<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
marketed	O
as	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
with	I-Operating_System
Retina	I-Operating_System
display	I-Operating_System
,	O
officially	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
with	O
Retina	B-Operating_System
display	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
produced	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
nearly	O
identical	O
design	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
the	O
first-generation	B-Device
iPad	I-Device
Mini	I-Device
,	O
but	O
features	O
internal	O
revisions	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
the	O
A7	O
system-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
and	O
2,048	O
x	O
1,536	O
resolution	O
Retina	B-Operating_System
Display	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
has	O
nearly	O
the	O
same	O
hardware	O
as	O
its	O
sibling	O
device	O
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
(	O
1st	O
generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
in	O
space	O
gray	O
and	O
silver	O
colors	O
on	O
November	O
12	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
during	O
a	O
keynote	B-Protocol
at	O
the	O
Yerba	O
Buena	O
Center	O
for	O
the	O
Arts	O
on	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
theme	O
of	O
the	O
keynote	B-Protocol
was	O
'	O
We	O
still	O
have	O
a	O
lot	O
to	O
cover.	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
was	O
then	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2013	O
in	O
Silver	O
and	O
Space	O
Grey	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
with	O
IOS	B-Operating_System
7.0.3	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
cellular	O
models	O
were	O
initially	O
released	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7.0	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rumours	O
of	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
being	O
released	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
6	I-Operating_System
spanned	O
around	O
the	O
web	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
unveiled	O
supporting	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
21	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
was	O
discontinued	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
2017	B-Device
iPad	I-Device
and	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
sold	O
through	O
Apple	O
but	O
continued	O
to	O
support	O
major	O
software	O
revisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Operating_System
12	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
last	O
major	O
software	O
release	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
has	O
confirmed	O
the	O
A7	O
SoC	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
powerful	O
enough	O
to	O
run	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
13	I-Operating_System
or	O
higher	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
only	O
models	O
in	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
mini	I-Device
line	O
supporting	O
newer	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
versions	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
2022	O
being	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
IPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
(	O
5th	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
(	O
6th	O
generation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
supports	O
is	O
IOS	B-Operating_System
12.5.7	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
was	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
debuted	O
shortly	O
earlier	O
than	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
on	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
chief	O
designer	O
,	O
Jony	O
Ive	O
,	O
described	O
the	O
update	O
of	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
's	O
new	O
elements	O
as	O
"	O
bringing	O
order	O
to	O
complexity	O
"	O
,	O
highlighting	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
refined	O
typography	O
,	O
new	O
icons	O
,	O
translucency	O
,	O
layering	O
,	O
physics	O
,	O
and	O
gyroscope-driven	O
parallaxing	O
as	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
both	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Mavericks	I-Operating_System
(	O
version	O
10.9	O
)	O
noticeably	O
departed	O
from	O
previous	O
skeuomorphic	O
design	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
green	O
felt	O
in	O
Game	B-Operating_System
Center	I-Operating_System
,	O
wood	O
in	O
Newsstand	O
,	O
and	O
leather	O
in	O
Calendar	B-Application
,	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
flat	O
,	O
colourful	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Device
mini	I-Device
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
hotspot	B-Application
with	O
some	O
carriers	O
,	O
sharing	O
its	O
Internet	O
connection	O
over	O
Wi-Fi	O
,	O
Bluetooth	O
,	O
or	O
USB	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
access	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
a	O
digital	O
application	B-Application
distribution	O
platform	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
and	O
download	O
applications	B-Application
from	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
that	O
were	O
developed	O
with	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
SDK	I-Operating_System
and	O
were	O
published	O
through	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
GarageBand	B-Application
,	O
iMovie	B-Operating_System
,	O
iPhoto	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
iWork	B-Application
apps	O
(	O
Pages	B-Application
,	O
Keynote	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Numbers	B-Operating_System
)	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
comes	O
with	O
several	O
pre-installed	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
including	O
Siri	B-Application
,	O
Safari	B-Application
,	O
Mail	O
,	O
Photos	O
,	O
Video	O
,	O
Music	O
,	O
iTunes	O
,	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
Maps	O
,	O
Notes	O
,	O
Calendar	B-Application
,	O
Game	B-Operating_System
Center	I-Operating_System
,	O
Photo	O
Booth	O
,	O
and	O
Contacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
devices	O
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
can	O
sync	O
content	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
with	O
a	O
Mac	O
or	O
PC	O
using	O
iTunes	O
,	O
although	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
5	O
and	O
later	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
and	O
backed	O
up	O
without	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
is	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
make	O
phone	O
calls	O
over	O
a	O
cellular	O
network	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
headset	O
or	O
the	O
built-in	O
speaker	O
and	O
microphone	O
to	O
place	O
phone	O
calls	O
over	O
Wi-Fi	O
or	O
cellular	O
using	O
a	O
VoIP	B-Application
application	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
has	O
a	O
dictation	O
application	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
voice	O
recognition	O
technology	O
as	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
4S	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
speak	O
and	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
types	O
what	O
they	O
say	O
on	O
the	O
screen	B-Device
,	O
though	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
must	O
have	O
an	O
internet	O
connection	O
available	O
(	O
via	O
Wi-Fi	O
or	O
cellular	O
network	O
)	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
feature	O
's	O
reliance	O
on	O
Apple	O
servers	O
to	O
translate	O
the	O
speech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
has	O
an	O
optional	O
iBooks	B-Application
application	B-Application
,	O
which	O
displays	O
books	O
and	O
other	O
ePub-format	O
content	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
iBookstore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
a	O
direct	O
competitor	O
to	O
both	O
the	B-General_Concept
Amazon	I-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
and	O
Barnes	B-Application
&	I-Application
Noble	I-Application
Nook	I-Application
,	O
both	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
and	O
Barnes	O
&	O
Noble	O
offer	O
e-reader	O
apps	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
supported	O
6	O
major	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
versions	O
,	O
which	O
go	O
by	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
12	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
iPad	B-Device
mini	I-Device
to	O
support	O
6	O
major	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
receive	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
64-bit	B-Device
iPad	B-Device
mini	I-Device
(	O
the	O
original	O
iPad	B-Device
mini	I-Device
was	O
the	O
last	O
32-bit	O
iPad	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
has	O
not	O
been	O
supported	O
past	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
12	I-Operating_System
due	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
of	O
its	O
A7	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
largely	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
design	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
notable	O
change	O
is	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
Retina	B-Operating_System
Display	I-Operating_System
,	O
matching	O
the	O
screen	B-Device
resolution	O
of	O
the	O
full-sized	O
Retina	O
iPad	B-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slate-colored	O
back	O
panel	O
of	O
the	O
first-generation	B-Device
iPad	I-Device
Mini	I-Device
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
"	O
space	O
grey	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
black	O
color	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
white	O
color	O
still	O
remains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
inherits	O
hardware	O
components	O
from	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
5S	I-Operating_System
,	O
such	O
as	O
its	O
64-bit	B-Device
Apple	O
A7	O
system-on-chip	B-Architecture
and	O
Apple	B-Device
M7	I-Device
motion	O
processor	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
home	O
button	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
and	O
therefore	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
Touch	O
ID	O
fingerprint	O
sensor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
all	O
previous	O
generations	O
of	O
iPad	B-Device
hardware	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
four	O
buttons	O
and	O
one	O
switch	O
on	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
device	O
in	O
its	O
portrait	O
orientation	O
,	O
these	O
are	O
:	O
a	O
"	O
home	O
"	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
face	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
under	O
the	O
display	O
that	O
returns	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
the	O
home	O
screen	B-Device
,	O
a	O
wake/sleep	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
buttons	O
on	O
the	O
upper	O
right	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
performing	O
volume	O
up/down	O
functions	O
,	O
under	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
switch	O
whose	O
function	O
varies	O
according	O
to	O
device	O
settings	O
,	O
functioning	O
either	O
to	O
switch	O
the	O
device	O
into	O
or	O
out	O
of	O
silent	O
mode	O
or	O
to	O
lock/unlock	O
the	O
orientation	O
of	O
the	O
screen	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
display	O
responds	O
to	O
other	O
sensors	O
:	O
an	O
ambient	O
light	O
sensor	O
to	O
adjust	O
screen	B-Device
brightness	O
and	O
a	O
3-axis	O
accelerometer	O
to	O
sense	O
orientation	O
and	O
switch	O
between	O
portrait	O
and	O
landscape	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
's	O
built-in	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
which	O
work	O
in	O
three	O
orientations	O
(	O
portrait	O
,	O
landscape-left	O
and	O
landscape-right	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
's	O
built-in	O
applications	B-Application
support	O
screen	B-Device
rotation	O
in	O
all	O
four	O
orientations	O
,	O
including	O
upside-down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
playback	O
of	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
is	O
in	O
stereo	O
with	O
two	O
speakers	O
located	O
on	O
either	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
lightning	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
is	O
available	O
with	O
16	O
,	O
32	O
,	O
64	O
or	O
128GB	O
of	O
internal	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
,	O
with	O
no	O
expansion	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
sells	O
a	O
"	O
camera	O
connection	O
kit	O
"	O
with	O
an	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
reader	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
transfer	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
models	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
wireless	B-Architecture
LAN	I-Architecture
and	O
offer	O
dual	O
band	O
Wi-Fi	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tablet	B-Device
is	O
also	O
manufactured	O
either	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
communicate	O
over	O
a	O
cellular	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
)	O
cellular	O
model	O
comes	O
in	O
two	O
variants	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
support	O
nano-SIMs	O
,	O
quad-band	O
GSM	O
,	O
penta-band	O
UMTS	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
dual-band	O
CDMA	B-Protocol
EV-DO	O
Rev	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
handle	O
many	O
different	O
bands	O
in	O
one	O
device	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
offer	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
single	O
iPad	B-Device
variant	O
which	O
supports	O
all	O
the	O
cellular	O
bands	O
and	O
technologies	O
deployed	O
by	O
all	O
the	O
major	O
North	O
American	O
wireless	O
providers	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
introduction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
TechRadar	O
,	O
Gareth	O
Beavis	O
awarded	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
a	O
rating	O
of	O
4.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beavis	O
praises	O
the	O
Retina	B-Operating_System
display	I-Operating_System
and	O
A7	O
chip	O
's	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
states	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
design	O
is	O
still	O
the	O
best	O
in	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
category.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
his	O
website	O
,	O
AnandTech	O
,	O
Anand	O
Lal	O
Shimpi	O
highly	O
compliments	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
increased	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
while	O
lamenting	O
the	O
limited	O
color	O
palette	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
it	O
...	O
'	O
s	O
a	O
shame	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
tradeoff	O
that	O
exists	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
iPads	B-Device
especially	O
given	O
how	O
good	O
Apple	O
is	O
about	O
sRGB	O
coverage	O
in	O
nearly	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
other	O
displays.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
some	O
criticisms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
camera	O
,	O
Jeffrey	O
Van	O
Camp	O
of	O
Digital	O
Trends	O
gave	O
the	O
second-generation	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
a	O
score	O
of	O
4.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
writes	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
is	O
our	O
favorite	O
tablet	B-Device
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
powerful	O
64-bit	B-Device
A7	O
processor	O
and	O
a	O
high-resolution	O
‘	O
Retina’	O
screen	B-Device
,	O
it	O
finishes	O
the	O
job	O
that	O
Apple	O
started	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
iPad	O
Mini.	O
"	O
</s>
