At the iPad launch event in October last year, iPad mini 3 was officially launched to consumers. It's a pity that there is no major improvement in either hardware or body size. It just adds a Touch ID and a gold version. This naturally puts people's expectations on the iPad mini 4, making mini 4 even more popular.

To be honest, iPad mini 3 does not have any substantial improvement compared to iPad mini 2. Therefore, iPad mini 2 is still very popular on the market and is also cheaper than iPad mini 3. Therefore, Apple now needs to bring some obvious improvements to the future iPad mini 4 in order to complete "self-salvation." After all, now, even the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus has begun to encroach on the iPad mini market.

Although we still don’t know exactly what the next generation iPad mini will look like, we have summarized for you some rumors about the new iPad mini so far and what we hope to see in it. What new features.

News and Rumors

Although there is not much news about iPad mini 4 at present, we have seen at least one photo about it. Photo of housing components. Judging from the pictures, the iPad mini 4 is very similar to the iPad mini 3, including the position of the speakers and the Lightning interface.

Although the mute switch is not clearly visible in the picture, this physical button has been canceled by Apple starting from the iPad mini 2. The meaning of this is to make the body thinner and lighter, so we predict that iPad mini 4 will be like iPad Air2 also reduces the thickness of the fuselage to 6.1 mm. And this is already a quite obvious change compared with iPad mini 3.

Apart from this, there is not much other news, but we are still very confident about some features. For example, the iPad mini 4 will basically maintain the 7.9-inch screen size, and the screen resolution will not change much. It is still 2048×1536 pixels and the pixel density is 324ppi.

In addition, if released this year, iPad mini 4 will also be pre-installed with iOS 9 system, and the processor will continue to be updated. We expect it to be equipped with at least the same A8X-level processor as the iPad Air 2 or a slightly faster A9 processor, in line with the upcoming iPad Air 3. In addition, iPad mini 4 is also likely to increase the running memory to 2GB like iPad Air 2.

Given the previous release pattern, we shouldn’t have to wait too long for iPad mini 4, and October or November is a more reliable time period. In addition, the price of iPad mini 4 will be basically the same as the current iPad mini 3, around US$399 (approximately RMB 2,475).

1. More changes

Our biggest complaint about the iPad mini 3 is that it is basically an iPad with Touch ID fingerprint recognition. mini 2, other changes are not too big, and the price is still very expensive.

Therefore, although the iPad mini 3 is a very powerful tablet, it is still worth the money, so we hope to see more changes on the iPad mini 4. Therefore, we hope to see more substantial changes on the iPad mini 4, not just tweaks based on the iPad mini 3.

　2. Faster processor

The iPad mini 3 is equipped with an Apple A7 processor, which is the same as the iPad mini 2 and the same as the iPad Air 2. A8X is really outdated compared to it.

Therefore, although the iPad mini is smaller in size than the iPad Air, it does not mean that the configuration will also lag behind. Therefore, we hope that the iPad mini 4 can be consistent with the iPad Air 3 in terms of processor, using A9 or A9X processor.

3. 2GB RAM

iPad mini 3 and iPad mini 2 both have only 1GB of RAM.rows of RAM, maybe devices like the iPhone 6 also only had 1GB of RAM, but on the iPad Air 2 Apple has bumped it up to 2GB of RAM, so we expect to see the same improvement on the iPad mini 4.

4. Lower price

The starting price of iPad mini 3 is US$399, which is relatively expensive among small-size tablets. Especially compared with the iPad mini 2, the improvement is not too obvious, which makes the iPad mini 3 appear to be very cost-effective. Therefore, unless the user specifically wants to buy a small-sized tablet, if the iPad mini 4 continues to maintain this price, it is better to spend a little more money to buy the larger iPad Air 3 with better configuration.

　5. Improved speakers

　iPad mini 3 Although the speakers are not bad, there is definitely room for improvement. If the sound effect can be further improved, it will definitely improve the competitiveness a lot. We hope that Apple can put the speakers of the iPad mini 4 on the front.

6. Better battery performance

The battery life of iPad mini 3 is about 10 hours of continuous video playback. A good performance, but if you play games, the battery will drop faster.

Therefore, even if you don’t use iPad mini to play games, we hope that Apple can continue to improve battery performance. After all, we all want to take the iPad mini 4 out and still be able to use it for a whole day.

　7. Capacity starting from 32GB

That’s right. , although the maximum capacity of iPad mini 3 has been increased to 128GB, not everyone needs this size. But on the other hand, the 16GB iPad mini 4 seems to be meaningless, although Apple still provides such a version.

We hope that Apple can increase the starting capacity of iPad mini 4 to 32GB without increasing the price too much, so that ordinary users can have more space.

8. Screen improvements

To be honest, the screen of iPad mini 3 is not bad. Its resolution is the same as that of iPad Air 2, and the smaller size makes it look more delicate. .

But on the other hand, the screen of iPad mini 3 has not improved compared to iPad mini 2, so we hope that iPad mini 4 can further improve, such as more accurate colors. richer details, higher contrast and lower reflectivity, etc.

9. Thinner

Although the iPad mini 3 is not too thick, the 7.5 mm is still not the limit compared to the 6.1 mm of the iPad Air 2. So we expect it to be as thin as the iPad Air 2 as another good selling point. The good news is that judging from the iPad mini 4 shell exposed above, there is great hope.

10. Add Force Touch function

Force Touch technology is the first new feature applied to the Apple Watch, which can identify different force operations on the screen. implement different functions. Adding such a feature to the Apple Watch is a smart choice, and we hope it can appear in more products. After all, if the iPad mini 4 can add Force Touch technology, the space that users can operate on this not-so-special screen will become larger.