iPad No October Announcement?

[FreakinEurekan]

I do think that when/if Apple comes out with a foldable iphone, then perhaps the ipad mini will be in danger.

I guarantee you, a folding iPhone would put my iPhone and iPad mini in danger Would love to see that!

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Yeah, 64 gigs is ridiculous for an iPad. Especially a Pro iPad considering that the new iPhone Pros start at 256 gigs now.

I appreciate the lower cost of a 64GB iPad, it suits a lot of purposes... my iPad mini 6 is 64GB and when it was a "Spare" iPad I had no issues at all with it. Now that it's my primary iPad "it would be nice" if it had a bit more storage; I'm not running into any error messages or anything but it will offload apps if I haven't used them in a few days so there's a lot of reloading going on. I'm holding out for the mini 7 before I replace it though.

The bottom line is though - just because something doesn't have enough storage for YOU, doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. Everyone should buy what they need.

 

[kiranmk2]

This will be the first year in a long time the base iPad hasn't been updated, which is a shame because they've left the lineup in a weird position with the ageing 9th gen and the more expensive and weirdly specced 10th gen. It's also the iPad mini's turn to be updated, though I'm not sure what they could really do with it other than a pretty much imperceptible chip bump to the A16, and maybe more significantly increasing RAM to 6 or 8GB. I guess waiting for the N3E based A17 (bionic?) next year will set it up better for a 2-3 year cycle.

Yes, the low end iPad is in trouble. They needed to keep a low-cost version with a non-laminated screen and headphone jack around for education purchasers meaning that the 10 inch iPad has is a bit lost in the line-up. How long can Apple supply the 9th gen model with its A13 (a 2019-vintage chip)?

 

[spiderman0616]

Me too. If not, it is okay too. I am wondering if iPad mini is still within profitability threshold tolerance to keep it produced. If its profitability below expectation and really unfavorable, it might get discontinued like iPhone mini. The update period is less frequent and unpredictable. Hopefully, discontinuing plan will not be the case. But, if it is, I just move on and find an alternative. For me, iPhone pro max size is enough to replace iPad mini.

It looked like mini sales skyrocketed after the mini 6 came out. I'm assuming they'll follow up with a 7.

 

[MarkNewton2023]

It looked like mini sales skyrocketed after the mini 6 came out. I'm assuming they'll follow up with a 7.

How did you assume mini sales skyrocketing after mini 6 came out? I wish Apple provided the break down their sales by individual product lines to see how each product line gross profit contributes to whole company gross profit margin. We will see how it plays out for iPad mini prospect in the future.

 

[MarkNewton2023]

I'd say you have nothing to worry about. Unlike iPhone mini customers who typically migrate to a larger iPhone if there is no mini option, the iPad mini serves several market segments who have a particular need for a tablet of that size. Those buyers would switch out of the Apple ecosystem if the iPad mini disappeared.

Whether or not Apple will continue Apple Mini depends on how major/signifcant iPad mini market contributes to iPad mini sales and gross profit from these markets. If losing these market sales and gross profits are small enough without affecting entire product line sales and gross profit, then eliminating iPad mini overall does not give major impacts to the company sales and gross profit. I wish Apple provided publicly sales by product lines with each product line gross profit report to see how each product line sales and gross profit contributes for whole company product sales and gross profits.

 

[sracer]

Whether or not Apple will continue Apple Mini depends on how major/signifcant iPad mini market contributes to iPad mini sales and gross profit from these markets. If losing these market sales and gross profits are small enough without affecting entire product line sales and gross profit, then eliminating iPad mini overall does not give major impacts to the company sales and gross profit. I wish Apple provided publicly sales by product lines with each product line gross profit report to see how each product line sales and gross profit contributes for whole company product sales and gross profits.

I don't think that the Mini is going away anytime soon. But what I have noticed is that in many scenarios where the iPad Mini (pre-6) was in use, they are now using 9th gen iPads. I found that surprising given the larger size of the 9th gen compared to the Mini.

It appears that the shift was a result of the lower cost (compared to the Mini 6), headphone jack, home button... any of those reasons, all of those reasons, or something else.

 

[MarkNewton2023]

I don't think that the Mini is going away anytime soon. But what I have noticed is that in many scenarios where the iPad Mini (pre-6) was in use, they are now using 9th gen iPads. I found that surprising given the larger size of the 9th gen compared to the Mini.

It appears that the shift was a result of the lower cost (compared to the Mini 6), headphone jack, home button... any of those reasons, all of those reasons, or something else.

You may be right. We will see how long ipad mini will be kept in the iPad line.

 

[Digitalguy]

How did you assume mini sales skyrocketing after mini 6 came out? I wish Apple provided the break down their sales by individual product lines to see how each product line gross profit contributes to whole company gross profit margin. We will see how it plays out for iPad mini prospect in the future.

I have seen the same reports (but I don't remember where), until the mini 5 the mini was in single digit sales, after the mini 6 it became the number 1 selling iPad beating the $329 one, which used to account for over half of iPad sales. But I have seen no hard numbers, so we don't know how much the mini 6 ate into the iPad 9 sales...

 

[rui no onna]

I have seen the same reports (but I don't remember where), until the mini 5 the mini was in single digit sales, after the mini 6 it became the number 1 selling iPad beating the $329 one, which used to account for over half of iPad sales. But I have seen no hard numbers, so we don't know how much the mini 6 ate into the iPad 9 sales...

I don’t think the iPad mini 6 cannibalized iPad 9 sales. More like it probably increased iPad sales for Apple during the period of its release.