Apple iPad mini 3 to skip on the A8-gen chips altogether, sticks with A7

While the iPad Air 2 received several notable upgrades, including an improved, Apple-designed 64-bit A8X processor, it turns out that the iPad mini 3 will stick to the very same chip powering its predecessor -- the Apple A7.

Now, the Apple A7 is by no means a sluggish performer or anything like that, but we're curious as to why Apple chose to change the pace with the smaller iPad so drastically -- in comparison, the previous generation iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina were on equal footing as far as the silicon powering them went. What's more, according to Apple, the A8X is ...



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