher than in the iPhone 6). The Apple A12 Bionic chip has a 2.49 GHz six-core processor.[9] The fifth-generation iPad Mini is 3 × faster than the iPad Mini 4, and supports Apple Pencil (1st Generation).

Reception

The Verge rated the Mini 5 as a 8.5 out of 10, praising that it has the same specs as the larger iPad Air and had solid performance while noting that it had a "seven-year-old exterior design with huge bezels" and uses a Lightning port instead of USB-C.[10]

Timeline

Timeline of iPad models
<timeline>

DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy Define $start = 01/01/2010 Define $now = 05/22/2025 Define $later = 11/22/2025 Define $skip = at:end # Force a blank line Define $dayunknown = 15 # what day to use if it's actually not known Period = from:$start till:$later ImageSize= width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:1 left:1 bottom:100 top:1

Colors =

 id:bg         value:white
 id:linem      value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9)
 id:liney      value:rgb(0.5,0.5,0.5)
 id:padodd     value:rgb(0.75,1,0.75)
 id:padeve     value:rgb(0.5,1,0.5)  Legend:iPad_(original)
 id:airodd     value:rgb(1,0.93,0.70)  Legend:iPad_Air
 id:aireve     value:rgb(1,0.84,0.31)
 id:miniodd    value:rgb(0.88,0.99,1)  Legend:iPad_Mini
 id:minieve    value:rgb(0.66,0.90,1)
 id:proodd     value:rgb(0.98,0.91,0.91)  Legend:iPad_Pro
 id:proeve     value:rgb(1,0.80,0.74)
 id:current    value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.9)  Legend:Still_produced

BackgroundColors = canvas:bg ScaleMajor = gridcolor:liney unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/2011 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:linem unit:month increment:3 start:$start Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom

BarData =

 barset:pad1
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 barset:mini12
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 barset:pro9
 barset:pro10
 barset:pro11
 barset:pro12

PlotData =

 width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s
 barset:pad1
   color:padodd  from:04/03/2010 till:03/02/2011 text:"iPad (1st)"
 barset:break
   color:padeve  from:03/11/2011 till:03/18/2014 text:"iPad 2"
 barset:break
   color:padodd  from:03/24/2017 till:03/27/2018 text:"(5th)"
 barset:break
   color:padeve  from:03/27/2018 till:09/25/2019 text:"(6th)"
 barset:break
   color:padodd  from:09/25/2019 till:09/18/2020 text:"(7th)"
 barset:break
   color:padeve  from:09/18/2020 till:09/24/2021 text:"(8th)"
 barset:break
   color:padodd  from:09/24/2021 till:05/07/2024 text:"(9th)"
 barset:pad2
   color:padodd  from:03/16/2012 till:10/23/2012 text:"“New” (3rd)" shift:(-25,-5)
 barset:break
   color:padeve  from:11/02/2012 till:10/22/2013 text:"“Retina display” (4th)"
 barset:break
   color:padeve  from:03/18/2014 till:10/16/2014 text:" "
 barset:break
   color:padeve  from:10/26/2022 till:$now text:"(10th)"
 barset:break
   color:current from:$now till:end      #Current iPad (10th)
 barset:air
   color:airodd  from:11/01/2013 till:03/21/2016 text:"iPad Air"
 barset:break
 barset:mini12
   color:miniodd  from:11/02/2012 till:06/19/2015 text:"iPad Mini (1st)"
 barset:break
   $skip
   color:minieve  from:11/12/2013 till:03/21/2017 text:"iPad Mini 2"
 barset:mini3+
   color:miniodd  from:10/24/2014 till:09/09/2015 text:"iPad Mini 3" shift:(-10,-5)
 barset:break
   color:minieve  from:09/09/2015 till:03/17/2019 text:"4"
 barset:break
   color:miniodd  from:03/18/2019 till:$now text:"(5th)"
 barset:break
   color:minieve  from:09/24/2021 till:$now text:"(6th)"
 barset:break
   color:current from:$now till:end
 barset:air2+
   color:aireve  from:10/24/2014 till:03/21/2017 text:"iPad Air 2"
 barset:break
   color:airodd  from:03/18/2019 till:09/13/2020 text:"(3rd)"
 barset:break
 barset:break
   color:aireve  from:10/23/2020 till:03/08/2022 text:"(4th)"
 barset:break
   color:airodd  from:03/18/2022 till:05/07/2024 text:"(5th)"
 barset:break
   color:aireve  from:05/07/2024 till:$now text:"(6th)"
 barset:break
   color:current from:$now till:end
 barset:pro9
   color:proodd  from:03/31/2016 till:06/05/2017 text:"iPad Pro 9.7”"
   
 barset:pro10
   color:proeve  from:06/05/2017 till:03/18/2019 text:"iPad Pro 10.5”"
 barset:pro11
   color:proodd  from:10/30/2018 till:03/25/2020 text:"iPad Pro 11” (1st)" shift:(-10,-5)
 barset:break
   color:proeve  from:03/25/2020 till:05/21/2021 text:"(2nd)"
 barset:break
   color:proodd  from:05/21/2021 till:10/22/2022 text:"(3rd)"
 barset:break
   color:proeve  from:10/22/2022 till:05/07/2024 text:"(4th)"
 barset:break
   color:proodd  from:05/07/2024 till:$now text:"(5th)"
 barset:break
   color:current from:$now till:end                  #current iPad Pro 11”
   
 barset:pro12
   color:proodd  from:11/11/2015 till:06/05/2017 text:"iPad Pro 12.9” (1st)"
 barset:break
   color:proeve  from:06/05/2017 till:10/30/2018 text:"(2nd)"
 barset:break
   color:proodd  from:10/30/2018 till:03/25/2020 text:"(3rd)"
 barset:break
   color:proeve  from:03/25/2020 till:05/21/2021 text:"(4th)"
 barset:break
   color:proodd  from:05/21/2021 till:10/22/2022 text:"(5th)"
 barset:break
   color:proeve  from:10/22/2022 till:05/07/2024 text:"(6th)"
 barset:break
   color:proodd  from:05/07/2024 till:$now text:"(7th)"
 barset:break
   color:current from:$now till:end                  #current iPad Pro 12.9”

</timeline>

Source: Apple Newsroom Archive.[11]

References

  1. ^ "About iPadOS 18 Updates". Apple Support. iPadOS 18.
  2. ^ "iPad mini". Apple Inc.
  3. ^ Clover, Juli (March 29, 2019). "Hands-On With Apple's New iPad Air 3 and iPad Mini 5". MacRumors. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "All-new iPad Air and iPad mini deliver dramatic power and capability". Apple, Inc. 2019-03-18. Archived from the original on 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  5. ^ "iPad". Apple. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  6. ^ "iPad Mini 5 Teardown". iFixit. 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  7. ^ "iPad mini - Technical Specifications". Apple. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  8. ^ Seifert, Dan (March 21, 2016). "New iPad Pro announced: $599, 9.7-inch display, weighs less than one pound". The Verge. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "iPhone XS Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser". Geekbench. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "iPad mini 2019 review: the best small tablet". The Verge. March 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Apple Inc. (2010–2011). iPad News – Newsroom Archive. Retrieved June 7, 2018.

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