iPad Mini 2 Price to Start at $399, Release Date Coming in Nov.

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The iPad mini 2 price will start at $399 and its release date will be sometime in Nov.

Apple unveiled the new retina display packing model at its official iPad event that took place yesterday afternoon.

The device comes equipped with a 7.9-inch retina display with a resolution of 2048x1536 which matches up to the screen found on the full-sized retina iPad.

The new version is slightly thicker than the original mini and measures in at 7.5mm thick at .73 pounds. The iPad mini was 7.2mm and weighed .68 pounds.

The new mini also features a 64-bit A7 processor, M7 motion co-processor, an upgraded 5-megapixel rear iSight camera with backside illumination sensor and 1080pHD video capability.

The front of the tablet features a new FaceTime HD camera with larger pixels that is accompanied by dual microphones. It also comes with multiple-input and multiple-output technology that offers up to 2x faster Wi-Fi with 802.11a/b/g/m Wi-Fi and LTE cellular models that are available with up to 10 hours of battery life.

Apple will offer this new model with 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB of memory.

Apple confirmed a Nov. 1 release date for the iPad Air at yesterday's event.

This version will be 43 percent thinner than the previous version. It's exactly 7.5mm thin. The 4th gen model was 9.4mm thick.

The company promises that it will provide uses with a "dramatically different experience to hold," with this device that packs the same A7 chip that is found inside the current iPhone 5s. It also comes with the M7 motion compressor.

It comes in two different color schemes including silver/white and space grey/black.

The price scale for the iPad Air will be the same as the current version which starts at $499 for the Wi-Fi only 16GB model, and $629 for the cellular one. It will start shipping in many countries including China starting on Nov. 1.