Press Release | 25 Oct 2024

The ultraportable iPad mini is available today

Vodafone offers the new iPad mini that is built for Apple Intelligence, is more capable and versatile than ever with the powerful A17 Pro chip, and offers support for Apple Pencil Pro.

iPad mini delivers incredible value and the full iPad experience in an ultraportable design. Customers can purchase the new iPad mini today. For complete pricing and availability details, please visit the Vodafone UK website.

Vodafone gives customers the ultimate flexibility to get the latest iPad at the price they choose. With 0% APR Tablet Plans up to 48 months, choice of flexible upfront costs, and the freedom to upgrade as soon as 3 months into their plan – Vodafone is the smarter place to buy a new tablet.

The Apple iPad mini 128GB can be purchased from £39 a month** (£30 upfront cost). Price based on a 24-month tablet plan (£27 a month) and 1GB 24-month Data Plan (£12 a month).

The new iPad mini is supercharged by the A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence1, the easy-to-use personal intelligence system that understands personal context to deliver intelligence that is helpful and relevant while protecting user privacy.

With a beloved ultraportable design, the new iPad mini is available in four gorgeous finishes, including a new blue and purple, and features the brilliant 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display.

A17 Pro delivers a huge performance boost for even the most demanding tasks, with a faster CPU and GPU, a 2x faster Neural Engine than the previous-generation iPad mini,2 and support for Apple Intelligence.

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The versatility and advanced capabilities of the new iPad mini are taken to a whole new level with support for Apple Pencil Pro, opening up entirely new ways to be even more productive and creative.

The 12MP wide back camera supports Smart HDR 4 for natural-looking photos with increased dynamic range, and uses machine learning to detect and scan documents right in the Camera app.

The new iPad mini also features all-day battery life and brand-new experiences with iPadOS 18. Cellular models of the new iPad mini are activated with an eSIM, a more secure alternative to a physical SIM card. With eSIM, users can quickly activate their cellular plan, store multiple cellular plans on the same device, and stay connected.

With the portable design of iPad mini, users can conveniently stay connected with eSIM wherever they go. Vodafone supports eSIM Quick Transfer which allows users to transfer their existing plan to their new iPad. With eSIM Carrier Activation, Vodafone can digitally assign a user’s eSIM directly to their iPad.

The new iPad mini supports WiFi 6E, which delivers up to twice the performance than the previous generation,3 so users can download files, play games online, and stream movies even faster.

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Apple Pencil Pro unlocks magical capabilities and powerful interactions, turning iPad mini into a sketchbook users can take anywhere. Apple Pencil Pro can sense a user’s squeeze, bringing up a tool palette to quickly switch tools, line weights, and colors, all without interrupting the creative process.

A custom haptic engine delivers a light tap that provides confirmation when users squeeze, double-tap, or snap to a Smart Shape for a remarkably intuitive experience.

Users can roll Apple Pencil Pro for precise control of the tool they’re using. Rotating the barrel changes the orientation of shaped pen and brush tools, just like pen and paper, and with Apple Pencil hover, users can visualize the exact orientation of a tool before making a mark.

Apple Pencil Pro features support for Find My, and pairs, charges, and is stored through a new magnetic interface on the new iPad mini. iPad mini also supports Apple Pencil (USB-C), ideal for note taking, sketching, annotating, journaling, and more, at a great value.

For more detail, please visit www.vodafone.co.uk.

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1 Apple Intelligence will be available as a free software update for iPad with A17 Pro or M1 and later with device and Siri language set to U.S. English. The first set of features will be available in beta this month with iPadOS 18.1 with more features rolling out in the months to come. Later this year, Apple Intelligence will add support for localized English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. In the coming year, Apple Intelligence will expand to more languages, like Chinese, English (India), English (Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and others.

2 Testing conducted by Apple in September 2024 using preproduction iPad mini (A17 Pro) and production iPad mini (6th generation) units. Tested with Affinity Photo 2 v2.5.5.2636 using the built-in benchmark version 25000. Performance tests are conducted using specific iPad units and reflect the approximate performance of iPad mini.

3 WiFi 6E available in countries and regions where supported.

About Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK is a technology communications company that connects people, businesses and devices to help our customers benefit from digital innovation. Our services span mobile, fixed-line connections, home and office broadband, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

We have a strong track record as a tech pioneer, making the UK’s first mobile phone call, sending the first text message, and making the UK’s first live holographic call using 5G in 2018. We were the first to start carrying live 5G traffic from a site in Salford, Greater Manchester and now have 5G in locations across Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain as well as the UK. Meanwhile, our 4G network coverage currently reaches over 99% of the UK population.

Today, Vodafone serves more than 18 million mobile and fixed-line customers in the UK. Vodafone is the largest provider of full fibre in the UK – our superfast broadband services are now available to nearly 12 million homes across the UK.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do: as of 1 July 2021, 100% of the grid electricity we use in the UK is certified to be from renewable sources.

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