The new 2026 iPad mini with the A20 Pro is the successor to the 2024 iPad mini with the A17 Pro chip. Instead of waiting till October 28 for its ‘Pro and Tell’ media event, Apple has dropped Newsroom posts unveiling the new iPad mini. Here’s how it compares to its predecessor.
Apple is allegedly evaluating a new OLED display for the next iPad mini, but it's unclear whether the tablet will drop this fall or in 2026.
No iPad mini model has ever supported Stage Manager, Apple's multitasking feature in iPadOS, and that includes the latest iPad mini 7. But you already knew that.
Apple has unveiled iPad mini 7 with double the storage, Apple Pencil Pro support, the A17 Pro chip, Apple Intelligence and other improvements.
Apple has kicked in motion a planned display tech switch for the iPad mini, which should drop LCD IPS screens and adopt OLED panels as soon as 2026.
Apple could release at least three new iPad models around March 2024, in time for the spring, but those should be "more minor" in terms of specifications.
Instead of significant new features and design changes, the new iPad Air, iPad mini and base iPad will bump specs by swapping Apple silicon for newer chips.
Assuming customers react positively to the first OLED iPad Pro tablets in 2024, Apple could launch OLED-based iPad Air and iPad mini in 2026.
Astropad's Rock Paper Pencil is a new accessory designed to make drawing on an iPad with an Apple Pencil mimic the feel of using a ballpoint pen on physical paper.
On the leaked iPadOS 17 system requirements list are all iPad Pros from 2017 onward, plus the third-generation iPad Air and two additional models.
According to an analyst, Apple could release the refreshed iPad mini 7 by Spring 2024, featuring a quick specs upgrade but no significant design changes.
A foldable iPad won't replace the iPad mini anytime soon—the next iPad mini is expected to arrive in 2023 or 2024 featuring a faster chip, but it won't fold.