Apple’s smallest iPad was given a considerable facelift on the finish of 2021. The Sixth-generation iPad mini sports activities an entire redesign with an even bigger show, Contact ID on the ability button, USB C as an alternative of Lightning, and an upgraded entrance digicam. This represented the primary main change to the design because the iPad mini was first launched again in 2012. The mini celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2022 with out an replace and no replace was forthcoming in 2023 both. However a brand new iPad mini Seventh technology is rumored to be within the works for 2024.
Replace August 27: The iPad mini could arrive at Apple’s Glowtime occasion on September 9, as inventory is dwindling throughout Apple’s shops.
iPad mini 7 launch date: When is the brand new iPad mini popping out?
It’s been greater than two years because the Sixth technology iPad mini launched in September 2021, making it the oldest iPad within the lineup at the moment and lengthy overdue for an replace. Nonetheless, it’s not remarkable for the iPad mini to have a protracted interval of neglect:
- iPad mini on sale since September 24, 2021
- iPad tenth gen on sale since October 26, 2022
- New iPad Air mannequin obtainable Could 2024
- New iPad Professional mannequin obtainable Could 2024
Apple will maintain an iPhone 16/Apple Watch 10 launch occasion on September 9, which may embrace a brand new iPad mini. Of observe, provides of the iPad mini had been operating low in late August at Apple shops, suggesting an replace is close to.
If we’ve got to attend 41 months then we’d not see the iPad mini refreshed till February 2025. However, on the premise that iPad updates are likely to occur each two years, an iPad mini refresh is lengthy overdue. With a Spring occasion looming, we may see the brand new iPad mini lastly arrive, but it surely’s doable {that a} new iPad mini received’t launch till later in 2024 or past.
We could possibly be ready till late 2024 for the iPad mini replace. In November 2023, revered Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated the Seventh-gen iPad mini received’t arrive till the second half of 2024. New Apple merchandise launch all year long – see when the following Apple occasion to be taught extra concerning the firm’s product launch plans.
iPad mini 7 worth: How a lot will the brand new iPad mini value?
The Sixth-gen iPad mini has had a couple of worth modifications exterior the U.S. since its launch in 2021. When it launched the U.Okay. worth was £479, then there was an increase to £569 a couple of months after launch. However the excellent news is that the worth dropped again to £499 in Could 2024. There was no adjustment for the iPad mini worth within the U.S.
When the Seventh-generation mannequin launches we count on that the worth will stay at $499/£499.
- iPad mini Sixth technology: $499/£499 (as of Could 2024)
- iPad mini fifth technology: $399/£379
iPad mini 7 specs: What new options will the iPad mini have?
There’s an expectation the brand new iPad mini will function a extra spectacular processor than it does at the moment. We’re additionally hoping for some small inner enhancements.
A16 processor and RAM
The iPad mini 6 provides the A15 Bionic chip as discovered within the iPhone 13, mini, Professional and Max, nonetheless, this chip is down-clocked in comparison with the one contained in the iPhone 13 sequence. Right here’s how that chip compares to the remainder of the vary and what’s anticipated for the following technology.
- iPad Professional: M4.
- iPad Air: M2.
- iPad mini (Sixth gen): A15, as present in iPhone 13 sequence. The subsequent technology is anticipated to get A16, as discovered within the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 15.
- iPad (tenth gen): A14, as present in iPhone 12 sequence. The subsequent technology is anticipated to get A16, as discovered within the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 15.
Kuo reported in December that the iPad mini’s “foremost promoting level” could be the brand new processor. He didn’t specify which processor on the time, however it’s now anticipated to be the A16 chip discovered within the iPhone 14 Professional and Max and the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus.
You could be trying on the iPad Air and questioning if the iPad mini would possibly get an M1 chip like that beforehand discovered within the iPad Air. Maybe it’s one thing Apple would possibly think about down the road, however the rumors across the launch of the iPad Air indicated that Apple’s motive for utilizing the M1 was the lowered of availability of the A16 on the time, as per this tweet from Mark Gurman.
It’s additionally very doable that Apple will double the RAM within the iPad mini from 4GB to 8GB so it may possibly help Apple Intelligence when it arrives in iOS 18.1.
Elevated storage
On the present iPad mini Sixth technology, the bottom mannequin begins off with a moderately paltry 64GB of storage. For a tool like an iPad, the place you possibly can retailer films, TV reveals, books, comics, magazines, video games, and a variety of apps, that quantity can usually change into an issue, particularly if you wish to take your iPad away on vacation or use it to your commute with no need to handle the storage.
Though Apple has one thing of a historical past of giving base fashions low storage capacities, we expect it could be a smart transfer to improve the entry-level iPad mini Seventh technology to at the least 128GB. File sizes are rising on a regular basis, attributable to higher-quality cameras and software program, so doubling the present 64GB could be a really consumer-friendly answer.
Alongside these traces, there’s additionally the chance that the higher restrict of the storage could possibly be elevated. On the time of writing, essentially the most storage obtainable on the iPad mini Sixth technology is 256GB. Shifting as much as 512GB could be the logical step, particularly if the baseline storage strikes to 128GB.
iPad mini 7 show: Will the iPad mini get a brand new display?
The iPad mini will doubtless hold the identical design for a number of generations.
The iPad mini will doubtless hold the identical design for a number of generations.
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The iPad mini will doubtless hold the identical design for a number of generations.
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It’s unlikely that the design will change, however the brand new iPad mini is anticipated to incorporate a brand new show controller designed to mitigate an issue described as a “jelly scrolling difficulty” that reportedly makes content material look laggy.
There have been stories for some time that Apple will transfer the show expertise to OLED however this appears prefer it received’t occur till at the least subsequent 12 months. Apple is alleged to be speaking to LG, Samsung, and different firms relating to energetic matrix OLEDs (AMOLEDs). However, in response to market analysis firm Omdia: “Apple is constantly discussing the potential of broadly adopting OLED expertise for the iPad mini and iPad Air lineup as the following section of its technique from 2026 onward.”
Display dimension
The iPad mini display was 7.9-inches up till the present iPad mini Sixth technology launched in 2021. The iPad mini Sixth technology display is 8.3-inch because of the removing of the Residence button.
A report from ET Information means that an iPad mini with a bigger 8.7-inch OLED show is within the works. Nonetheless, this modification won’t occur with the Seventh technology because the iPad mini with OLED display isn’t anticipated till 2026.
Folding show
Apple is alleged to have been engaged on an iPad with a folding show, but it surely’s unlikely to return to this mannequin. In December 2022, Ming-Chi Kuo stated that stories of a folding iPad mini in improvement had been mistaken “as a result of a foldable iPad could have a markedly larger worth than an iPad mini, so such a substitute is just not cheap.”
ProMotion display
The display within the Seventh gen mannequin isn’t anticipated to develop from the present 8.3-inch, however there could also be new display expertise. A submit on a South Korean discussion board again in November 2021 indicated Apple had ordered 8.3-inch shows from Samsung that help 120Hz most refresh charges. If true, the submit on Clien (translated right here) may imply the following mini provides the ProMotion ultra-smooth scrolling function at the moment seen on the iPad Professional, iPhone 13 Professional fashions, and 14- & 16-inch MacBook Professional. This might deal with the minor difficulty of “jelly scrolling” that some customers have complained about with the present iPad mini.
Nonetheless, it’s not trying like this specific rumor is correct. Analyst Ross Younger, CEO of Show Provide Chain Consultants, doesn’t imagine that Apple can be giving the iPad mini a ProMotion show but. He signifies that doing so would require vital {hardware} modifications. This might require a “complete new degree of engineering,” in response to Younger.
We stay skeptical of a ProMotion improve because it’s one of many foremost differentiators between the usual and Professional units Apple sells.
iPad mini design: What is going to the brand new iPad mini seem like?
It’s been surprisingly quiet on the rumor entrance, which in all probability means the iPad mini 7 design can be largely the identical because the Sixth-gen mannequin. Right here’s what we’ve managed to uncover.
One of the crucial apparent modifications to the iPad mini Sixth technology was the brand new palette of colours that Apple made obtainable.
Whilst you can at the moment choose between house grey, pink, purple, and starlight, there are a number of attention-grabbing hues obtainable on the iPad Air when it acquired its new look in fall 2021, together with silver, rose gold, inexperienced, and sky blue. It will due to this fact appear cheap to imagine that a few of these make it to the mini. Plus now that the iPad tenth technology introduced a daring number of colours, the iPad mini could get a totally new palette. Nonetheless, the iPhone 15 launched a particularly mild palette of colours so it’s unclear which path Apple will go.
We’ll replace this text as extra particulars change into obtainable, however till then, be sure you learn our iPad shopping for information to see which fashions we’d suggest if you wish to purchase one in every of Apple’s tablets right now. And test our roundup of the greatest iPad mini offers for the newest bargains on the present vary.
