Apple ipad mini 2 rumour

Rumours about next-
generation products
from Apple start to
emerge hours after
the company unveils
its new devices.
Therefore, it is not a
surprise that the chatter about
the future-gen iPad mini has
already begun. Among the
highlights of new device market
observers note retina-class
screen with high pixel per inch
density as well as faster
application processor with more
advanced cores.
Many reviewers have noted that
the display of Apple iPad mini is
considerably worse in quality
than that of the third and
fourth-generation iPad 9.7”
media tablets. Therefore, the
most likely improvement that
will occur to the 7.9” slate from
Apple will face will be a different
screen with considerably higher
pixel density and resolution,
which is exactly what a number
of media outlets reported this
week. While the improvement is
very logical, it will not be easy to
implement for many reasons.
Considering the fact that the
current iPad mini has screen
with 1024*768 resolution and
163ppi density, it is logical to
expect Apple to double pixel
density to 326ppi and quadruple
resolution to 2048*1536 in order
to bring quality of the iPad mini’s
display in line with other tablets
currently offered by the
company. Such screen will be
very hard to make and it will be
rather expensive. It is illogical to
expect Apple to utilize 4:3 screen
with 1600*1200 or 1792*1344
resolutions to cut costs as it will
be incompatible with software
for iPad and iPad with retina
screen tablets. Hence, it is nearly
guaranteed that the future iPad
mini will feature 7.9” display with
2048*1536 resolution.
In order to support such
resolution and ensure rapid
performance, Apple will need to
utilize a high-end application
processor with advanced graphics
engine inside, such as Apple A5X
(two ARM Cortex-A9 cores, four
PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU
domains) or Apple A6X (two ARM
Cortex-A15/Apple Swift cores,
four PowerVR SGX 554MP4 GPU
domains). Such chips are more
expensive than the current A5
system-on-chip inside iPad mini.
But more importantly, if they are
installed into the mini tablets,
they will blur the differences
between the low-cost iPad mini
($329) and full-cost iPad ($499)
to only the screen size.
According to analysts who
performed teardown analysis of
the iPad mini, while the media
tablet clearly belongs to the
premium market segments, it is
full of compromises when it
comes to technology inside in
order to ensure proper margins.
It remains to be seen whether
Apple will be able to trim costs of
retina-class displays and high-
end SoCs so that to be able to
integrate them into next-gen
iPad mini.