SAVE $50: The 2021 Apple iPad mini (WiFi, 64GB) is on sale for $459 at Walmart as of Feb. 24. This is its lowest price to date, down about 8% from its $499 MSRP.
There are a ton of Apple products rumored to be getting a makeover this year, but the iPad mini is not one of them — it already got a massive update at the tail end of 2021 (its first redesign since the original launched in 2012). In other words, you can buy one now with the confidence of knowing it won't be outdone by a newer, flashier model anytime soon.
If you act fast, you can catch the little guy on sale at its lowest price to date: Walmart had the Starlight and Purple versions of the 64GB base model marked down to $459 as of Feb. 24, which is $40 off its MSRP. It's hit the same price on Amazon a few times before but never lasts more than a day or so, according to data on the price-tracking site camelcamelcamel.
ICYMI, that long-awaited facelift Tim Cook gave the iPad mini last year added better cameras with Apple's Center Stage feature, second-gen Apple Pencil support, a USB-C port, stereo speakers, and an A15 Bionic chip for up to 80 percent faster performance. (The same processor powers the iPhone 13 lineup, too.) It also sports a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display that takes up the entire front side, which was made possible by moving the Touch ID sensor to its top button.
It's not a perfect tablet, for what it's worth: There's no headphone jack, and its battery life is just kind of meh. But all things considered, it's "practical, pretty, and portable" and "as close to perfection as an iPad can get," wrote senior editor Stan Schroeder. (You can read his full review here. Spoiler: It wound up taking home a Mashable's Choice Award.)
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