The next iPad mini: You want Retina with that?
The Wall Street Journal reports that the next iPad mini will ship with a Retina display. But, 9to5Mac’s analysis of the iOS 7 beta suggests an iPad mini with no Retina display.
So that’s settled, then. The next iPad mini will and will not have a Retina display.
Apple
Actually, that’s a pretty reasonable theory. Apple could—and might—sell both iPad minis with and without Retina displays. There’s at least some precedent there: Apple sold the non-Retina iPhone 3GS alongside Retina iPhones for a couple years. And, of course, it sells the Retina-less iPad 2 (and the current, non-Retina iPad mini) right next to the Retina-toting fourth-generation iPad. It wouldn’t be crazy for Apple to manufacture some new iPad minis with and some without.
Retina displays, of course, cost more money on both sides: They’re more expensive for Apple to manufacture, and thus they’re more expensive for consumers to buy.
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