Not unusual for the iPad Mini. Between the 4th and 5th Gen mini was 42 months, and that was basically just a processor bump. Another 30 months between the 5th and 6th Gen.
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When to Expect the Next iPad Mini and Low-End iPad Models to Launch
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At this point if they are waiting for fall I doubt it will come with an A16, probably will get a form of the A18 so they can sell it as is for another 3 years.
Man this is painful 😣
My iPad Mini 5 battery is really starting to show some signs of age
My iPad Mini 5 battery is really starting to show some signs of age
I suspect they plan to wait for the A18 as they likely don’t want to keep building the A17 once the iPhone 15 Pro is discontinued in the fall.
Hah, well he's like me then. Fortunately we both cave in and go for something newer in the way of Apple gear on a fairly regular basis. I'd love a new iPad Mini and am willing to wait for it, although my XR is getting long enough in the tooth that I should upgrade my phone first. Looks like Tim Cook may agree with me there. 😉
I'm confused:
Gurman says:
... and Macrumors then says:
which is nothing like what Gurman said.
Though really, Gurman's rumour is sad and makes less sense:
Gurman says:
... and Macrumors then says:
which is nothing like what Gurman said.
Though really, Gurman's rumour is sad and makes less sense:
- 10th gen iPad remains unchanged, no 11th gen iPad this year?
- 9th gen iPad is replaced an upgraded model, but doesn't catch up to the to the 10th gen iPad
- but beyond how sad that sounds: What would it even be called??!!? 9.5th gen? Apple might as well just rebrand the cheaper iPad the iPad SE.
- 11th gen iPad comes out, replacing both the 9th gen and 10th gen iPad in the lineup, priced between the two.
- eventually the 11th gen iPad comes out, and the 10th gen replaces and takes the 9th gen's price point.
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If the Mini is going to just have an updated chip, how difficult is it to do that? Why the long delay?
Surely it will have other upgrades.
Surely it will have other upgrades.
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I really hope for the education market they keep the headphone jack if they drop the 9th gen. There is no way we can ask parents to spend more than $10-15 on headphones. Also, Bluetooth need charging, and students are already really bad at charging the device, no need to add another. We also can't really go with the adapters as those will just get lost in droves. The iPad is really a great K-1, maybe even second grade device. Above that, they get Chromebooks.
It was their best selling iPad for a while. Then they made some comments that made it clear they only think of it as their budget iPad model, and flooded the market with more budget iPad options. At no point has anyone from Apple made any comment that gives the impression they've actually use one and understand that it is unique in its attributes as a mobile device rather than a portable one like a full sized iPad. ...which makes sense considering the half-baked OS they keep simply porting over from other iPads. If they had any idea of the usefulness of a cellular-equipped Mini 5, just small enough to pocketable and go with you almost everywhere as your alternate main device to your phone, with pencil on a large enough screen to write and draw and collaborate, they'd make a serious go of tailoring the OS to that use case not treat it as an afterthought.
So it sounds like that processor roadmap from about a month ago might have some legitimacy to it…
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Chip Details of 16 Upcoming Apple Devices Revealed
The chip details of 16 new Apple devices have been discovered, according to technical information posted on X earlier today by a private account with...
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- A14 Bionic: iPad (11th-generation) in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular configurations. The model number does not correlate to what the iPad (11th-generation) is expected to have, so it may be a modified iPad (10th-generation) in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular configurations instead, or potentially a HomePod with a display.
- A17: iPad mini (seventh-generation) in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular configurations. This may be the A17 Pro chip or an A17 variant.
- M2: iPad Air (sixth-generation) in 10.9- and 12.9-inch display sizes and in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular configurations.
- There were also eight more identifiers for two unreleased chips that likely relate to the four models in the iPhone 16 lineup and the next-generation iPad Pro in 11- and 13-inch display sizes. The next-generation iPad Pro is widely rumored to launch later this month and feature the M3 chip that Apple first introduced in October 2023. However, the sequence of identifiers raises the unexpected possibility of the iPad Pro containing the M4 chip.
Agreed. Please put the M1 in the Mini. It’s been out for a good few years now. Heck, stick the M2 in it!
There is zero -- and I mean zero -- good reason to drop the headphone jack off iPads.
If they do that, it's pure greed at the expense of useful and functional consumer experience.
With Tim Cook still in charge, I expect they will axe it
He doesn't care at all about anything besides more optimization and stock prices
This is what we get for having "the Ops Guy" in charge.
It'd be fascinating to see what Steve would say of his choice, a decade plus on.
As someone who has watched a few cancer battles first hand (all losing affairs) and seeing how it impacts the people and their priorities and judgements in the moment .... I forgive Steve 100% for the Tim choice. Larger things loomed and if one hasn't experienced that, it's hard to understand how unimportant anything not related to day to day health and situation can become.
We no longer have a product driven company, which I have to think Steve would loathe.
iPad 11 with price cut and minor upgrades to replace iPad 10 this September-October, although it would be better in July-August during back-to-school promotions.
iPad 9 could be discontinued at anytime, but I suspect it will coincide with introduction of iPad 11.
iPad 9 could be discontinued at anytime, but I suspect it will coincide with introduction of iPad 11.
Hopefully, the Minis will get a 512GB storage bump.
Sounds good, but it doesn't sound remotely like what Gurman dropped. :/
The reality is that the M* class chips are different power and thermal devices than the A* class chips.
Given the smaller screen with fewer pixels to push, I see nothing wrong with the iPad minis continuing with the A* class chips, which are also pretty great.
Meh. Going with my intuition.
I might have thought the new entry iPads could come during the summer, but I think the M3 Mac Studio will get that attention.
It would be nice, but almost zero chance of that happening.
What I would pay a lot of money for:
- 8.3” 120 Hz OLED screen
- 500 Nits SDR/ 600 Nits HDR
- Apple Pencil support with integrated charging
- Landscape Face ID camera
- 8 GB RAM
- 512 GB SSD
- 4 Speaker ATMOS speakers
- Rear camera can be the same as iPad mini 6 or better
- WiFi 6E or 7
- Latest 5G cell radio
- A18 Pro SoC
You are right. Biut to be fair, Minis just don't sell well enough to do much mroe than a processor. I'll be happy if they do 512GB storage and newer procerssor.
i own an 11“ Ipad pro and an Ipad mini.
if i had to choose, i would take the mini instantly. (same for iphone btw). much more versatile form factor.
if i had to choose, i would take the mini instantly. (same for iphone btw). much more versatile form factor.
Probably to keep milking any last Mini 6 sales
Look at everything through a financial lens ... and only through that lens..
...and you'll see it as Tim Cook does
I think a A18 or at least rebranded A17 (using the new N3E process) is more likely. The last iPad mini CPU jump was from the A12 in the iPad mini 5 to the A15 in the iPad mini 6. I expect a similar jump given the price of the mini.