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" Apple has today started pre-orders for the iPad Mini, with the base model of the firm&amp;#039;s new small-screen tablet already selling out of its initial stocks in the UK. After months of rumour and speculation, the US technology firm announced the iPad Mini on Tuesday (October 23). The device has a 7.9-inch Multi-Touch display, compared with the 9.7-inch display in the main iPad, and is powered by the new Apple-designed A5 chip.   The iPad Mini will compete with Google&amp;#039;s Asus-made Nexus 7, with which Apple made rather derisory on-stage comparisons at the launch, along with Amazon&amp;#039;s Kindle Fire HD and other rival tablets from Samsung and Barnes &amp;amp;amp; Noble.  Customers in the UK can now pre-order their WiFi-only iPad Mini from Apple ahead of the on-sale date of November 2 in Apple stores and approved retailers.  The entry-level iPad Mini, featuring 16GB of internal storage and costing \u00A3269, has already sold out its initial stocks and Apple is saying that new orders will ship in &amp;quot;two weeks&amp;quot;.  However, the 32GB model (costing \u00A3349) and the 64GB model (\u00A3429) are expected to &amp;quot;deliver 2/11 in most areas&amp;quot;. The iPad Mini is available in two colour options, black &amp;amp;amp; slate or white &amp;amp;amp; silver.  Built with an aluminium and glass body, the iPad Mini is just 7.2mm thick and weighs only 0.68 pounds. It boasts an estimated 10 hours of battery life and has FaceTime HD and iSight cameras. Apple intends to sell the WiFi-only iPad Mini models first, and then later launch versions that can support WiFi and 3G/4G connectivity.    Alongside the iPad Mini, Apple has today started pre-orders for the fourth-generation iPad that was also announced on Tuesday.  The new model features a slight refresh on the design introduced in March, including the A6X chip that delivers up to twice the CPU performance and up to twice the graphics performance of the previous A5X chip.  Other features include the Lightning dock connector, FaceTime HD camera and support for Long Term Evolution (4G) connectivity on more mobile networks, including EE 4G in the UK that will go live on October 30.  The fourth-gen iPad is priced at \u00A3399, \u00A3479, and \u00A3559 for WiFi-only models with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB of storage respectively, or \u00A3499, \u00A3579 and \u00A3659 for the respective storage models with 3G/4G connectivity. &amp;amp;gt; Apple&amp;#039;s marketing chief phil Schiller defends iPad Mini pricing&amp;amp;gt; iPad owners unhappy with iPad 4 timing&amp;amp;gt; Apple iPad Mini launch event - live blog Introducing the iPad mini:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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