iPad Mini 6: All of the Rumors So FarThe
iPad mini has been largely the same since it was first introduced in 2012. It's had the same thick bezels and Home button across all five of its refreshes, but that's set to change with the debut of the ‌iPad mini‌ 6.
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<h2 id="design">Design</h2>
The ‌iPad mini‌ 6 will
nix the Home button and adopt a design that's similar to the
iPad Air with a
larger edge-to-edge display with slimmed down bezels
that measures in at somewhere around 8.3 to 9 inches.
With no Home button, the ‌iPad mini‌ 6 is expected to get the same
Touch ID power button as the ‌iPad Air‌, but it's not yet clear whether it will get a USB-C port or continue to use Lightning. It could also
include a Smart Connector for use with accessories like the Magic Keyboard.
Based on a case maker's mockup
that leaked in August, the ‌iPad mini‌ 6 could have volume buttons located at the top of the tablet rather than at the right side, which would be a major design change.
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<h2 id="renders">Renders</h2>
Leaker
Jon Prosser shared renders of what the ‌iPad mini‌ will allegedly look like. It features an edge-to-edge display and a USB-C port.
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Prosser says that the ‌iPad mini‌ will measure in at 206.3mm x 137.8mm x 6.1mm, and he claims that it will come with a new, smaller
Apple Pencil.
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<h2 id="processor">Processor</h2>
Rumors suggest the ‌iPad mini‌ 6
will feature an A14 chip, which is the chip that's used in the
iPhone 12 lineup.
<h2 id="mini-led_display">Mini-LED Display?</h2>
Back in 2020, Apple analyst
Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple
was working on an ‌iPad mini‌ with an LED display, a device he expected to launch late in the year. That didn't happen, and mini-LED rumors died down until
DigiTimes said in July 2021 that the ‌iPad mini‌ 6
would feature a mini-LED display.
<span class="changes">Unfortunately, display analyst Ross Young believes
DigiTimes' information is inaccurate, and he says that the ‌iPad mini‌ 6
will not include a mini-LED display, which perhaps makes sense because right now, mini-LED is limited to the highest-end
iPad Pro model and the ‌iPad mini‌ is offered at a much more affordable price tag.</span>
Young said that he spoke to Radiant Opto-Electronics, the supplier that
DigiTimes claimed would be manufacturing the display.
Mini-LED technology would allow for thinner and lighter product designs while also offering good wide color gamut performance, high contrast and HDR, and local dimming, which dims the backlight behind black areas of the screen while keeping bright parts lit.
<h2 id="release_date">Release Date</h2>
The ‌iPad mini‌ 6 is set to be released this fall, but a specific launch date hasn't been nailed down yet. Apple is going to hold an event in September to unveil the
iPhone 13 and the Apple Watch Series 7, but the ‌iPad mini‌ 6 is likely to come later.
Apple is expected to hold multiple fall events this year, so we could see the ‌iPad mini‌ 6 in October or November.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup:
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