iPad Mini 5 Repair

After a few years without an update, Apple refreshed the iPad Mini and Air tablets in March of 2019. The new Mini keeps the same form factor and chassis as the previous Mini tablets, but gets an updated display with Pencil support and a spec bump to Apple’s latest A12 chipset. The Mini 5 comes in three colors: Silver, Space Grey, and Gold.

Platform

• CPU: A12 Bionic SoC
• Storage: 64/256 GB Storage options

Display

• 7.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch Retina display
• 2048-by-1536 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi)
• Wide color display (P3)
• True Tone display
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Fully laminated display
• Antireflective coating
• Apple Pencil support

Dimensions

• Size: 8.0 (H) x 5.3 (W) x 0.24 (D) inches
• Weight
  • 0.66 pounds (300.5 grams) Wi-Fi model
  • 0.68 pound (308.2 grams) cellular model

Battery: 19.1‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‐polymer battery

Ports and Connectivity

• Lightning connector
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Smart Connector

Cameras

• Main Camera
  • 8-megapixel iSight camera
  • ƒ/2.4 aperture
  • Digital zoom up to 5x
  • 5-element lens
• Front Facing Camera
  • 7-megapixel photos
  • 1080p HD video recording
  • Retina flash
  • ƒ/2.2 aperture
  • Backside illumination

Speakers: Two-speaker stereo audio

Wireless and Cellular

• All models
  • Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); simultaneous dual band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO
  • Bluetooth 5.0 technology
• Wi-Fi + Cellular models
  • UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  • Gigabit-class LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71)
  • Wi-Fi calling
  • eSIM

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