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> The replacement is an 800eur ipad, because it's now effectively a pro model rather than the cheap one, and I'm not sure I can justify that.

I find this hard to believe. A $300 iPad mini 2 from 2015 is comparable in specs to an 800 Euro 2023 iPad Pro?

Edit: Actually, you can compare them directly on Apple’s website:

https://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/?modelList=ipad-mini-2,ip...

Even the current iPad mini (6th gen) blows the iPad mini 2 out of the water.

https://www.apple.com/ipad/compare/?modelList=ipad-mini-2,ip...

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That's because it isn't true, the replacement is the $599 iPad Mini 6 which is in a completely different class of tablet. Even the $300 iPad would outclass it by a mile.

Mini 6 has regularly been on sale for $499 as well since it is now long in the tooth already.

Size, not specs.

If I want a mini with cell, it's 800 eur, which might be 600 moneys where you live, but VAT is included here.

Actually, 64GB mini with Wifi+Cellular is 869 eur in Ireland, just checked there. When I bought my original mini, it was the cheapest new iOS device with a cell radio.

The original iPad mini 2 with cellular was $529 when introduced ten years ago, not $300. The current iPad mini with cellular was $649 when introduced one and a half years ago. Both of those numbers are the actual US Dollar prices for both products. Your pricing information is not correct.

$349, plus tax of 30.36, on April 7, 2015.

Still have the invoice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_Mini_2

>Introductory price

>Wi-Fi: 16 GB: $399, 32 GB: $499, 64 GB: $599, 128 GB: $699

>Wi-Fi + Cellular: 16 GB: $529, 32 GB: $629, 64 GB: $729, 128 GB: $829

I have a Jan 7, 2015 receipt from Apple for a 16GB Wifi only iPad mini for $300, and that was for the first version of iPad mini.

Perhaps you bought it with a special promotional price.

It was probably closing out -- It was towards its end of active life.

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