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The vertical market loves the mini, the size and feature set works with a lot of corporate apps and is fairly economical to deploy in high numbers. The size is exactly why it works so well. The average consumer may not be clamoring for the mini as the iPhone plus a larger iPad squeezes the mini into more of a niche box, but there are plenty of devotees inside and outside this forum who are ready for a new mini. I know I am, my mini 4 is getting really long in the tooth.
Maybe but they’re not “waiting” for it.
 
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