iPad mini 7, Apple Vision Pro 2, and another executive leaves Apple, on the AppleInsider Podcast

This week saw the surprise release of a new iPad mini, and the predictable criticisms of it, plus more rumors of the future of the Apple Vision Pro.

We've been enjoying "Submerged" on the Apple Vision Pro — and AppleInsider has two ex-Navy people who relished it. But then after you take off the all-encompassing, all-surrounding displays of the Apple Vision Pro, there was a somewhat smaller release from Apple.

For this week saw the unexpected release of the new iPad mini 7. If you're an iPad mini fan, you were delighted and excited.

But if you aren't, then you weren't. The new iPad mini is arguably just the smallest of updates to the device, yet in practice it's enough to make host Wesley Hilliard very happy.

Find out whether he bought one — the answer is not going to be a shock — and join us to play "Where is Apple's Latest Executive to Leave Going to End Up?"

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Links from the AppleInsider Podcast

• New iPad mini 7 gets A17 Pro, Apple Intelligence
• iPad mini 7 vs iPad mini 6 compared — Apple Intelligence on the smallest tablet
• Apple cancels California DMV permit for self-driving car testing
• Apple Car could have had Blade batteries developed with China's BYD
• Apple's study proves that LLM-based AI models are flawed because they cannot reason
• Cheaper Apple Vision headset rumored to cost $2000, arriving in 2026
• Apple Smart Glasses, AirPods with cameras could finally arrive in 2027
• Surgeons say Apple Vision Pro saves them pain and injury
• Chief People Officer leaves Apple after short 20 month tenure
• FTC 'Click to Cancel' rule makes canceling subscriptions as easy as starting them
• Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black review: Same tech, but the new color is absolutely fantastic
• Chief People Officer leaves Apple after short 20 month tenure

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