The Apple iPad mini tablet at its San Jose launch event

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The iPad mini is a thinner, lighter, cheaper variant of the iPad as we know it, with a smaller screen and form factor that makes it even more portable than its larger sibling. Thanks to its 4:3 aspect ratio, the iPad mini is actually superior to 7-inch tablets with a wide ratio. That is due to the more surface area available on the device's screen, which results in a richer web browsing experience.

Now lets check out the new titchy tablet at its San Jose launch event
Apple hails the iPad mini as having all the power and functionality of its bigger brother, but with one-handed portability. (Getty Images)

Apple senior vice president of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller announces the new iPad mini during an Apple special event at the historic California Theater on October 23, 2012 in San Jose, California. (Getty Images)



The iPad mini is said to have '35% more screen real estate than 7-inch tablets and up to an astonishing 67% more usable viewing area when browsing the Web'. (Getty Images)
The iPad mini, left, is displayed next to its bigger brother, the fourth-generation iPad, to showcase the size difference in the ultra-portable newcomer. (Getty Images)
Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing says 'the iPad mini is every inch an iPad. With its gorgeous 7.9-inch display, iPad mini features the same number of pixels as the original iPad and iPad 2, so you can run more than 275,000 apps designed specifically for iPad'.(Getty Images)
Apple describes the new iPad mini is being 'as thin as a pencil and as light as a pad of paper'.
Apple also launched the fourth-generation iPad featuring a 9.7-inch Retina display, new Apple-designed A6X chip and a FaceTime HD camera .