# Apple's OLED iPad mini

AI & tech · Heat 6.8 / 10 · 3 shows · 16m airtime

Apple announced a redesigned OLED iPad mini with an A20 Pro chip on October 26, 2026, starting at $699, with pre-orders Wednesday and shipping November 6. The discussion has moved from the spec sheet to the price: the new model costs $200 more than the previous one. What that buys beyond the OLED display and chip, and whether the market accepts it, remains open.

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## Segments

- [Tech Brew Ride Home](https://boilpoints.com/u/techbrewridehome), 2026-10-26, 6:37 to 8:54: **Runs through the new iPad mini's spec sheet**. Runs through the new iPad mini's spec sheet from The Verge and 9to5Mac: the 8.5-inch OLED screen, A20 Pro chip, IP67 rating, acoustic display and the $100 nanotexture option, with pre-orders Wednesday and shipping November 6. New angle: Apple's redesigned iPad mini starts at $699, with pre-orders Wednesday and shipping November 6.
- [Daily Tech News Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/dailytechnewsshow), 2026-10-26, 20:21 to 23:23: **Adds the $200 price increase**. Runs through the iPad mini's specs and adds the price context the announcement coverage left out: the $699 start is $200 more than the previous model. Frames the early Monday drop as a bid to own the news cycle ahead of Wednesday's event. New angle: The new iPad mini starts at $699, $200 more than the previous model.
- [The Vergecast](https://boilpoints.com/u/thevergecast), 2026-10-30, 15:52 to 26:52: **Argues the iPad is squeezed from both sides**. Treats the iPad mini as a stealth launch - a press release and executive tweets, OLED, thinner and lighter, no new capabilities - and uses it to argue the iPad is being squeezed from below by the Duo and above by the touchscreen Mac. Stays inside the announcement already on the record.