Staples Canada is clearing out the previous-generation iPad mini for $699 CAD, just as Apple’s new model starts at $949 CAD. That is about $250 less for a compact tablet that still runs Apple Intelligence and works with Apple Pencil Pro.
The listing covers the Wi-Fi, 128 GB Purple model with the 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display and A17 Pro chip. Staples shows a compare-at price of $849.99 CAD, so the cut from its own recent regular price is about $150. Stock is available online as of October 27, 2026, though clearance quantities can move fast.
You can check the Purple iPad mini at Staples for the live price and shipping options before you buy.
Apple announced the new iPad mini on October 26, with pre-orders opening October 28 and shipments starting November 6. The refresh brings an 8.5-inch OLED screen, a faster A20 Pro chip, a thinner body, and IP67 water and dust resistance. Colour choices shrink to midnight and starlight.
Buying the Staples unit means living without those upgrades. You keep an LCD panel instead of OLED, a slightly smaller 8.3-inch screen, last year’s chip, and no official water-resistance rating. Brightness, outdoor glare, and long-term speed will not match the new tablet.
For many readers that trade-off is fine. The older mini remains a pocketable reader and travel tablet, and iPhone in Canada has already noted that the outgoing model makes more sense when it is discounted. At $699 CAD it sits above the roughly $600 to $650 range where the older mini looks like a clear win, but it is still far cheaper than paying $949 CAD for the new Wi-Fi 128 GB configuration.
If you want the OLED model instead, cellular versions of the new iPad mini are already listed on Amazon, while Wi-Fi stock is still catching up after the announcement.
Would you take the $250 savings on last year’s mini, or wait for the OLED model in November?
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