As the next generation of Apple mobile products ramp up for a late 2012 release, it’s not the iPhone 5 that’s getting the most press this week, it’s the iPad Mini. A device that’s not yet been revealed or even confirmed to be real, but is gathering its strength to capture the imaginations of couch-sitters across the nation nonetheless. An iPad Mini, that being a device that sits in-between the iPhone and the iPad for screen space, will be make for everybody to use everywhere, but will tend specifically to the Apple iCloud-connected home.



This next-level device nearly-handheld device very well could be a rule-breaker for Apple in that it’ll have a smaller screen and not quite the same pixel density of the “Retina quality” displays we’ve seen on the iPad 3 and the new MacBook Pro. This model iPad will be made to be so inexpensive that it’ll be much more difficult for people to say no to simply going to an Apple store and picking one up than it’s ever been before!

A smaller iPad will be perfectly sized for kids, will be great for tossing in one’s purse, and might even fit into your back pocket.



But why would Apple break their one rule, the one that says that they make only a few products and make them all well? They’ve already begun to expand beyond that limit with the MacBook Pro line. There’s a new MacBook Pro 2012 model as well as a Retina quality display-having MacBook Pro. There’s also more than one kind of MacBook Air out at the moment, different generations on the market all at the same time, and for a while you were able to purchase the iPad, iPad 2, and iPad 3 in the online Apple store all in the same basket.

So Apple will do the following, and of course this is just my hypothesis: they’ll fulfill their destiny, that being to create a tablet device (the iPad Mini) that’ll be inexpensive enough to produce that they’ll be able to work with not only a much more vast cross-section of users across the world, but with students as well. An iPad Mini inexpensive enough for a classroom to buy for students to use in-room day to day is a next-level winner for Apple across the United States, and possibly across the world.

Have a peek at the timeline below with all of the recent tips, leaks, and rumors surrounding the fabled iPad Mini. See if you can hypothesize your own conclusions on what Apple might be conjuring behind the scenes – and ask yourself if you’d buy a $200 iPad in the very near future!

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Wow....seem not bad for that price even is just 16GB

Lol you really gotta respect Apple for their marketing people man ... so good with words and strategy ... but i mean hello guys ... iPad mini is out looooooooooooooooooooong time ago and it's called iPod Touch lol ...

This should be iPad medium or something ...

i hope ipad mini can make calls...than it would be perfect.

yeah i hope also.. perfecto !

Ipad Mini

not gonna happen, same had happen with ipod
they wouldnt like it if you just buy the ipad or ipod
they want you to buy their iphone too

Anyone know when will the iPad mini going be available??
Estimated price?

Planning to get a tablet soon but heard that iPad mini is coming this year..

This post has been edited by LazyKurosaki: Oct 2 2012, 08:03 PM

You lack sense of humor

I assume there would be 4G version

its like a bigger version of ipod touch

its predicted its gonna launch this month October. it will have its own event

i predict a third of people have ipad will buy this again
and new people who think the previous ipad is too big

iPad 3 not too big for me but too expensive for me haha.... hopefully iPad mini will be much cheaper

Apple, 7inch tablet are perfect. Is this downgrade or upfrade from current ipad 10inch?

Not sure how true Apple will going to come out an iPad mini but if base on the price tag, it should be a lower end specs compares to the normal iPad.

I really cant wait to see it .. 2 weeks more I think. Wish it wont let me down ..

wow...cant wait for the official release.

galaxy note? lol

how big is this ipad mini anyway... ?

just make all ipad able to make calls (without needing to JB) would be best

its so cruel to torture human with great hardware but being so restricted on the software part ...

ipad mini @ 200? highly unlikely, if its at 200 then who wanna buy the just released ipod touch priced at 199? everyone would rather get the ipad mini? expect it to be quite pricey, estimated range around USD 300-400 maybe? thats my guess. oh yea, production has begun for ipad mini, according to wall street journal.

U paying more for an outdated iPad 2 tablet with smaller screen and new Lightning port. Great for those new in Apple products.

If with retina display, i will buy it.

Rumor says that it won't have the same Retina display as they want to price it lower.
It will be a watered down version of the New iPad and having a bigger screen than the iPod.
The pricing will be the key of whether the iPad Mini will sell or not.