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iPad mini Mini 8 Wishlist?

Phineasgage1848

Phineasgage1848

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My aging Mini 6 has me excited to see what Apple cooks up for a big Mini 8 upgrade. I’d love reduced bezels and for it to be a little thinner; I need OLED, ProMotion, and larger storage options. A NanoTexture option would be a longshot but an instant buy for me.

What updates are you hoping to see in the Mini 8?
 
I don't care about bezels, they are fine for me. And thinness is fine too.

I would like:
- OLED
- promotion (or at least 90hz)
- A19 pro with 12GB RAM (as it was rumored at some point) to avoid reloads (mini 6 reloads like crazy, mini 7 is much better but still reloads regularly)

Nano would be a very nice option but I'm not expecting it
 
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Digitalguy said:
I don't care about bezels, they are fine for me. And thinness is fine too.

I would like:
- OLED
- promotion (or at least 90hz)
- A19 pro with 12GB RAM (as it was rumored at some point) to avoid reloads (mini 6 reloads like crazy, mini 7 is much better but still reloads regularly)

Nano would be a very nice option but I'm not expecting it
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Agree the Mini 6 on iPadOS 26 reloads and stutters like crazy. Kind of embarrassing.
 
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OLED
90hz
Purple option
Bezels matching those of the Air (the rumoured 8.7 screen sounds good to me)
12GB RAM
Binned version of the latest A Series Pro chip
 
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A display at least as good and sharp as the Mini 5, but with modern internals. The Mini 5 has held up well and still runs amazingly good on iPadOS 18 for a 7 year old iPad. I don't dare put iPadOS 26 on it even though it does support the Mini 5.

Being that the Mini 8 should have an OLED display and will have new internals, my wish will most likely be granted. Let's just see what the price will be.
 
Since it seems like it'll never come to the iPhone, I'd like to see external monitor support come to the mini. I'd rather bring that to work and dock it at my desk than take my MacBook or 11" iPad Pro.
 
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I just hope it comes soon with a better oiled screen .ilove the mini but with the pros I notice the poorer low res screen more and more
 
I want options. Every other size sold has multiple offerings, aka you can pay more to get more features, or not. If the Mini followed suit I would be very happy.
 
IJBrekke said:
I want options. Every other size sold has multiple offerings, aka you can pay more to get more features, or not. If the Mini followed suit I would be very happy.
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They could do what they did with the base iPad and keep the Mini 7 on sale for those wanting the form factor on a budget and offer a better screen refresh rate to those willing to pay for it. Paying extra for an OLED screen but getting the same old refresh rate would be jarring in the extreme.
 
Make the screen fractionally bigger by shaving a couple of mm off the bezels, so in portrait it's as wide as the mini 5 was.
 
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