Many of us believed that the iPad mini was already more dead than alive, yet new hearsay coming from China tell us just the opposite. According to this information, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), It would be preparing a new generation for 2019, accompanied by a 10-inch "input" version. This is all we know.
iPad mini, a forgotten model?
The iPad mini carries no update since 2015. It was then that the Cupertino house presented a fourth generation of the device to never renew it again. This, however, could change next year, or so they say in China Times.
This Asian medium ensures that Apple's iPad mini will finally receive its well-deserved update next year, thus partly clearing up the theories of all of us who believe that this model is doomed to disappear.
And it is that own evolution from the rest of its iPad siblings (they are becoming thinner, lighter and with varied prices) suggests that the mini model of the tablet was getting out of place, and that it was no longer worthwhile for Apple to continue updating it. The very fact of going three years without changing does not help to change this thought either, of course.
This information would be added to what was said by the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, which ensured that an iPad mini 5 would arrive at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. There is no information, yes, about what changes it would introduce, beyond the typical technical modifications of processor or capacity (we imagine).
A new basic iPad
As to "input" iPadWe are talking about replacing the current basic iPad from the firm's catalog. This is priced at 349 euros and was updated this year with a new processor and support for the Apple Pencil, the digital pencil of the iPad Pro.
In 2019 the change would be, it is expected, much greater, starting with the screen, which would happen de the current 9,7 inches at a size of 10″. It would also have a more "current" design, we assume that following the design line of the current iPad Pro with finer edges, among other details.
We will have to wait to see new clues to be somewhat more sure about the existence of these new iPads. It is true that a renewal of the basic iPad was more to be expected (Apple takes more care of this model), but the iPad mini is currently so stagnant that it is hard to believe that 2019 is the year of its renewal. We will see.