Why The iPad Mini Is More Expensive Than The Bigger iPad

Why is Apple’s smallest iPad more expensive than the bigger version? It is kind’ve confusing, especially since it didn’t used to be this way. When iPad mini came out in 2012, it cost $329. Which made it the cheapest iPad ever. It was $70 less than the year-old iPad 2, and $170 less than the newest retina iPad. This lineup made sense. But over the years, things changed. The regular iPad was split up into three different models, and pricing went all over the place. So let’s look at how this happened.