Apple quietly announced the iPad Mini 4 at it's special 9 September event in San Francisco alongside the iPad Pro and iPhone 6s. It is on general release now.

This will be Apple's first update to the iPad Mini since the third generation model two years ago, and the 7.9in tablet has been decked out with lots of new hardware. This includes an A8 processor, 64-bit-desktop-class architecture, 8-megapixel camera and storage options between 16GB and 128GB. Prices start from 319 for the 16GB model.

This makes the iPad Mini 4 much like a smaller version of the iPad Air 2, with the A8 processor in particular helping it to cope with multitasking and split screens coming with iOS 9.

In terms of hardware, the Mini 4 is 18 per cent thinner at 6.1mm, and weighs just 0.65lbs.

It has been reported that the updated tablet could be Apple's last iteration of its smaller iPad, with Venture Capital Post previously claiming that the company wants to concentrate on its larger devices (including the iPad Pro) instead.

LatinoPost is one of several publications to reported the original iPad Mini and iPad Mini 3 could be scrapped, with only the iPad Mini 2 and iPad Mini 4 set to stay in Apple's refreshed tablet range.