The current generation of iPad mini has been completely revamped at the end of 2021 with a new design with a flat bezel and no home button. We didn’t have a new version this year, the current version has the A15 Bionic chip and has plenty of power, but likely to be renewed by the end of 2023.

And one of the most interesting rumors we’ve heard lately was that Apple might launch a foldable iPad instead of a foldable iPhone. The iPad mini was a clear candidate to be this iPad, but it seems that the new model will not be foldable and will keep its current design.

We’ll have a new iPad mini but it won’t be foldable

New iPad mini, but no word on Apple’s foldable iPad

As the precise and well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo noted, Apple is preparing a new iPad mini model, whose main innovation will be a new processor. According to your data, It’s unlikely that Apple will replace this series with an alleged foldable iPad lineup..

I think it’s unlikely that Apple will replace the iPad mini with a foldable iPad in 2025, which may be contrary to what some outlets had previously predicted. This is because the price of a foldable iPad will be much higher than an iPad mini, so such a replacement is unreasonable.

The main problem Kuo points out is, pricebecause the iPad mini is about 600 euros, and a folding iPad will cost much more than that.

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In addition, Apple is currently working on a new version of the iPad mini equipped with a new processor as its main selling point, and bulk shipping is expected to begin at the end of 2023 or 1H24.

— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) 27 December 2022

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In addition, Apple is currently working on a new version of the iPad mini equipped with a new processor as its main selling point, and bulk shipping is expected to begin in late 2023 or 1H24.

Kuo says this new iPad mini could arrive in late 2023 or early 2024 equipped with a new processor. Most likely this new iPad mini Use A17 Bionic chip of the next iPhone 15, but maybe Apple will also jump to the M-series on the smaller iPad.