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Next-Generation iPad Mini Will Reportedly Feature a Mini-LED Display
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I tried it this week. The 12.9 is no brighter outside than the 10.5 to my eyes.
Or not. They probably couldn’t source enough larger panels for the 11 and 12.9 Pro’s so they’re cutting bait and putting them on the smaller 8” models until the Pro’s get a minor refresh next year.
As someone who most likely will be buying a new mini, this means Jack to me. I played with the 12.9 M1 models the week they launched and was not impressed. I’m sure they’ll bake the cost of these panels into the price as well.
At this point, I just want Apple to announce it already 🥺. The ipad mini is the ipad of my dreams except for the outdated design…
Apple has done this before when the current iPad was considered slightly better than the pro because of the CPU. Eventually Apple released a new pro topping the iPad in specs. That being said, I think I'm the only one here who does not want 120HZ or mini led because of cost. I have an aging iPad Pro 10.5 that heats up and barely keeps a charge, it would be nice to replace it with something similar to keep the costs down.
I think the next 11” will get MiniLED for sure, it’s a supply issue.
I think the Mini will get a price increase just like the Air did with the redesign. But even at $499 this doesn’t make sense. Apple considers the MiniLED to be a pro feature and it just doesn’t make sense for a model below the 11” Pro to get a pro feature that the 11” doesn’t have.
I think the new Mini will be the same as the Air in features but $100 cheaper just like the home button versions were for years. If it gets an A15 then an Air spec bump makes sense. If it’s A14 then they already match.
The current iPad mini supports HDR in that it has a wide color gamut. It doesn’t support it in brightness and dimming, that is exactly what mini led allows for. It allows certain points of the screen to get extremely bright during dark scenes while leaving others completely off to get near perfect contrast.
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Blooming for one (just look at the iPad boards).
Also while usually brighter they can’t get perfect black like oled (so less contrast, also the reason blooming exist). Otherwise compared to an old LCD there are no cons, mini led is better.
oled can’t get as bright but doesn’t have blooming as only exactly is needed is lit. With dimming zones there’s still small spots that will be lit when not needed.
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That makes sense - and one reason why there were rumors of a "spec bump only" mini 6 which have faded.
That said, I think the mini is targeted at consumption compared to the 'Pro", so I think the best route would be to include OLED vs miniLED.
We don't know what the cost is. I wonder what Apple's cost is for OLED vs miniLED (or vs plain old LED)
It seems there's more of an integrated supply chain on the miniLED side, and Apple does seem to want to steer business away from Samsung.
Unrelated, I think macrumors has to publish at least one mini rumor per week.
I am in the market for my first iPad. This is a VERY interesting rumour. 
Given the current line, a mini-led iPad mini would be a mini pro... with pro-motion, quad speakers and 128GB of storage as entry level (maybe not M1 but A15 definitely possible). That means it would probably be priced somewhere between the air and the 11 pro, probably $699
While I am all for it, I think many people would be outraged by a $700 mini... But a mini pro could also mean that it could come in addition to a more traditional mini 6 at the usual price... (or simply keeping the mini 5 on the market)
While I am all for it, I think many people would be outraged by a $700 mini... But a mini pro could also mean that it could come in addition to a more traditional mini 6 at the usual price... (or simply keeping the mini 5 on the market)
Blooming reports feel overblown. Most people don’t know anything about it until you show them in content with scenes that are unlike anything most people watch and you have to have an OLED right next to it.
True. And given the lower reflectivity of Apple screens the mini-led looks better than something like the OLED in the Samsung Tab S7+.
The disadvantage of miniled is something people don't think about. The tablet is slightly thicker and heavier (though to be honest, it's not clear how much is due to miniled itself and how much to the increased battery to make up for the brighter screen), while OLED allows to make thinner and lighter tablets compared to LCD (since you don't need back-lighting).
Apple could release a cheaper iPad mini SE that looks like the current 5th Gen mini updated with an A13 or A14 and 4GB of RAM at current mini prices. That should satisfy people who find the $499 (64GB), $549 (128GB), $649 (256GB) and $799 (512GB) prices for the 6th Gen mini too much. I’m guessing on the prices, especially the existence of the 512GB, but given the iPad Air 4 prices, those make sense.
$499 would be a mini air 4... no way that Apple is giving the iPad mini mini-led and not calling it pro and/or pricing it below the air. Personally I don't think we'll have a mini pro / mini-led mini.
My guess it $499 mini (air style) 64GB 4GB RAM A14 and $649 for 256GB.
Again a mini pro with miniled would be around $699 or $649 at the very least for the entry model...
So you don’t think an extra $100 would cover the increased cost for including the mini-LED and an A15 while still making profit? The 64GB entry model would be $100 more than the current mini was when it debuted in 2019.
no, the air has no miniled and just for the redesign Apple charged $100, and basically everyone agrees that a redesigned mini would be $499, miniled would be on top of that. So why not $599?
Conflict of categories… Miniled is for pro only, not even the 11pro got it, and the mini would get it? Unlikely. And in the unlikely event it does it’s not called a mini pro? (when even rumors for the next air say oled, instead of mini led, which would be pro only). Even less likely….
Costs $399 new now
Which makes little to no sense as the larger iPad (8th Gen) has the same chip and a larger screen for $70 less...