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The main thing wrong with the iPad Mini at the moment is the price more than anything.

£569 for 64GB and a whopping £749 for 256GB. The Mini would be ideal as a reader on the commute, watch some movies while travelling on a train or plane and a small and portable allrounder in all kinds of scenarios.

For that it's just too expensive.
 
I’ve got the mini 6, Pro 11 & 12.9, and the MacBook Air M2. Most simple things like moving files around seem laborious on the iPads, so I end up using the MacBook for any tasks. The mini would seem like the best option for doing some reading/“consumption,” but my iPhone Max is always on me, so I end up using it instead. The iPads end up gathering dust. Hopefully some day Apple will make iPadOS more functional like on the Mac.
 
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I love my Mini 6. I would like even thinner borders, a better camera maybe (I don't use it ever, but since we are asking for more...) be able to hold the Pencil on the left side (I'm reaching here, I know) and, oh yes, better battery life.

Another thing, given its size: a bumper-case. No folding anything, just a case like a big phone, no covering screen.
If they did a smaller border they'd have to use a notch for the front camera that would get in the way of the split view/slide over.
 
The market is so saturated with iPads. Its like once you have one, do you really need another one?

Could the same not be said for iPhone, Silicon Macs and even Intel Macs?

People don't 'need' any of them but they do tend to 'want' best technology. For the same reasons people upgrade phones as often as every year and Macs every few years, those of us with Minis might want to upgrade too.

However, speaking for myself, my last jump was Mini 2 to Mini 6 so I'll prob ride 6 until approx. Mini 9-10 unless Apple puts the MAX camera in a Mini Pro (I don't bother with an iPhone, so I'd like that feature in an iPad Mini tablet, even at bigger iPad Pro pricing if that's what it takes). I anticipate little chance of that, so I'm likely looking forward to Mini 9-10 rumors in about 5+ years.
 
I love my Mini 6. I would like even thinner borders, a better camera maybe (I don't use it ever, but since we are asking for more...) be able to hold the Pencil on the left side (I'm reaching here, I know) and, oh yes, better battery life.

Another thing, given its size: a bumper-case. No folding anything, just a case like a big phone, no covering screen.
Thinner borders would mean it's harder to hold and that wouldn't help me one bit.

And they might even be tempted to put a notch in it if so. 🤮🤮
 
I was hoping for a Spring 2023 iPad Mini 7 …if anything to at least address the jelly roll issue. But the ipad mini is the forgotten step child of the ipad line… so 2 yr upgrade cycle sounds about right. Fall 2023?
 
Correct- you are speaking to a pilot right now, and the aspect ratio change (narrower and taller) is a downgrade on the Mini 6

Not a pilot, but I agree. I’m also not fond of the new volume button placement and their horizontal/vertical positional sensitivity, and the loss of the home button, which made it easy to pick up and unlock the iPad mini one-handed.
 
I absolutely love the size / form factor of the mini 6, but boy has 120Hz on the Pro ruined other displays for me.

An OLED 120Hz iPad mini would be incredible. Oh, and Face ID please.

I doubt either will happen though.
 
Price. Price is the big problem. At $499 ($399 on sale) the mini is just to expensive. I'd love one to go along with the my Pro as a portable but at $299 ($249). I can't justify $500 for an occasional machine splurge and I don't want a regular iPad I can get at that price. I want a small form factor. It is really frustrating to me that's there's no entry level option in the mini form factor. I genuinely don't think power is what drives most mini sales. Real power users aren't choosing it. Bumping specs aren't gonna bring in new users/get people to upgrade faster but a lower price *would* expand the market.
 
The market is so saturated with iPads. Its like once you have one, do you really need another one?
I basically buy one every five years or so when Netflix stops working on it. Or Prime. I do pretty much everything "real" on my Macs. But I guess some really do use iPads as the new computer. I can't imagine that, but I'm old. Or at least older. 🤣
 
Love my iPad mini 2. Despite being very old and only on iOS 12 it still purrs along and is great for reading books. Will definitely pickup this new one when it's released.
 
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