The Mind-Blowing iPad mini 7: Everything You Need to Know About Apple's Smallest Powerhouse

For over three years, fans of the iPad mini have been waiting for an update to their beloved device. The last iPad mini, which came out in 2021, brought several improvements to the series, including an all-new design that made the device look more like Apple's larger tablets and a much bigger 8.3-inch screen with an upgrade to Touch ID on the power button.

It’s been almost three years, making the 6th generation the oldest model in the lineup and past due for an update. Rumors and recent speculations indicate a release in 2024. In this article, we will cover all the latest rumors, news, and speculation regarding the iPad mini 7, including the features we can expect and if it could be an M2 iPad mini 7. Here we sum up everything we think we know so far and try our best to answer what features the iPad mini 7 will have, the likely price, release date, potential iPad mini 7 specs, and more.

There has been talk of the iPad mini sharing a similar design to the 11-inch and 14-inch iPad Air and iPad Pro models as the small model might make for a similar and respective family of larger models, while offering a modest and conservative design refresh that the standard iPad does like a small version and larger version like that model line. But we believe we can expect not too much from the iPad mini design, so get excited.

Based on past trends, now would be the time that Apple is due to release an iPad mini update. While Apple’s release schedule for the iPad lineup hasn’t been set in stone as we know that Apple is now running into more component shortages from its various offerings such as the widely rumored VR/AR products Apple glasses that were displayed on that massive LCD panel display before which we take as the confirmation of what will continue. We do know that big tech industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed in November 2023 that we can expect an iPad mini update sometime in the second half of 2024.