iPad mini with Retina Display officially on sale on Apple website

Apple’s iPad mini with Retina Display screen is now available online on the official Apple website, but for US users. The bigger screen iPad Air was released on 1 November and Apple had said that the 7.9-inch iPad mini with Retina Display would be launched later in November.

The device is now available on Apple’s website with an estimated shipping period of five to 10 days.

_Reuters_ had previously reported ahead of the launch that the iPad mini with Retina Display faced a supply shortage. The report said that “Apple’s supply chain is only now gearing up to make retina displays for the iPad Mini, which means the gadgets could be available in only limited quantities this year…”

As far as features go, the iPad mini has the same 7.9-inch screen size as the previous iteration of the device but with Retina Display quality. The screen resolution is now 20481536 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi) which is much higher than the previous version which had a 163 ppi screen resolution.

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[caption id=“attachment_1190725” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Phil Schiller at the launch of iPad mini and iPad Air. Reuters[/caption]

The iPad mini with Retina Display also has the A7 chip, and M7 co-processor. The rear camera is still the same at 5 megapixels but the mini also has an improved 1.2 megapixel camera for FaceTime on the front.

The iPad Mini with Retina will sell for $399 for the 16GB WiFi model. Wi-Fi plus cellular connectivity will start at $529. No word on when the devices will come to India yet.