Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale is nearly here (it's officially kicking off tomorrow, October 7), but we're already seeing Apple deals start rolling in. If you've got a tablet upgrade in mind, let me point you towards one of my favorite tablets around: the iPad mini 7.
Thanks to October Prime Day, the iPad mini 7 is $100 off at Amazon right now. At $399, that's a bargain price for Apple's latest small tablet, and rest assured, you'll be getting the full iPad experience with the might of its A17 Pro chip in a comfortably lightweight, portable design.
This is one of the best tablets on the market for a whole lot less, making this deal hard to pass up. It's not the cheapest I've seen it (it dropped to $379 before), but it's not far off. For a tablet that's incredibly easy to carry around while you watch shows, play games and read ebooks or comics, the iPad mini 7 is a superb choice. Especially with the extra $100 you get to save on this tiny slate sitting in your pocket.
Size really does matter, and the iPad mini 7 stands as a fine example of this. Yes, it offers powerful performance with its A17 Pro chip, meaning it can manage multiple browser tabs and a YouTube video without breaking a sweat. That will come in handy with iPadOS 26's windowing system, but there's more this mini tablet can offer thanks to its size.
For one, the iPad mini is an excellent device for reading, whether that be black-and-white pages in manga, full-color comics or simple books. That's due to its ultra-light weight at 0.6 pounds and small yet well-sized design, at 7.69 x 5.3 x 0.25 inches. But more importantly, its 8.3-inch (2,266 x 1,488) Liquid Retina display offers up bright and punchy colors, delivering exceptional image quality for a tablet of this size.
Even better, the iPad mini 7 makes for an excellent handheld gaming console. Pair it up with a mobile game controller like the Razer Kishi Ultra (as my fellow tablet enthusiast Anthony Spadafora did), and you'll get the full-sized controller experience on a suitably sized display. Oh, and you can also match it with a pair of AR glasses to give the mini slate the big-screen experience.
Otherwise, this small tablet goes from strength to strength, now that it starts at 128GB for storage, offers over 10 hours of battery life and comes with excellent, big audio for watching shows or listening to tunes.
A word of warning: if you're thinking of jotting down notes or sketching on the iPad mini 7, know that it doesn't support the Apple Pencil 2. Instead, you'll want to grab the Apple Pencil Pro, which is now $30 off at Amazon!
It's the tablet upgrade I'm looking for in Amazon's big sale, but if you're after even more deals on all things Apple, check out these Prime Big Day Deals MacBook deals going on right now.
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