Rumor: Apple Planning to Release iPad Mini

April 16th, 2012 ⋅ Tech ⋅ by Ryan ⋅ 835 Views

A month after Apple delivered its new iPad, rumors are swirling about a new iteration of the tablet designed to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The latest rumor to make the rounds is that Apple is planning to produce 6 million smaller iPads for sale some time in the third quarter. The report, from Chinese portal NetEase, was translated by Kotaku. Speculated to cost between $249-$299 USD, many industry insiders believe a smaller iPad could do wonders for Apple, allowing it to dominate the smaller tablet market as well. The main problem with this speculation is that it was widely-known that late Apple CEO Steve Jobs disliked the idea of 7-inch tablets, calling such devices “tweeners” – too big to compete with smartphones and too small to vie with the iPad. Stay tuned as more confirmations or denials are made available.

  • http://www.facebook.com/philipgruber Phil Gruber

    lol you mean an iphone?

  • Rudy Romero

    wouldent it be an ipod then?

  • Evan Reed

    It’s an iTouch..

  • http://www.facebook.com/JustinPerea Justin Perea

    iPhone?

  • Franky Martinez

    Super sized iTouch with double the gigs and moreshit…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Gopan/580485013 Daniel Gopan

    I am still waiting on the iTable

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001111475053 John Beekman

    Just in case you want something smaller then an iPad, bigger then an iPhone, and you can’t call anybody.
    Thank you Apple for confusing me xD I’ll stick with my iPhone 3GS

  • http://www.facebook.com/runyo.sa Simon Assaf

    No guys. Mini iPad. Same size as an iPhone/iPod however, it’s an iPad. As long as their in different colors count me in.

  • Scott

    Once again, nothing new and original from apple.

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