Apple simply introduced the seventh-gen iPad mini, three years after its sixth-gen mannequin. It has a quicker A17 Professional chip, initially discovered within the iPhone 15 Professional, which implies it’ll be capable to deal with Apple’s incoming AI options — though it’s not Apple’s strongest cellular chip. There’s extra RAM too.
Energy apart, it has the identical 8.3-inch display because the earlier mannequin and an an identical 2,266 x 1,488 decision at 326 ppi. The refresh fee stays a modest 60Hz, in an period of 90Hz or increased. It’s not any greater, wider or slimmer than its predecessor both.
It’s been some time since a brand new iPad mini, so we had been overdue an replace. Nevertheless, this can be a very gentle replace with no design modifications. Additionally, whereas the dimensions is smaller, no M-series chip. The brand new iPad mini arrives on October 23, beginning at $499 for 128GB storage. It’ll arrive in blue, purple, starlight and house grey colours.
– Mat Smith
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With the corporate’s new Sound Movement expertise.
Don’t point out the disastrous app. Sonos introduced the Arc Extremely and Sub 4, with the previous changing the $899 Arc as the corporate’s flagship residence theater product. It’s the primary Sonos soundbar to incorporate its new Sound Movement expertise, which apparently leads to a a lot smaller product. The Arc Extremely can produce as much as twice as a lot bass as its predecessor, based on Sonos. The brand new Sub 4 ($799) options extra processing energy, further RAM, and a brand new Wi-Fi radio for improved connectivity. It’s additionally extra environment friendly, with the corporate claiming an nearly 50 p.c discount in idle energy consumption. Each will go on sale October 29, so you’ll be able to improve your sound system simply earlier than a Halloween film marathon, I suppose.
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An almost faultless drone that may fly in low mild.
DJI’s dual-camera Air 3S drone has some cutting-edge tech within the nostril: a LiDAR sensor to offer further crash safety at night time. The Air 3S additionally has a brand new foremost digital camera with a bigger sensor higher fitted to capturing video in low mild. And it now comes with the corporate’s ActiveTrack 360, which it first launched within the Mini Four Professional, permitting the system to zoom throughout your topic whereas monitoring and filming them. See how these options fare in our assessment. (After all, there’s video too.)
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