Let's hope for the Mini 5 with Face ID. That would be awesome. Maybe even an iPad Pro Mini!
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Apple Registers Two More Unreleased iPad Models in Eurasia
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That's the dream right there. I'll bet there is a lot of pent up demand for a new mini, especially if they add pencil support. Sure the plus sized iphones have taken a lot of their market, but there is still a need for a larger screen on the go that's pocketable, but not so large as the regular ipads. The difference between 6.5" and 8.5" would be pretty dramatic, yielding a much larger screen than even the plus iPhone.
I also think, although it's a pipe dream, that Apple should consider adding telephony to the ipad mini. Yeah I don't mind being that guy with the huge phone, but I'd mostly use it with a Bluetooth headset. It already has cellular capabilities, you already can use something like Google Voice for VOIP, but a native telephony solution would be nice as well.
Anyhow, it's probably not a mini so I'm hoping against hope.
They are requesting devices with encryption features to be registered so I'm guessing it has something to do with the surveillance of their own citizens. I don't know much about the laws in the other countries listed but Russia has encryption laws to prevent too much privacy. The recent struggle with Telegram shows the effects of that.
Funny you should say that, I posted my Mini 4 for sale not long ago and it was quickly purchased by a pilot haha.
I agree about adding telephone capabilities. Some nice 2nd gen airpods to go along with it would be nice too.
New MacBook Pro just released yesterday, New iPads, new iMacs, iPhone (obviously), and small Mac Mini Upgrade.
This is much more refreshing than previous years.
Teenage me plugging along on my Commodore 64 would’ve died of delight if someone showed up and put an iPad mini in my hands. The places tech has gone in just a few decades is amazing!
better palm rejection? I guess software can take over where hardware is beginning to fail.
There should only be 3 iPad's on sale.
Small, Medium and Large. All with the best components. Pretty simple, pretty straightforward.
Small, Medium and Large. All with the best components. Pretty simple, pretty straightforward.
Apple surprised us by releasing the new Macbook Pro models yesterday. Who knows.. .maybe new iPad models will be out tomorrow? I will keep checking Apple.com site every few hours 
The mini is really perfect for the cockpit. I think every pilot I know has a mini and ForeFlight (an iOS app that replaces all your paper charts with digital ones and can file flight plans, pull back weather, etc.)
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I really hope that's not how big the bezels will be on the official design. Everyone's worried about the notch and I'm over here like: How and why is there that much bezel!? Should be edge-to-edge (with a small bezel at the top for the optics). Would be quite easy to incorporate dead-pixel bezels so you could still easily hold the device without false-positives, but still have the feeling of holding a seamless, edge-to-edge piece of glass.
I feel your pain but I think that mockup above would actually work. It has some bezels and adding the rejection I think it could be fine. We will see what they do with it but I'm sure it will have some bezels.
Interestingly, the iPad Pro concept shown is VERY close to the final version. The only difference is that we may see one bezel area a tad larger to accommodate all the Face ID sensors, so there will be no "notch" on the display.
If it ends up being that much, I may not get it. It depends on what’s under the hood. I am focused on the new iPhone plus.