Apple Stores have low inventory of the iPad mini which leads Mark Gurman to forecast that a new model is on the way.
A tweet written by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman notes that inventories of the iPad mini are low at Apple Stores. Additionally, he writes that inside Apple, the device is constrained. Gurman, as close to being a Cupertino insider as any journalist, points out that the iPad mini hasn’t been updated since 2021 and says that Apple is due to push out a new model soon. This new model, he adds, could be updated so that it can support Apple Intelligence.
For the seventh-generation iPad mini to support Apple’s AI initiative, it will have to be equipped with the A17 Pro application processor (AP) or one of Apple’s M-series chips. Considering that the sixth-gen model is powered by the A15 Bionic, it seems that an upgrade to an AI-compatible chip is likely. The 6th-generation model, released in 2021, brought Face ID to the device.
