Apple is expected to launch a sixth-generation iPad mini in the first half of 2021, possibly as early as March, based on years of rumors. However, a new rumor from Asia that has been captured for the past 24 hours indicates that an “iPad mini Pro” will arrive in the second half of this year.
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According to a post on the Korean blog Naver, whose back record is unknown, the device has an 8.7-inch screen, which is in a chassis with a larger width and a lower height compared to the existing iPad mini 5.
This so-called “iPad mini Pro” has reportedly passed Apple’s initial development phase for R & D and product planning, and is currently in the “P2” design phase, with Apple launching design validation (DVT) testing soon. In a typical product card, Apple will then submit it for production validation tests before the mass-produced device turns green.
In a rumor that may be related, Chinese leak Kang on Tuesday claimed that an “smaller-sized iPad screen” is currently in the P2 design phase and is still awaiting engineering validation tests. No further details were given. Either way, such a device will still have to overcome several hurdles before any launch.
The iPad mini recently got a refreshing design in 2015 with its fourth version. While the device received a minor update in 2019 with the A12 Bionic chip, a True Tone screen, Bluetooth 5.0 and Apple Pencil support, the iPad mini is considered in arrears for an update.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in May 2020 that the next generation iPad mini will have a display measuring between 8.5 and 9 centimeters, compared to the current screen size of 7.9 inches, while a recent report of the Japanese website appears. Mac Otakara, citing supply chain sources in China, said that the next iPad mini will have an 8.4-inch screen. Similar 8 x inch iPad mini 8. sizes have been reported by other sources.
Unlike the iPad Pro and iPad Air, which have dropped their large rings and home buttons for a more modern design across the screen in recent years, the sixth generation iPad mini will remain according to the current design language. Mac OtakaraHis report explains that the iPad mini display enlarges its screen by reducing the edge, but it looks like the iPad Air 3, with a Touch ID home button, a large top and bottom, and a lightning port.
Mac Otakara believes that this refreshing iPad mini will see a launch in March, so it may debut at an event later this month if Apple sticks to the recent tradition. This is also in line with Kuo’s claim that the next iPad mini will arrive in the first half of 2021.
Interestingly, Kuo has said in the past that Apple is working on a iPad mini with a mini-LED screen, but it seems unlikely that the iPad mini 6 will get this significantly upgraded screen, as it has not yet with any other Apple- device did not come. . That said, today’s “iPad mini Pro” rumor does not refer to mini-LED at all.
Apple is accelerating the adoption of mini-LED in its iPad and Mac laptops, and the iPad Pro is expected to be the first product to get a mini-LED screen. Kuo said earlier that production of a 12.9-inch mini-LED version of the iPad Pro began in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a launch expected in the first half of 2021.
DigiTimes also believes that a mini-LED iPad Pro will launch in early 2021, just like Korea ETNews. Whether a mini-LED “iPad mini Pro” will follow, and how such a device will fit into Apple’s current iPad range, remains to be seen.