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iPad mini If Apple released an iPad mini Pro, how much would it cost?
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If it's a pro, somewhere between $500 and $600, if it's a non pro, but bezel-less nonetheless (no pro motion, no quad speakers etc) it could be at the same price as now, and anyway under $500...
I would be happy with a non-Pro bezel-less mini, but I can't see them making it because they want $$$.
Maybe $799 if it is on par (internally) with the regular iPad Pro.
I highly doubt it... the 12.9 is $200 more.... and I doubt a mini would get a smart connector... (and personally that there would be a pro all together...)
It's $399 for mini 5 and $499 for Air 3 so I expect an iPad Pro mini to be around $699.
That said, I expect the design language and FaceID will trickle down eventually (although it could take a couple years).
I doubt Apple will do an iPad Mini with the pro features (pro motion, quad speakers, AxX-AxZ chip, LiDAR). If it’s only the bezel-less design with the same actual iPad Mini features, probably 400-500
not if, according to rumors, the air 4 gets usb c, pencil 2 and the pro form factor.... I would say it could be on par with the 9.7 pro at $599...with the 11 half way between it and the 12.9... Having said that, again, in my opinion a mini pro is not happening at all... Apple will refuse to make a mini keyboard (even if brydge has done a decent job at it...) and they might have a hard time cooling some a14X in the mini body... Also the speakers could suffer (the 12.9 resonates more in the larger body and thus the sound appears fuller, as if it had better speakers...). So I highly doubt it, but the form factor, that one I agree, it will come at some point, but it might take years...
I don't see them increasing the price of the Mini any time soon, instead I expect the Pro design to trickle down to the mid-range versions (Air and Mini). Even with a bezelless screen the Mini probably isn't going to have all the features of the Pro models - I expect the specs to be lower and probably missing some hardware features like the quad speakers, maybe LiDAR and Promotion etc.
I doubt we'll see a full-fat Pro in a Mini form factor if only because it'll mean they'll have to split the Mini into two categories, which is unlikely when the Mini is already the most niche iPad available. And Apple isn't going to abandon the huge market of business users using Mini's for stuff like POS machines or running Foreflight.
I doubt we'll see a full-fat Pro in a Mini form factor if only because it'll mean they'll have to split the Mini into two categories, which is unlikely when the Mini is already the most niche iPad available. And Apple isn't going to abandon the huge market of business users using Mini's for stuff like POS machines or running Foreflight.
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Looking at the current lineup, it makes sense that it would be $200 less than the 11” since that is $200 less than the 12.9”.
Now, would people purchase a $599 Mini? I think there would be a big enough market, as long as they kept the same physical size but made the screen pushed to the edges. I would be very tempted to purchase one... on sale!
Now, would people purchase a $599 Mini? I think there would be a big enough market, as long as they kept the same physical size but made the screen pushed to the edges. I would be very tempted to purchase one... on sale!
Price isn't an issue. If the spec was top drawer then it would sell. It's just a dream though. I have plans to buy a mini once a new one is released. Currently have a mini 4 cellular which I'm going to retain.
Never thought it would happen, but I’m starting to come around to the idea of one. $599 Mini Pro I probably would, but in the UK with Apple’s £1 = $1, nope. I could swallow the difference on my Mini 5 since I had an iPad 3, but for a Mini Pro I’d end up waiting for a refurb. You’d be lucky to find £20 off RRP otherwise.
