Apple today announced a new iPad mini with a larger 8. 5-inch OLED display, a nano-texture display option, a thinner and lighter design, an A20 Pro chip, a new Acoustic Display audio system that eliminates speaker holes, IP67-rated water and dust resistance, a landscape front camera, Apple’s N1 chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support, and more. Altogether, Apple says this amounts to the iPad mini’s "biggest update ever." With an OLED display, Apple said the new iPad mini delivers higher contrast and more than twice the peak brightness compared to the previous model, so expect content to have richer and more vivid colors compared to the previous LCD model. The new model has a slightly larger 8. 5-inch display, up from an 8. 3-inch screen previously. Unfortunately for those hoping for a 120Hz refresh rate, Apple’s tech specs do not mention ProMotion support , so the display appears to remain 60Hz. Just like the iPad Pro, the iPad mini can now be configured with a nano-texture display , which reduces glare in bright environments. A nano-texture display is a $100 upgrade option available for models with 256GB or 512GB of storage only. The new iPad mini is around 15% thinner and lighter than the previous model. Specifically, the new Wi-Fi model is 5. 4mm thick and weighs 0. 56 pounds, whereas the previous-generation Wi-Fi model is 6. 3mm thick and weighs 0. 65 pounds. After debuting in the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo last month, the A20 Pro chip has now expanded to the iPad mini, but there are different versions of the chip depending on the storage capacity…