Apple quietly kills off last of the non-Retina iPads

Apple’s original iPad mini was the last of a dying breed; it was the only non-Retina iPad still on sale. But its day has also come, as Apple removed it from its online store.

The original iPad mini is missing from Apple’s comparison chart, leaving the iPad mini 2 and 3, as well as the iPad Air and iPad Air 2 as the tablet options available to buy online.

This move doesn’t come as much of a surprise. The device was released in 2012 and was the first 7.9-inch tablet that Apple made. While it had a denser display resolution than was available on the 9.7-inch iPad with the same number of pixels, it did not meet Apple’s standards for a high-density ‘Retina’ display.