- A new rumor suggests that the next iPad Mini can get an OLED screen
- This would make it the second iPad to obtain the update, after the iPad Pro
- The rumor is light on the details, and Apple has not recognized it
When the iPad Pro M4 was launched in 2024, Apple made waves by equipping its main high -end tablet with an impressive Oled screen, the first in any iPad model.
Since then, we have been wondering what iPad will be the following to make the oldest LCD technology to the increase in the contrast and the precision of OLED color, and a new rumor suggests that an unlikely candidate could be the following.
The remarkable Tipster Digital Chat Station (through GSMARENA) made a publication about Weibo, suggesting that “iPad is evaluating the little OLED” in the context of the main technological companies that produce 8.8 -inch tablets.
It is true that it is not much to continue, but the Chat Digital station has a rather decent record and is considered one of the most reliable tipsters that it publishes on Chinese platforms.
The Ipad Mini de Gen-Gen, released at the end of 2024, shows a 8-inch screen. The publication is not clear enough to know if the digital chat station is implying an increase in the size of the screen for the iPad Mini, as well as for the new OLED technology.
Our iPad Mini (2025) review found that the tablet was very impressive in general, but an OLED screen update would still be more than welcome.
The iPad Mini is the second cheapest iPad model at the beginning of the price. At $ 499 / £ 499 / AU $ 799, it is only defeated by the iPad of the base model, which records at $ 329 / £ 329 / AU $ 599.
This would leave the iPad air models equipped with interspersed LCD between the iPad Mini and the iPad Pro on Apple’s price ladder, but although this may seem like a strange choice, I think this strategy could be realistic.
ANALYSIS: Why a ipad mini from Oled could make sense
Although the iPad Mini sits between the iPad and the iPad air on the Apple tablet price staircase, it is not really necessary to consider it as an intermediate option between the two.
It is more realistic to think about the iPad, the iPad Air and the iPad Pro forming a adjoining line of products aimed at conventional consumers, with the iPad Mini offering an experience similar to a market niche of small fans of the tablets.
The trend in all mobile devices during the last decade has been larger screens. The iPhone has increased from 4.7 to 6.9 inches, and the iPad from 9.7 to a maximum of 13 inches of screen size.
The iPad Mini is unique in the sense that it only increases very slightly in the same time of time, from 7.9 to 8.3 inches, most of which can be attributed to the adoption of modernized language design of full -screen iPad.
That is all to say that people who buy an iPad Mini probably buy it because it has a small screen, not because they are looking to save money compared to an iPad Air or iPad Pro.
As such, it makes sense that Apple begins to extend some of those high -end characteristics to the iPad Mini, since its target audience would probably never experience them in another way.
And with the iPad Mini enjoying popularity in certain professional and high -end leisure spaces, it is a known favorite of the pilots, there is definitely reach for some functions updates.
In addition to an OLED screen, I would personally love to see the iPad Mini get an M-series chipset. That may seem exaggerated for such a small device, but when it is considered that the M1 chipset turns five years old this year, it is not a great question.
For now, however, I think that the addition of an OLED screen would be sufficient: an Apple sign that its small tablet remains a priority, although it only includes 10% of iPad sales (as Macrumors reports).
The only real conflict point could be the price. A Reddit navigation suggests that there are many informal users who love the iPad Mini for email, reading, web navigation, daily standard things. I would not like to see these users loading with large price walks as a result of the iPad Mini approaching the professional.
Of course, the above is based on your rumor at this time, so we have a waiting situation and seen in our hands. For now, be sure to maintain the pace of our iPad coverage and make us know what you would like to see that you reach the iPad Mini in the comments below.
