Next-Generation iPad Mini Will Reportedly Feature a Mini-LED Display

[makitango]

I don‘t think the air is a very good deal. The entry level 11 pro offers a lot more value for the $200 more. Double the RAM, double the storage, almost double the performance, promotion, quad speakers, faster port, center stage and a slightly larger screen for the same size. Even just the RAM, storage, promotion and speakers more than justify the 25% higher price. I am not even mentioning face id as some people don‘t like it.
And I don’t think they are getting rid of 13in MacBooks any time soon

So far, the Pro is quite limited in its capabilities software-wise. You don't have a pagefile which is the reason why professional app suites are staying away from iOS (iPadOS, if you want to call it different) and put baby versions of their applications on the App Store.
If we had a pagefile, apps would be exempt from crashing caused by memory allocation (imagine a device having 5 GB of RAM and the OS taking 3, and your app using 2 - as soon as it uses 2.1 GB, your app crashes on iOS while it will persist on any desktop OS because the excess memory is temporarily put on the SSD) and we would receive true productivity capabilities. Until then, we live and work at the grace of said third-party's autosave implementations and all that RAM doesn't mean much.
Quad speakers on a single (and relatively small) device doesn't mean much, it's still all coming from the relatively same direction, and the faster port is negligible considering you don't get to use it as a second scream on a system level (only "approved" apps which is to little, too slow).
I would probably still choose the Pro over the Air just for the hope of, some day, being able to actually have a multitasking implementation which matches the efficiency of macOS multitasking, but those are still dreams and I wouldn't recommend others to cash in on hope.
Until then, I'm hoping on this year's mini to match the Air design and get it with an Apple-provided keyboard, netting me the best current productivity scale iOS has to offer in the smallest iPad form factor.

 

[Digitalguy]

So far, the Pro is quite limited in its capabilities software-wise. You don't have a pagefile which is the reason why professional app suites are staying away from iOS (iPadOS, if you want to call it different) and put baby versions of their applications on the App Store.
If we had a pagefile, apps would be exempt from crashing caused by memory allocation (imagine a device having 5 GB of RAM and the OS taking 3, and your app using 2 - as soon as it uses 2.1 GB, your app crashes on iOS while it will persist on any desktop OS because the excess memory is temporarily put on the SSD) and we would receive true productivity capabilities. Until then, we live and work at the grace of said third-party's autosave implementations and all that RAM doesn't mean much.
Quad speakers on a single (and relatively small) device doesn't mean much, it's still all coming from the relatively same direction, and the faster port is negligible considering you don't get to use it as a second scream on a system level (only "approved" apps which is to little, too slow).
I would probably still choose the Pro over the Air just for the hope of, some day, being able to actually have a multitasking implementation which matches the efficiency of macOS multitasking, but those are still dreams and I wouldn't recommend others to cash in on hope.
Until then, I'm hoping on this year's mini to match the Air design and get it with an Apple-provided keyboard, netting me the best current productivity scale iOS has to offer in the smallest iPad form factor.

pagefile will never come to iPadOS, but 16GB RAM and partly also 8GB solve a lot of the issues with crashes and reloads… and the fact that Apple does not allow more than 5GB per app, which many consider a scandal, is a good thing. And hopefully very few apps will be allowed to use more….
Quad speakers do make a big difference, personally I cannot use anything less at this point. My old Macbook air 11 is a pain to use at full volume, I have to be in a silent environement to hear it clearly, while with the iPad I can hear it while doing other things that make noise…
Personally for me the pro over the air is worth it now, regardless of future improvements.
The question is more if the M1 pro is worth it and at this point I think a 2020 or even 2018 pro might be the best choice for many if the price is significanly lower (in my case I got it basically at half the price)
The keyboard on a mini would be the only reason for me to buy it, but knowing Apple I doubt it will happen…

 

[gnomeisland]

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.

60hz OLED displays in that size should also be much cheaper and easier to source. I'm still hoping the 11" iPP goes OLED. 120hz quality OLED displays in that size are unicorns (AFAIK) but I'd take the better dimming and faster response rate of OLED over brighter HDR since the outside/regular peak brightness is capped on the miniLED displays anyway.

 

[kp98077]

when do we expect it to be available?

 

[Crow_Servo]

when do we expect it to be available?

Possibly October.