While its big brother slimmed down, the iPad Mini put on a thin layer of winter fat to make room for its impressive new tech:

7.9-inch, in-plane switching LCD with 2048 x 1536 resolution at 326 ppi

Dual-core A7 CPU with 64-bit architecture and 1 GB RAM

M7 motion-tracking coprocessor

5-megapixel rear iSight camera with 1080p video; 1.2-megapixel 720p front-facing camera

802.11n dual-channel MIMO Wi-Fi

16, 32, 64, or 128 GB storage