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I know that I'm in the minority, but this is one rumor about the iPad Mini that I like. :) I'm pretty confident that there won't be a Mini 6 this year... if there is, I suspect the chassis will remain the same but have an upgraded processor.

A Mini with the Air/Pro style chassis will most likely appear in 2023.
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if it stays with this chassis and just dies off.

But I am willing to spend up to $600 for a proper Mini (modern chassis, FaceID, USB-C, etc). I miss having an up to date Mini as my primary iPad device...
 
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This being Apple, perhaps they're both right?

I seem to remember that the original Mini screen was half the size of the original iPad screen. If the Mini 6 keeps that ratio then we might also get a Mini Pro that does the same with the 11" Pro. That would allow for both the 8.3" screen and the 8.7" screen we've heard about.

It is, I admit, unlikely. Even for Apple :D
 
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I wouldn't be surprised is Mac Okatara is right and the rest are wrong. Apple really sucks now.

you may think that but they will be wrong

this from the same idiots who said that there will be a version of the iPhone 12 with 4G not 5G and there will be a iPhone SE being released this year 😂😂😂

meanwhile on appletrack.com prosser, 9to5mac, Gurman and Ross young are far more reliable and have better accuracy than Mac otakara
 
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@Tim Cook: No IPad Mini redesign, no purchase !!!
Because then you can keep your IPad Mini 6.
I don’t know any reason why I should give away my Mini 4 for an upgrade to a newer chip at a cost of many hundreds of €.
 
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Ummm the iPad Air already got a redesign last year to look like the iPad Pro. This is pure nonsense surprised you bothered publishing such obvious BS on top of the iPad mini staying the same. The leakers are getting really really bad lately and not worth a grain of salt now. Apple is feeding disinformation on purpose now , the only way they can combat leaks pretty much.
 
Anybody else think this is Apple trying to figure out who the leakers are? I'm sure there was an article a while back about how Apple has implemented a walled garden approach to product development so no one team knows stuff? This feels like the powers that be at Apple have shared conflicting information about the upcoming iPads to figure out who to fire.
 
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Well I think they are wrong about the iPad Mini, because almost all other analysts and leakers are claiming it will see a redesign to bring it in line with all the other models.
 
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I guess most iPad mini 5 users that still love the size… will immediately buy a redesigned* iPad mini 6 but probably completely ignore a 6th generation with the same design as earlier generations.

* not really a redesign, just an iPad Air mini.
 
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I guess most iPad mini 5 users that still love the size… will immediately buy a redesigned* iPad mini 6 but probably completely ignore a 6th generation with the same design as earlier generations.

* not really a redesign, just an iPad Air mini.

The size is perfect. But let’s also not forget the second most important feature of the mini; no camera bump.
 
Leaks Apple Pro and Front Page Tech have officially said Mac Otakara is wrong on they’re info
 
Do you use the cameras in your iPads???. Do we really the same cameras that iPhones have in the iPads?. I prefer to pay a premium for a better display in iPad Air, not for a mostly seldom
Used camera. That’s why I keep my old iPad Pro with pro-motion Display, the only recent iPad with a modern refresh rate display is ridiculously expensive for browsing and playing games. And there is only 1 iPad with fast refresh rate in ALL iPad line up???!!, what is happening????, I don’t need M1 to browse, a better display is much more appreciated!
 
I know that I'm in the minority, but this is one rumor about the iPad Mini that I like. :) I'm pretty confident that there won't be a Mini 6 this year... if there is, I suspect the chassis will remain the same but have an upgraded processor.

A Mini with the Air/Pro style chassis will most likely appear in 2023.

I think there will be. I think Apple would love to kill off the Mini, but I think Mini 5 sales, while not overwhelming, are pretty steady, nuch to Apple's surprise.
 
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ipad Mini has alway been the black sheep of Apple's mobile devices. Gets the old SoC and limited RAM just to be mean to the devoted iPad Mini loyalist! Looks like the this treatment continues on in 2021!
 
Maybe there’s two iPad mini models coming out including a cheaper SE model that looks identical to the current 5th Gen and has an A14. The other one looks like a smaller iPad Air 4 with an A15. Maybe that’s causing some of the confusion here???
 
I still think that the iPad lineup needs to be cleaned up a little bit.
Fully agree. If they can get the cost of the iPad Air down, it would be nice to just have:

- iPad Mini

- iPad (basically the Air)

- iPad Pro

Furthermore as the iPad Air becomes more and more similar to the Pro, Apple needs to give the Pro more exclusive features to make the upgrade more worth it.
 
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Unchanged iPad mini 6? Expect a riot!
After all of the rumors coming from analysts these past few months, I would be surprised if we don’t get a redesigned mini this year. The only thing I can think of is something went wrong last minute and they have to wait until next year. It’s definitely in development and maybe close to release.
 
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