So for the next new iPad Mini, it looks like Apple is finally going to do it and give us a massive upgrade inside the iPad Mini. We could also be seeing OLED screens in the future, but before that, the iPad Mini could become the iPad Mini Pro. I want to share with you all the details about this, including the specs, release date, and price for this new iPad Mini 7th generation.
Just reflecting on the last month or so, Apple has updated their most powerful iPads out there. We have the new iPad Air, which now has the M2 inside of it, and we have those brand-new OLED iPad Pros too, with the brand-new M4 chip inside of that. But what about the iPad 11th generation and what about the iPad Mini? Well, the 11th generation iPad I’ll talk about in another video on another day, so if you want to find out more information about that, make sure you subscribe to this channel and also hit that notification bell too because I’ll be making a video soon about it. But today, we’re going to focus on the iPad Mini 7, which is going to be coming out in 2024.
First of all, let’s talk about this leak then. We can see right here that Apple is looking to bring out an OLED display inside the iPad Mini. The only downside here is that it doesn’t look like we’re going to be getting the OLED display inside the iPad Mini until 2026, so this is probably going to be the next generation of the iPad Mini. So the current iPad Mini that exists right now, very similar to the one right next to me here, will probably be retained this time around, and the OLED display will only be coming to the iPad Mini in the next generation. So sadly, nothing new there; we’re still probably going to get the same display type that we have right now.
Another question that a lot of you guys have been asking is, why can’t Apple put the likes of the M2 or even the M3 inside of the iPad Mini? Why don’t Apple just do that? The main reason is due to its size. Being that it’s only an 8.3-inch display and the body is not actually that big, putting an M2 or M4 inside of it would really drain down the battery really quickly. Some of you might say, why don’t we just clock down the speeds of the M2 or M4? Well, funny enough, if you did that, you’d start going into the A17 Pro kind of territory, like what we have in the iPhone 15 Pro models that we have right now. But this is an interesting thing to mention: possibly with the next generation of the iPad Mini, we may actually get a pro chipset inside of it. This could be the A17 Pro inside of this iPad Mini, which would be really exciting to see. But the other possibility is it could actually be the brand-new A18 Pro coming inside of it. In fact, we’ve actually had a leak right here that Apple is looking into making an A18 Pro and an A18 at the same time inside the new iPhone 16s. So this would be the A18 in the iPhone 16s and then the A18 Pro inside the iPhone 16 Pro models that we’re going to get. So Apple could bring out the A18 Pro inside the likes of the iPad Mini, and this would essentially make it into an iPad Mini Pro. But the other thing Apple could do is just put the normal A18, which comes out this year, inside this iPad instead.
Now for everyone else who’s saying, why don’t Apple put the A16 inside of it? Well, this is probably unlikely to happen too because normally when Apple brings out an iPad Mini, it normally has the most current and up-to-date A chip inside of it. So just like last time it came out, the same time the A15 came out in the iPhones, we got an A15 in this iPad Mini. So this is why I’m saying it’s unlikely that it would be an A16; it’s more likely to be the A17 Pro they’re going to use last year’s chip, as it were, or it will be the normal A18 or the A18 Pro going inside of it. This will probably be the major big upgrade we will see inside of the iPad Mini.
For any other big changes on this iPad Mini, we might get a ProMotion display if it becomes the iPad Mini Pro, but only expect it to be a normal LED kind of screen with ProMotion. Don’t expect OLED and don’t even expect mini-LED potentially inside of this iPad. But only if we get a pro chip inside of it would it probably get ProMotion inside of it, going up to 120 Hz with that. If not, we’ll be stuck with the standard sort of 60 Hz display. Also, one other change we’ve been told about is that they’re actually going to manufacture the screen a little bit differently this time to stop that jelly scrolling effect. Also, probably the iPad Mini’s actual camera, the selfie camera or the Center Stage camera, will be moved to the horizontal side now because this is the last iPad to actually get this change. So this will probably be happening as well later on this year.
Next, let’s talk about the release date for this iPad Mini and when we’ll be able to get our hands on it. Most likely, Apple will be doing an event in the early to mid-teens of September. This will be the iPhone event, and Apple will probably bring out the iPad Mini at the same time as this event too. So we’ll probably actually see it being launched here with that A18 or A18 Pro chip to go inside of it. So look towards that period, and you’ll be able to get your hands on it probably about a week later or so. This will probably be around the end-teens of September or the early 20s of September in terms of dates, and that is when you’ll be able to get your hands on this brand-new iPad Mini.
Next, let’s talk about the actual price for the iPad Mini and what we’re going to get there. Most likely, the iPad Mini will probably start at the same price of $499 USD. But this time around, we may actually get a starting configuration of a 128 GB option and also the ability to get a 512 GB option too, because right now, it’s 64 GB and also 256 GB. So it might be one tier higher, which is really good news to hear if Apple does this. But then again, if Apple decides to make this a Mini Pro model, expect the price to probably go up by about another $100. Again, this is if we do get ProMotion inside of it and also the A18 Pro inside of this Mac Mini too. It’s probably going to cost about that much. It will be less than an iPad Air, but obviously, it will probably be more than what the current iPad Mini is available at right now.
That is everything we know about the brand-new iPad Mini. What are your thoughts on it? Will you be getting yourself the iPad Mini 7 that’s coming out in 2024, or will you be skipping and getting something different? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Also, guys, if you want to hear the latest Apple news, reviews, and comparisons, make sure you subscribe to this channel and also hit that notification bell as well. Until next time, guys, I’ll see you really soon. Take care now. Bye-bye.
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