As rumors circulate that a new iPad mini will arrive sometime next year, Parker Ortolani has shared a new concept that imagines what a redesigned iPad mini would look like. The concept takes the design language of the modern iPad Pro and applies it to the smaller iPad mini.
Ortolani’s concept imagines an iPad mini that is almost 20% smaller than the current iPad mini design. In this scenario, Apple would retain the same 7.9-inch screen, but would dramatically reduce frame sizes to reduce the overall footprint. Essentially, this would be an iPad Pro mini, with an almost bezel-less design and Face ID instead of Touch ID.
Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has suggested that Apple will launch a new iPad mini with an 8.5-9 inch screen during the first half of 2021. Realistically, there are two possibilities here. One, Apple may simply be planning to increase the screen size of the iPad mini to further separate it from the larger 6.7-inch iPhone 12 that we expect this year.
Alternatively, Apple could reduce the bezel size of the iPad mini to accommodate the larger 8.5-inch or 9-inch screen in a form factor similar to the current 7.9-inch iPad mini. In this case, the iPad mini’s overall footprint would stay the same, but there would be a bigger screen flanked by smaller bezels.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison between what the Ortolani concept imagines and the current 7.9-inch iPad Pro:
Apple last updated the iPad mini in 2019, with a faster A12 Bionic processor and other improvements. What do you think of these rumors? Do you want a smaller iPad mini or one of the same size, but with a larger screen? Let us know in the comments!
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