Is Apple going to ditch the iPad mini?


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 18 May 2017

The iPad 2017 range currently consists of three types of device: the iPad mini, the iPad classic and the iPad Pro.

Has the fashion for phablets killed off small tablets? Apple is preparing to drop the iPad mini from its range of tablets, according to a report from BGR citing a source close to Apple. The announcement could be made at Apple's WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) which will be held on June 5 to 9 in the US city of San José. 

Launched in 2012, but with no updates since 2015, the iPad mini 7.9in tablet was used by Apple to compete with Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire in the small tablet market which was booming at that time. Five years later, the market has changed.

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