Its approximately one month after Apple introduced its newest ipad, however there is speculation that they have a new iteration of the tablet set to compete with Amazon's kindle fire. Is this information true?
Hi Amy,
Till now it seems to be a rumor because the Apple Inc. itself yet not announced officially anything about the iPad Mini (or whatever it’ll be called).
According to the gossips around especially report by NetEase it may cost $249 or $299 and about 6 million smaller iPads (7.85") will be unveiled in Q3 of 2012 to further expand its market shares and especially to combat with the upcoming wave of Windows 8 tablets.
This web portal also claimed that they have access to the companies of East Asian that manufactures apple products from which they have gained such information.
'The Korea Times' also reported that Samsung was supplying Apple with new PLS-based LCD technology for iPads mini. A Samsung official (unnamed) also told that Apple is going to release those rumored iPad mini to compete with its rivals in market like Amazon Kindle Fire & Samsung Galaxy Tab.
So, all these information seem rumors. No one can say it that it is 100% true.
To my point of view, the iPad Mini is must for competing in the market by Apple with windows 8 based Kindle Fire.
Regards,
Guzman
The latest version of the Apple iPad mini is iPad mini 4. The Apple iPad mini 4 is a 4G tablet operating on 2G, 3G, and 4G network bands using GSM, CDMA, HSPA, EVDO, and LTE technologies. It was unveiled to the public and released on September 2015.
It measures 203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 millimeters and weighs 299 grams for the Wi-Fi model and 304 grams for the 3G/LTE model. It uses nano-SIM or electronic SIM card (e-SIM). It has LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display with 16M colors at 1536 x 2048 pixels screen resolution. It supports multi-touch protected by scratch-resistant glass with oleophobic coating.
It runs on iOS 9 upgradable to iOS 10.2 powered by Apple A8 chipset, Dual Core 1.5 GHz Typhoon processor, and PowerVR GX6450 (quad-core graphics) GPU. As always, microSD is not supported. It runs on 2 GB RAM with internal storage available in the following capacities: 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB.
The primary camera supports 8 megapixels with f/2.4, 32mm, and autofocus featuring 1.12µm pixel size, face and smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama), geo-tagging, and touch focus and can record video in 1080p at 30 fps and 720p at 120 fps with HDR and stereo sound rec.
The secondary camera supports 1.2 megapixels and can record video in 720p at 30 fps with FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular, face detection, and HDR. It has 3.5-millimeter jack featuring active noise cancellation with dedicated mic support; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with dual-band and hotspot support; Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP and EDR support; GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS support (3G/LTE model only); and USB 2.0 reversible connector.
FM radio is not supported. It has built-in fingerprint (front-mounted), barometer, accelerometer, gyro, and compass sensors. The preinstalled Safari web browser supports HTML5. Java is not supported. It runs on non-removable 19.1 Wh Li-Ion 5124 mAh battery with talk time up to 10 hours. It is available in space gray, silver, and gold colors.
