Sixth-Generation iPad Mini to Feature 8.4-Inch Display With Slimmer Bezels, March Launch Expected

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Apple is rumored to be working on a new version of the iPad mini with a larger display size, and Japanese site Mac Otakara today shared some details on the upcoming tablet with information said to be sourced from the Chinese supply chain.

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The upcoming ‌iPad mini‌ is said to have an 8.4-inch display, up from the current 7.9-inch screen size. It will have slimmer bezels and will look similar to the iPad Air 3, a design language that Mac Otakara said Apple would also be using for the ninth-generation low-cost iPad.

The ‌iPad mini‌ 6 will have a design that's unified with the upcoming low-cost ‌iPad‌, and will continue to feature a Touch ID Home button with top and bottom bezels and a Lightning port.

Mac Otakara believes that the refreshed ‌iPad mini‌ will see a March launch, so it could perhaps debut at a March event if Apple has one planned.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in May 2020 that the next-generation ‌iPad mini‌ would have a display that measures in at 8.5 to 9 inches. He has also said that Apple is working on an ‌iPad mini‌ with a mini-LED display, but it's not clear if the ‌iPad mini‌ 6 is the ‌iPad mini‌ that will have the upgraded display.

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jermwhl
22 weeks ago

Apple! Please stop making every single device bigger!
Wouldn’t smaller bezels mean the form factor would probably retain the same or similar dimensions with a bigger screen?
Score: 38 Votes (Like | Disagree)
AmazeSE Avatar
AmazeSE
22 weeks ago
I thought the new iPad mini will mirror the new Air (4th gen).
That is having slim bezels like the Air, Touch ID on the power button , USB C and Apple Pencil 2 support and with A14 Bionic for $499.
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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McKodiak
22 weeks ago
Why the same design language as iPad Air 3? The new iPad Air design language is better.
Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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BallparkDreamer
22 weeks ago
I‘ll preorder day one. Mini is one of my favorite Apple devices.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Amacfa
22 weeks ago
Home button? If this isn’t like iPad Pro design I’m not buying it.

why does apple refuse to make the product everyone wants?
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mozumder
22 weeks ago
great bathroom devices.. ?
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