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iPad (9th generation), iPad Mini (6th generation) and iPhone 13

Apple announced three products on 24 September 2021: iPad (9th generation), iPad Mini (6th generation) and iPhone 13. The day spanned iPad and iPhone.

It was the 4th of 6 dated moments the archive holds for 2021, 73 days after the previous one, 13 July 2021.

iPad (9th generation) product photograph

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What Apple announced

iPad (9th generation)

iPad · iPad · discontinued 7 May 2024

The iPad (9th generation) (also referred to as the iPad 10.2 in (260 mm)) is a tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple as the successor to the eighth-generation iPad. It was announced on September 14, 2021, and released on September 24. The ninth-generation iPad was discontinued on May 7, 2024, with the announcement of the iPad Air (6th generation) and the iPad Pro (7th generation). It was the last iPad model to have a home button, Lightning port and headphone jack. The iPad (9th generation) was replaced with the 10th generation in October 2022 after the release of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 13.

iPad Mini (6th generation)

iPad · iPad mini · discontinued 15 October 2024

The sixth-generation iPad Mini (stylized and marketed as iPad mini and colloquially referred to as iPad Mini 6) is a tablet computer in the iPad Mini line, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It was announced on September 14, 2021, and released on September 24, 2021, alongside the ninth-generation iPad, iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro. Its predecessor, the fifth-generation iPad Mini, was discontinued on the same day. It is available in four colors: Space Gray, Starlight, Pink, and Purple.

It is the first major redesign of the iPad Mini, and resembles the fourth-generation iPad Air in design and with Touch ID on the power button (removing the home button), with a larger 8.3-inch display, USB-C port (replacing the Lightning port), and support for the second-generation Apple Pencil.

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iPhone 13

iPhone · iPhone · discontinued 9 September 2024

The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini (stylized as iPhone 13 mini) are smartphones that were developed and marketed by Apple. They are the fifteenth generation of iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 12 and 12 Mini. They were unveiled at an Apple Event in Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on September 14, 2021, alongside the higher-priced iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max flagships. Furthermore, they were released on September 24, 2021. Improvements over the iPhone 12 include a 512 GB storage variant, BeiDou positioning support, and HDR video recording at 60 frames per second, doubling the frame rate of its predecessor.

The iPhone 13 Mini was discontinued in September 2023 without a successor, and the iPhone 13 was discontinued in September 2024 with the announcement of the iPhone 16.

Also in 2021

Sources

  1. iPad (9th generation) · Wikipedia
  2. iPad Mini (6th generation) · Wikipedia
  3. iPhone 13 · Wikipedia

Dates on this page are announcement dates, not shipping dates. Product summaries are drawn from the linked articles, and specification claims in them are the publisher’s, not independent testing. Photograph credits and licences are listed in full on the image credits page.