Apple in the present day added refurbished iPad mini 6 and 2021 iPad Professional fashions to its on-line refurbished retailer, providing the tablets at a reduced value for the primary time.
Pricing on the iPad mini 6 begins at $419 for the 64GB mannequin, an $80 low cost off of the unique $499 beginning price ticket. Apple is providing a number of coloration choices, with a 256GB mannequin additionally out there for $549, a $100 low cost.
The iPad mini 6 initially got here out in September 2021, and it options an edge-to-edge show and iPad Air-like design with Contact ID energy button. It measures in at 7.9 inches and is Apple’s smallest pill choice.
Pricing on the refurbished third-generation 11-inch iPad Professional begins at $639 for 128GB of storage, whereas pricing on the fifth-generation 12.9-inch iPad Professional begins at $889, additionally for 128GB of storage. House Grey and Silver coloration choices can be found, and there are greater storage tiers and mobile iPad Professional fashions at discounted costs as effectively.
The 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Professional fashions that Apple added to the refurbished retailer in the present day had been initially launched in 2021 and so they characteristic prior-generation M1 chips. Apple in October 2022 refreshed the iPad Professional lineup, introducing M2 chips.
Provides of the refurbished iPad fashions will shift over time as Apple provides new units and as units promote out, so these wanting a selected configuration or coloration might wish to verify again usually.
Refurbished merchandise from Apple are nearly equivalent to new merchandise, and are topic to a refurbishment course of that features full performance testing. Refurbished merchandise are eligible for AppleCare+ and have the identical 14-day return interval as new Apple units.
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