This is the one Prime Day deal that I recommend to all my family and friends – the iPad mini

If there’s one discounted device I recommend nearly every time there are Prime Day deals, it’s the iPad mini. Case in point: right now, you can grab the latest iPad mini on sale at Amazon for $379 (was $499). And in the UK, the iPad mini can be had for £461 (was £499) at Amazon.

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While the US gets the better saving, with more than $100 off the original price, bringing the iPad mini down to what I believe is its lowest-ever price tag, the UK saving is still nice to have. That’s especially when you consider that this iPad can handle most tasks you can throw at it, despite its diminutive size. So I thoroughly recommend these deals.

(Not in the US or UK? See today’s best deals in your region below)

I’m not the only one who loves the smallest iPad, as you’ll see in our iPad mini A17 Pro review, Editor-at-Large Lance Ulanoff notes: “It’s an almost pocket-friendly device that’s popular with pilots, artists, ardent notetakers, social media scrollers, students, and readers. It’s the color reading screen for those who don’t want to read comics on a black-and-white Kindle (though that new Colorsoft does change things, am I right?). It’s sometimes the second multipurpose slab in your arsenal, small and light enough to join you on vacation, and it’s sometimes the perfect back-porch streaming companion.”

So yeah, at full price, the iPad mini is a great little tablet; at a discount, it’s almost a no-brainer for people who want a more pocketable iPadOS experience. Get it before it’s gone.