Ming-Chi Kuo: the iPad mini isn’t going away yet, the foldable iPad will be costly

The iPhone didn’t incontinently kill off the iPod, the MP3 player was cheaper, so it hung around many times. Now that Apple is preparing to enter a new product order, galère, rumors are swirling that it’ll kill off a product from an old one – The Elec reported that Cupertino is planning to discontinue the iPad mini after its foldable tablet hits the request.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo disagrees with that assessment and the logic is simple – the galère iPad will have a “ markedly advanced price ” than the mini. The iPad mini( 2021) itself had to go up in price lately as the electronics request still hasn’t returned to normal.

Apple’s next iPad mini expected before mid-2024

Kuo adds that there’s a new iPad mini in development, one that will bring a brisk chipset. The 2021 model launched with the also-current Apple A15 Bionic. The new mini is anticipated to arrive in late 2023 or the first half of 2024 and by that time the A16 and A17 chipsets will be available( which one will be used in the slate presumably depends on yields and prices).

Apple is pondering moving iPad products to India as nearly all of its manufactories are in China and have been affected by each COVID surge. As for the galère, judges believe that Apple will start with an iPad- sized device as it would be easier to make( and less parlous) than an iPhone- sized device. Current plans reportedly target a 2024 launch. It might be huge as there are reports that Apple is working with Samsung and LG to develop foldable OLED displays as large as 20.25”.