{"id":139060,"date":"2015-09-18T10:45:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=139060"},"modified":"2015-09-18T10:46:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:46:51","slug":"ipad-mini-4-teardown-specifications-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/139060-ipad-mini-4-teardown-specifications-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"iPad Mini 4 teardown: specifications revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple recently\u00a0launched\u00a0the iPad Mini 4 &#8211; the latest iteration of its 7.9-inch tablet PC.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available in Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + Cellular models, in silver, gold, and grey.<\/p>\n<p>At launch, Apple did reveal some of the technical specifications of the device, but omitted details such as RAM and battery size.<\/p>\n<p>Online repair community iFixit recently published a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifixit.com\/Teardown\/iPad+Mini+4+Teardown\/48891\" target=\"_blank\">teardown of the iPad Mini 4<\/a><\/strong>, which filled in some of the spec blanks.<\/p>\n<p>The table below summarises what they found.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #06518a; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">\n<td>Specifications<\/td>\n<td>iPad Mini 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Maker<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Apple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Operating System<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>iOS 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Display<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.9&#8243; QXGA (1,536 x 2,048)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rear camera<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8MP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Front camera<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1.2MP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Storage, internal<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SK Hynix H2JTDG8UD1BMR 16GB NAND flash (also in 64GB and 128GB models)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Storage, expandable<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>RAM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SK Hynix H9CKNNN8KTBUSR 2GB LPDDR3 SDRAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>298.8g (Wi-Fi) \/ 304g (Cellular)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Processor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Apple A8 APL1011 SoC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Co-processor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NXP Semiconductors LPC18B1UK (Apple M8 motion co-processor)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NFC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>NXP Semiconductors 65V10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Battery<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>19.1Wh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mobile data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>LTE + 3G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the US, the iPad Mini 4 is priced as follows (excluding sales tax):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>iPad Mini 4 16GB Wi-Fi: <strong>$399<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>iPad Mini 4 64GB Wi-Fi: <strong>$499<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>iPad Mini 4 128GB Wi-Fi: <strong>$599<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>iPad Mini 4 16GB Wi-Fi + Cellular: <strong>$529<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>iPad Mini 4 64GB Wi-Fi + Cellular: <strong>$629<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>iPad Mini 4 128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular: <strong>$729<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Apple news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quizzes\/138278-apple-quiz-see-how-well-you-know-your-apple-products.html\"><strong>Apple quiz \u2013 see how well you know your Apple products<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/138492-steve-jobs-wasnt-fired-from-apple.html\"><strong>Steve Jobs wasn\u2019t fired from Apple<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/138204-apple-iphone-6s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s6.html\"><strong>Apple iPhone 6S vs Samsung Galaxy S6<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/138162-new-apple-tv-the-future-of-television.html\"><strong>New Apple TV \u2013 the future of television<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teardown on iFixit has revealed the specifications of the iPad Mini 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":139068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,605,32928],"class_list":["post-139060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-apple","tag-ipad-mini-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139078,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139060\/revisions\/139078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}