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Title: Apple Announces iPad Mini 3 With Touch ID Home Button, Gold Color Option Post by: HCK on October 19, 2014, 03:00:15 am Apple Announces iPad Mini 3 With Touch ID Home Button, Gold Color Option
Today at its media event in Cupertino, Apple announced the iPad mini 3 with Touch ID Home button and a new gold color option. These updates appear to be the only significant changes over the previous generation, with the new model continuing to use the A7 chip from the original Retina iPad mini. (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/10/ipad_mini_3_hand.jpg) In addition to gold, the iPad mini 3 also comes in the previous space gray and silver color options. The pricing will start at $399 for 16 GB Wi-Fi version, with 64 GB and 128 GB variations priced at $499 and $599 respectively. As usual, Wi-Fi + Cellular models of the iPad mini 3 will be priced at a $130 premium over the Wi-Fi only models. iPad mini 3 will be available for pre-order tomorrow, October 17, and will begin shipping next week. Alongside the iPad mini 3, Apple is continuing to sell the iPad mini 2 in 16 GB ($299/$429) and 32 GB ($349/$479) variants. The original 16 GB non-Retina iPad mini is also still available for ($249/$379). Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Apple to Bring Back Camera Roll in iOS 8.1 (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/camera-roll-ios-81/) • Apple Will Release WatchKit in November for Developers (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/watchkit-november-apple-watch-sdk/) • Apple October 2014 Media Event: Spoiler-Free Video Stream [Video Posted] (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/october-2014-spoiler-free/) • Apple Sapphire Supplier GT Advanced Technologies Removed From NASDAQ Exchange (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/gt-advanced-nasdaq/) • Apple Temporarily Removing Blood Glucose Tracking from Health App After Reported Issues (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/blood-glucose-tracking-temporarily-removed-health/) • Facebook's 'Safety Check' Allows Users to Notify Others of Safety During Disasters (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/facebook-safety-check-feature/) • Reddit Acquires Popular Reddit-Browsing App 'Alien Blue', Makes it Temporarily Free (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/15/reddit-acquires-alien-blue-now-free/) • Jimmy Iovine: NFL Banning Beats Makes Us 'Look Like Superheroes' (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/15/jimmy-iovine-on-beats-headphones-ban/) <img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/35070/f/648327/s/3f883a46/sc/15/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=-7e47RkV-ok:CLxEgJbjPvo:yIl2AUoC8zA) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=6W8y8wAjSf4" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=-7e47RkV-ok:CLxEgJbjPvo:6W8y8wAjSf4) <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.macrumors.com/~ff/MacRumors-Front?a=-7e47RkV-ok:CLxEgJbjPvo:qj6IDK7rITs) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MacRumors-Front/~4/-7e47RkV-ok" height="1" width="1"/> Source: Apple Announces iPad Mini 3 With Touch ID Home Button, Gold Color Option (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/16/ipad-mini-3-touch-id/) |