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I'd say keep them both, particularly if the smaller iPad uses the iPad 2 internals. The benefit of doing so would be to offer options at the low end of the price range (assuming the iPad mini will be in the $299-399 range) while leveraging your supply chain by using common internals which are most likely less costly than those used in the 3rd gen iPad or the iPhone 5
 
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