my guess, iPad mini will follow that path of iPhone mini ...
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iPad mini No iPad Mini update? Woah.
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It was never expected to be updated today. Most said towards the end of the year.
The iPad Mini is on the A15 which is technically the same CPU and GPU core architecture as the M2 in the iPad Air we got today.
Because they are keeping the Air on the M series but one generation old the mini has actually had a technically newer chip architecture than the Air for the last 3 years.
The Mini 6 is my favorite iPad of all time. I would love to see a Mini Pro with Face ID and promotion.
Considering the Air 6 is $599/128GB, I’m actually expecting the Mini 7 to remain at $499 with 128GB for entry level.
I would pay $8-900 for such a model. I think we both know Apple won't do such a thing, because the sales would take away from the Pro side for your average MR type person.
You post this like the iPad mini's omission wasn't present in EVERY SINGLE RUMOR ARTICLE ABOUT THIS EVENT.
They ALL said to not expect it at this event. Hell, the price drop of the 10th Generation iPad was a total surprise.
Pretty sure it’s going to be discontinued like the iPhone Mini, right or wrong majority of consumers want larger screens hence the launch of the bigger iPad & MacBook Air.
Also the Jelly Scrolling issue didn’t help, maybe they can’t find a supplier willing to make a low amount order LCD with a control board not mounted vertically.
Also the Jelly Scrolling issue didn’t help, maybe they can’t find a supplier willing to make a low amount order LCD with a control board not mounted vertically.
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I don’t think so. Everything that launched today was rumoured to launch today, and the word always was that the Mini wouldn’t come until the second half of the year, possibly Q4.
After today I am more convinced that the 11th Gen iPad will be the 5th Gen Air in different colours, and they couldn’t do that until the next Mini was ready to go - that’d cannibalise sales even more.
I’m starting to hope that they bring the old 9.7” back - in the edge to edge design it would still fill the Mini slot. But 1.4 inches is probably a bit much to expect in one go.
No one expected a Mini update really as no analyst or leaker reported we would see one. Sadly. But it's more of a product that's updated when the iPhone and Apple Watch are.
When it is updated expect it to get the latest A chip and I think it'll be pretty powerful for its size.
Not sure how many Mini's Apple sells either, although lots of members on here like it and use it.
Also no the iPad Mini isn't going to be discontinued.
As others have mentioned, it was always rumored to have the mini update later this year.
I do think if this does happen, that this would be the last iPad mini if rumors of the folding devices arriving within the next 1-3 years as it would pretty much align with giving both a quick little update/refresh then Apple being able to pitch a more pricey folding device that folds into the mini size so that those who want a mini can't complain.
I do think if this does happen, that this would be the last iPad mini if rumors of the folding devices arriving within the next 1-3 years as it would pretty much align with giving both a quick little update/refresh then Apple being able to pitch a more pricey folding device that folds into the mini size so that those who want a mini can't complain.
It’s only 2.5 years ago, and the mini 5 took 3.5 years. It’s not unexpected for the mini.
The literal point is to have something I can comfortably hold in one hand. If I am unfolding something to the size of a clipboard I am still not interested. The obsession with giant screens is annoying. Max phones that look like a brick in your pocket and tablets the size of laptops that do a fraction of what laptops do. The mini is the only tablet that makes sense for me.
I guess I shouldn't complain though more money in my pocket.
Exactly, just like before it has never (?) been updated together with other iPads so "Woah" what? This was totally expected.
As a mini lover, not the current gen, I’m glad they didn’t announce a mini. I have no doubt it would have been a boring spec bump we would have all complained about. Until they bring oled+promotion, faceID, fix scaling issues, and revert the display controller orientation back for portrait viewing I have no interest in a mini compromise. I would gladly pay big iPad money for a Mini Pro and chalk up the extra costs to portability.
right all that marketing is being passed right along to the consumer! 999 for base pro is nuts!
I think it's always been a "later in the year" upgrade cycle - and I think it bodes well that it was still mentioned at the end of the presentation (rather than just deleted from the line up like the iPad 9). The new heating elements in the Pro line, might make it's way to the Mini too then. What I find more interesting is that there wasn't any real price adjustment on the Mini - which might also be a good sign that a refresh will come later in the year.
