iPad Mini review: A pricey delight

For a device with such a straightforward name, the iPad Mini has had many lives over its 14 years. Yes, it’s always been a small iPad. But at various times, it’s also been a cheap iPad with a lesser display, an iPad as technologically sophisticated as any you could buy, and a midrange iPad. Last week, Apple announced a new iPad—one of the remarkably large number of products the company introduced during what may have been its most productive October ever. It remains a small iPad. But the new...