Supposed iPad Mini 5 Case Supports Rumors of Few Design Changes

[McTool]

It’s way better than that if you take into account updates he makes to his own predictions

Sure. Throwing things to the wall and see what sticks.

 

[HeadphoneAddict]

I'd probably be willing to drop $600 on a iPad Pro Mini, provided it actually had the Pro features, edge to edge screen, upgraded internals, A12x, etc... It's actually not that far off what I paid for my Mini 2 originally. Heck, given the Pro's features, I'd probably even go as high as $800. I love the form factor that much to be willing to pay those kinds of prices.

But if they just take a Mini 3, throw a 3 year old A10 in it, and try to sell it for $600, no way. Even at $299 it'd be a hard sell, because it's not really enough of a leap from my existing Mini 2. That's just planned obsolescence starting it off already outdated.

Basically, if they keep looking at the Mini as an 'entry level' device only, and constantly give it underpowered, outdated hardware, then I'll just keep using my old one until it completely dies. If they get serious about it, and recognize it for the portable powerhouse it could be, I'm on board.

Yeah, if they upgrade the processor + downgrade the screen, and jack up the price, I may have to pass. I seem to recall that when the Mini 4 and Air 2 came out, the Air 2 was a significant upgrade in speed to the original Air that I owned, and the Mini 4 was almost as powerful and responsive.

My original iPad Air felt slow compared to my Air 2, when both were running the same version of iOS, and I had to get rid of the original. My Mini 4 was bought around the same time and it seemed to run at the same speed as the Air 2, until after a couple of years of iOS updates dragged it down.

By the time we got to iOS 11 my iPad Air 2 was noticeably more responsive than my Mini 4. So at that point I didn't mind giving the Mini 4 to my son, since the Air 2 kicked it's butt. It was only with iOS 12 that the Mini 4 started to catch back up in responsiveness (my wife has one, and I've tried her's and my son's Mini 4 with iOS 12, and it really did help).