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iPad mini No iPad Mini update? Woah.
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I dunno. I’m expecting Apple to release two more iPads later this year - iPad mini and 11th gen. They might include those with the iPhone announcement.
A separate event isn’t entirely out of the question either. They’ve done it before. It’s probably even easier now that it’s not a live event but more of a longish infomercial.
Undeniable proof that the iPhone & iPad mini will eventually blend into a folding device; probably not this year, but possibly in 2025 or 2026...?
;^p
Considering the iPad Mini is likely going to get an A18 chip, there was no logical reason to expect it to be announced until the iPhone 16 event at the earliest.
The rumors have said we’ll get refreshes of every iPad this year, so the iPad 11th gen and Mini 7 are still coming soon.
The rumors have said we’ll get refreshes of every iPad this year, so the iPad 11th gen and Mini 7 are still coming soon.
Perhaps they're waiting to launch a foldable mini.... if they can keep it as thin as 8mm folded, you'd have an iPad mini that can fit in a phone pocket. That would be pretty nice actually, assuming it remains as performant, durable and long lasting battery wise as the current iPad mini with upgraded OLED display....
Yeah, would make sense IMHO - last week was the M Series update, iPhones, entry level & mini iPads with A Series Chips get their update in September. That when the last mini was updated, along the iPhone 13.
Not sure what I'd want from a new Mini, but I was hoping for more that just a CPU bump.
The iPad 10 just get a price reduction and the Air stayed the same price, but with double the base storage... check out that greedflation.
Meanwhile the iPad Mini and base iPad use phone processors so they will probably be updated in the fall after the new phone processors have been revealed.
Curious, will you still go for 256 if they up base storage to 128? Because that seems quite likely to happen based on the new M2 Air.
You're simply repeating yourself in the same thread.
Nah, I would just do 128 in that case then. I have almost traded this one in for a 256 but knowing my luck they would release the new one shortly after lol so I am holding out.
I'm over the supposed neglect of the mini. I've owned a mini 2, 5, and 6. It always seemed clear to me that once Apple segmented into 4 iPad lines, the mini would get whatever A-series chip management felt was worth deploying for it. The mini 2 & 3 had the same A7. mini 4 had the A8, mini 5 the A12, and the mini 6 the A15. There is no proper phone chip at the moment to stick in a mini 7, so they'll wait until the fall to put out the 7 with the A18 after the iPhone 16 is released. I suppose they could stick the A16 in there, but it's such an incremental move on an older process it makes little sense going forward. A18 will be a proper N3E solution with all of the benefits that should work well for a phablet-sized mini. I'm mostly interested in any other hardware changes to use to make mini 7 a worthwhile buy. Plus it should last for 3-4 years, which is just fine with me. I used to want a "mini Pro" but that market segment has to be so small that it isn't worth the effort required, especially because once you stick any M chip in a mini its cost will go way up and its battery life way down.
I know it doesn’t effect some people but they need to get rid of the Jelly Rolling screen.
We downgraded from 12.9 Pro to Mini 6 for my wife's use case and it totally made sense. Now, I'm looking for an iPad mini for myself and was totally expecting something new for this event. Promoting only 1k+ models in this cost of living is pure greed.
I found the 6 on Amazon for 350 and picked it up because the rumored delay. Only for consumption so I can care less about the new 7 coming out later this year for a whole lot more.
I like the Mini too and I have the 2021 version. I wish there was a new one but since there is not I ordered the 11" iPad Pro.