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There haven't many Apple iPad refurbs in the past few months, but I'm starting to see more. Today there's iPad Mini 4 and 5 models. Although these are 2019 and older models, for those in the market for a refurb, this is encouraging. Let's hope we see more coming.

 
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There haven't many Apple iPad refurbs in the past few months, but I'm starting to see more. Today there's iPad Mini 4 and 5 models. Although these are 2019 and older models, for those in the market for a refurb, this is encouraging. Let's hope we see more coming.

I wouldn't recommend buying an iPad mini 4 at this point. I'm 99.9% certain it wont get iPadOS 15.
 

jimmy_uk

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There has been a steady supply of ipad mini 5 and Apple pencils in the UK refurb store for months. No Pros since the release of the current versions.
 

Dopestar

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There haven't many Apple iPad refurbs in the past few months, but I'm starting to see more. Today there's iPad Mini 4 and 5 models. Although these are 2019 and older models, for those in the market for a refurb, this is encouraging. Let's hope we see more coming.

Those bezels just hurt my eyes when I see the old design. I hope the newer model reduces the bezels.
 

cwerdna

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I've been checking https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/ipad almost daily (sometimes several times a day) and it seems like there's no inventory at all. It feels like it's been that way for weeks.

Anyone else see anything different? I'm looking mainly for refurb 2048 x 1536 res iPads (e.g. 5th gen or 6th gen or Pro 9.7") that are newer that iPad Air 2/mini 4 or have processors beyond A8. I'm only looking for them for work due to those pixel dimensions. (I test iOS software for a living and need a variety of different screen sizes and iOS versions).

Don't want an Air 2 nor mini 4 as I fear they may not support iOS 15 when it comes out. Want it to support at least iOS 15.

I recently got another mini 5 on sale on Amazon but 5th or 6th gen refurb (if they existed at Apple's refurb store) would be cheaper.
 

cwerdna

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The other day a bunch of 12.9" Pros w/o home button showed up. Not really what I wanted/needed for testing for my work.

Now, I finally see a bunch of cheaper models like 6th gen iPads w/32 gigs so I ordered one.
 
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