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Best Buy Product Listing Hints at iPad Mini Going on Clearance 'Soon'

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Best Buy might offer an unspecified iPad mini model on clearance "soon," according to a product listing that was spotted on the retailer's website.

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The placeholder listing is for an Apple product with a "MINI WIFI" model name, and it is in the "tablets" section on Best Buy's online store. Altogether, this strongly suggests that the listing will be for an iPad mini. The device will apparently be available for a clearance price of $359.99 in the U.S., down from a regular price of $599. However, the iPad mini currently starts at $499, so the listing appears to have a pricing error.

If the listing ends up being for the iPad mini 6, it could hint at the iPad mini 7 coming soon. Or, this could be a nothingburger. We'll see!

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Last month, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said a new iPad mini was "on deck" for an Apple event this month, alongside the first Macs with M4 chips. However, he offered a more vague timeframe in his latest report this week, which stated that Apple was working on a new iPad mini that would "potentially" be released "by the end of 2024."

Rumored features for the next iPad mini over the previous model include a faster chip, upgraded front and rear cameras, a fix for "jelly scrolling" screen tearing in portrait orientation, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 support, and new color options.

Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said the next iPad mini would enter mass production in the second half of 2024.

Apple released the current iPad mini in September 2021, with new features at the time including a larger 8.3-inch display, a USB-C port, a Touch ID power button, the A15 Bionic chip, 5G support on cellular models, a 12-megapixel rear camera with Center Stage support, compatibility with the second-generation Apple Pencil, and more.

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I have no interest in "Apple Intelligence" but love what it's making Apple do to its product line. Updates accross the board with all mobile devices getting 8GB ram minimum. Leaves me wishing there was something to push Macs to 16 GB though.
 
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Why don’t you do some basic research before posting stories like this? A simple search of the model number in that listing reveals that it’s an iPad Air 4th gen 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
 
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man i just hope there can be an Air Mini. Something less expensive but in that size would be ideal.
 
paradox00 said:
I have no interest in "Apple Intelligence" but love what it's making Apple do to its product line. Updates accross the board with all mobile devices getting 8GB ram minimum. Leaves me wishing there was something to push Macs to 16 GB though.
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There have been several articles indicating M4 Macs will start at 16GB based on rumors. Most of Apple's competition, namely the Surface line, has moved to 16GB as the base and Apple tends to follow the market (or rather Microsoft and Apple tend to spec and price their hardware similarly).
 
FranApple said:
If they throw in an OLED screen, I'll pay $699.
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iPad Mini + OLED?

TAKE MY MONEY TIMMY

What I expect instead is a spare parts bin level LCD with the panel orientation shifted 90 degrees to get rid of the jelly complaints .... but still with a higher MSRP than the Mini 6

A fully "Cook'd" product tweak
 
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The ability to run Apple Intelligence is why I’ll be upgrading from my mini 6. My mini 6 has been my fav iPad to date. And the jelly issue has been a complete non-issue for me. YMMV obviously.
So, if anyone here is interested in a mini 6 that’s in pristine condition, I know a guy that will be looking to move his once his 7 delivers. 🤪
 
lazyrighteye said:
The ability to run Apple Intelligence is why I’ll be upgrading from my mini 6. My mini 6 has been my fav iPad to date. And the jelly issue has been a complete non-issue for me. YMMV obviously.
So, if anyone here is interested in a mini 6 that’s in pristine condition, I know a guy that will be looking to move his once his 7 delivers. 🤪
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The jelly issue hasn’t been an issue for me as well. I absolutely love my mini 6. I just bought it last year, so I’m not upgrading until the next mini, whenever that will be, or when Apple stop releasing software upgrades.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
iPad Mini + OLED?

TAKE MY MONEY TIMMY

What I expect instead is a spare parts bin level LCD with the panel orientation shifted 90 degrees to get rid of the jelly complaints .... but still with a higher MSRP than the Mini 6

A fully "Cook'd" product tweak
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Unfortunately, you're almost certainly going to be correct.
 
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