Apples new iPad Mini has a bigger display, a newer chip, and a higher price
THE SO WHAT
Apple is quietly ratcheting up the floor price for capable edge compute—newer chips plus a higher ticket on the iPad Mini make it a more expensive, but more viable, client for on‑device models. If you’re designing field or frontline workflows around tablets, recheck your TCO math and whether local AI justifies the premium.
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