5 features Id like to see in an iPad mini Pro

Apple revealed a seventh-generation iPad mini in mid-October, and I’m already going on record as disappointed with it. It’s not that there’s anything fundamentally wrong — it’s just that it’s spectacularly unspectacular. Its only significant upgrades are an A17 Pro chip, more RAM, and support for the Apple Pencil Pro, which are the bare minimum we’d expect from any iPad shipping in 2024. Indeed, Apple cheaped out by not using the same A18 chip found in the base iPhone 16.