Guo Mingyi: Apple's new iPad mini will be launched at the end of next year at the earliest and will not be replaced by a folding iPad for the time being.

CTOnews.com, December 27, in response to recent media predictions that Apple will cut off its iPad Mini product line with a screen size of less than 10 inches and launch a foldable iPad product line in 2025, analyst Guo Mingyi commented that Apple should not replace iPad mini with folding iPad in 2025, because the price of folding iPad should be significantly higher than that of iPad mini.

Guo Mingyi also said that Apple is currently developing a new iPad mini, which will mainly be equipped with a new processor and is expected to ship in large quantities by the end of 2023 or the first half of 2024.

It was reported earlier that Apple is working with Samsung and LG screen suppliers to develop a 20.25-inch collapsible OLED panel. A few days ago, South Korean media The Elec said that Apple plans to cut its iPad Mini line with a screen size of less than 10 inches in 2025 and launch a foldable iPad line instead. This statement has not been endorsed by analyst Guo Mingyi.

CTOnews.com learned that Apple iPad mini 6, which was released in September 2021, has risen from 3799 yuan in its debut to 3999 yuan in October this year.

In terms of screen, the new iPad mini adopts ultra-portable design, equipped with a larger 8.3inch Liquid retinal display screen with a screen brightness of up to 500nit, supports P3 wide color gamut, anti-reflective screen coating, original color display technology, full-laminated display screen, etc., using a full screen design, integrates Touch ID into the top button.

The iPad mini is equipped with a brand new A15 bionic chip, and the CPU increases by 40%. The performance of the GPU can be improved by up to 80%, which can be called the most powerful iPad mini so far. In addition, the 5G cellular version is also available, and the 5G model has a download speed of up to 3.5Gbps.