Should you, like myself, are a fan of Apple’s smallest iPad, you are eagerly awaiting for a refresh. In any case, it has been greater than a yr since Apple launched the brand new, redesigned iPad mini.

The excellent news, a minimum of in line with Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, is that Apple hasn’t forgotten the mini. The corporate is engaged on a successor of the Sixth era iPad mini with a “new processor as its foremost promoting level.”

This suggests that the design of the brand new iPad mini will probably be much like that of the final model, which is logical on condition that the Sixth-gen iPad mini was an enormous leap in comparison with its predecessor, with smaller bezels, Contact ID constructed into the facility button, and a bigger show.

Kuo additionally claims that it is unlikely that Apple will substitute the iPad mini with a foldable iPad, given {that a} foldable iPad would possible include a “markedly larger” price ticket.

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Sadly, Kuo claims that the brand new iPad mini is not precisely across the nook. Shipments will begin both in late 2023, or within the first half of 2024, he tweeted.

The analyst did not share some other information concerning the foldable iPad, which stays a delusion, regardless of a number of Apple patents which show that the corporate is a minimum of contemplating some form of foldable system.