Three years without an update is a long time in the Apple universe. With some already speculating that the little sibling of Apple’s flagship tablet might be discontinued, it was high time the iPad mini got a revamp, not least because it has relied on the A15 Bionic chip used in the iPhone 13 since 2021. Most other iPad models have long been switched to the brand’s own M chip from the Apple silicon series. The new iPad mini, available since mid-October, is also more powerful due to a new processor. A new heart for the mini Packaged inside the 7th generation iPad mini is Apple’s powerful A17 Pr…