New iPad Mini may very well be a yr away

Apple is updating its iPad Mini with a brand new processor, says revered analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The inbetweener is meant to start delivery by the top of 2023 or the primary half of 2024.

The iPad Mini acquired an all new design on the finish of 2021 after remaining largely unchanged because it was launched approach again in 2012. The 8.3-inch pill matches in between Apple’s largest iPhone (the 6.7-inch Professional Max) and Tenth-gen iPad (10.9 inch). It runs on an A15 Bionic chip with a USB-C port and an possibility for 5G connectivity. Kuo says the brand new processor will likely be “the primary promoting level,” so we shouldn’t count on an excessive amount of else to alter.

The iPad Mini will definitely be prepared for a chip replace after two years, if Kuo’s timeline is appropriate. That might imply an A16 inherited from the present top-of-the-line iPhone 14 Professional, and even an M-series chip utilized by the iPad Air and iPad Professional. Guess we’ll discover out as early as subsequent fall when Apple often unveils its pre-holiday lineup of {hardware}.