iPad mini 6 leak just stole the iPhone 13's thunder

iPad mini vi leak merely stole the iPhone 13's thunder

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A new leak has claimed the iPad mini 6 could come with a suite of upgrades that could get in a more exciting Apple device than the rumored iPhone 13.

Working with leaker xleaks, accessories manufacturer Pigtou created a concept design of the supposedly upcoming iPad mini six, which looks like it borrows heavily from the new iPad Air'south aesthetic. But the range of upgrades it volition evidently come up with, most notably an in-display version of Touch ID, looks a piffling too proficient to be true.

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Pigtou claims the iPad mini 6 is set to be roughly the same size as the iPad Mini 5, but with much smaller bezels and a larger overall screen. 195mm ten 126.6mm according to the site, which would give the tablet roughly a brandish size of effectually 9 inches.

What'due south more, Pigtou claims that the tablet will come with an in-brandish fingerprint scanner and a hole-punch camera, the first time Apple has adopted any of these. Which makes us skeptical, and non just because the included renders feature a cut-out home push rather than a true under-brandish fingerprint scanner similar y'all'd encounter on the Samsung Galaxy S21.

The idea that Apple is working on such a feature is not new, and rumors date dorsum to before the launch of the iPhone Ten — the phone that first ditched Bear on ID in favor of Face ID. With that in mind, and the fact reintroducing Touch ID in this way would be a very big deal, these claims seem surprising, if not dubious.

ipad mini 6 leak — (Image credit: Pigtou/xleaks)

Normally, that sort of high-end feature is kept aside for the iPhone, or at a stretch, the iPad Pro. Both are premium devices that demand a high price tag, and new technology inevitably costs money to include. The iPad mini half dozen isn't actually the identify to throw in that sort of thing, even if under-display fingerprint scanners have become more commonplace over the past two years.

That's not to say Apple won't include Touch ID on the iPad mini vi. Even if it does scrap the Domicile push button, the iPad Air iv has already proven Apple tin now add Touch ID to the power push button. Not simply would doing that complimentary up infinite for a full-screen pattern, it also would mean that Apple tree could stick to a simple pigsty-punch camera and non cleave out a notch for Face ID'due south many components.

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A full-screen pattern on a budget iPad would exist a big step frontward, still, notch or not. Nosotros have been seeing bezels shrink further and further over the past several years, to the point where total-screen devices are pretty much standard on mid-range and budget devices.

Information technology would also be prissy to keep Touch ID around, peculiarly since there are lots of rumors suggesting it may be included with the iPhone 13. After all, information technology would be strange to strip one long-continuing characteristic from a tablet, only to reintroduce it on a flagship device a few months later.

ipad mini 6 concept leak — (Prototype credit: Pigtou/xleaks)

We'd definitely like to see the iPad mini 6 with the latest A14 Bionic chipset. But that'south a catchy 1 to predict as sometimes Apple volition equip it's cheaper iPads with slightly older merely even so capable chips, or give the very latest silicon. If the iPad mini 6 arrives after in the year then it could come with the A15 fleck that the iPhone thirteen is expected to accept.

USB-C connectivity would also be a welcome addition. Apple's iPad Pro has already ditched Lightning for the more-standardized port, though cheaper devices have kept going with the same over 8-year-old connector. While the iPhone 13 is rumored to have at least one portless model and skipping over USB-C entirely, it probably won't happen to cheaper iPads for some fourth dimension.

Of grade, the next iPad Air would also need USB-C if the iPad Mini has whatever hopes of getting it as well. Non that we'd be lament.

And while we're asking for things, support for the second-gen Apple Pencil would be dainty. Considering it'south pretty weird that Apple doesn't have some sort of uniformity when information technology comes to its stylus.

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