Forget the iPad Pro – Apple's ultra-portable iPad mini 6 is still on sale at Amazon

The Apple iPad mini (2021) is still on sale at Amazon (Image credit: Future / Apple)

If you're keen to upgrade your tablet game in 2024 but missed out last month's Black Friday iPad deals, fear not: Amazon is still offering the excellent iPad mini (2021) for a cut price in the final days of 2023.

Apple’s latest pint-sized tablet – which is also called the iPad mini 6 – continues to be discounted to $469 in the US and £531 in the UK (from $499 and £569, respectively), and although neither price is the best we've ever seen, we don't expect either figure to improve in the coming months.

Why? Well, we’re hearing (via Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman) that Apple’s upcoming crop of next-generation iPads won’t include a new iPad mini, with Apple instead set to refresh its tablet lineup with an M3-equipped iPad Pro and iPad Air in 2024.

Given the now-presumed absence of a new iPad mini model, then, there’s no reason to believe that Apple and/or Amazon will cut the price of the iPad mini (2021) even further before Black Friday next year. What's more, you needn’t worry about missing out on game-changing tablet features by picking up Apple’s current-gen iPad mini model today because, well, it now looks like there isn’t going to be a new, game-changing iPad mini in 2024.

The larger iPad 10.9 (2022) is also still on sale at Amazon, but if you’re looking for a smaller-scale iPad experience that doesn’t compromise on power, then the iPad mini 6 – which ranks on our list of the best iPads, period – could be the better fit.

Today's best iPad mini (2021) deal

Apple iPad mini 2021 (64GB)
US: was $499 now $469 at Amazon
UK: was £569 now £531 at Amazon
Apple's latest iPad mini was on sale for a slightly better price over Black Friday, but today's $30 / £38 discount is still a welcome saving on an otherwise keenly-priced iPad. Think of the mini as an iPad Air 4 (square edges, USB-C, no home button, and so on), but shrunk down and with a more powerful chipset inside. Its 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display is crisp – and, crucially, bright enough for outdoor use – while its 293g weight makes it easy to slip into a bag or large coat pocket.

More after-Christmas sales in the US

Amazon: 70% off Kindle, TVs, tablets & clothing
Apple: AirPods, Apple Watch & iPads from $79
Adidas: 40% off running shoes & clothing
Beauty: 51% off makeup, skincare & hair tools
Best Buy: $800 off TVs, laptops & headphones
Cheap TVs: big-screen 4K TVs from $269.99
Dell: cheap laptops and desktops from $259
DreamCloud: 40% off all mattresses
Fitbit: up to 30% off at Best Buy
Gaming: console bundles from $289.99
Lenovo: 76% off laptops, desktops & printers
Lululemon: up to 30% off sitewide
Nectar: mattress deals starting at $359
Nike: up to 50% off running shoes & clothes
Nordstrom: 40% off Nike, Levi's & UGGs
Patagonia: pullovers starting at $64.99
Saatva: $400 off mattresses over $1,000
Samsung: $2,000 off TVs, $800 off Galaxy S23
Target: 40% off fitness equipement, TVs & toys
Toys: Disney, Barbie & Lego from $14.99
Treadmills: from $179.99 at Walmart
Walmart: cheap TVs, air fryers, PS5 & toys

Axel is TechRadar's UK-based Phones Editor, reporting on everything from the latest Apple developments to newest AI breakthroughs as part of the site's Mobile Computing vertical. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and FourFourTwo, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion. Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining TechRadar in 2020, where he then earned an NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.

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