Apple iPad Mini event confirmed for October 23rd – live from 6pm tonight
The new iPad Mini: all the details, pictures and prices
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Update 23.10.12
We'll be reporting live from the Apple iPad Mini launch this evening, starting at 6pm UK time, so check back here on whathifi.com for all the latest news as it happens.
Published 16.10.12:
Apple has confirmed an iPad launch event for Tuesday October 23rd. The new iPad Mini is expected to be announced, sporting a 7.8in screen.
Up to 24 new iPad models could be announced in total according to the latest rumours, with iPads available in WiFi and WiFi+cellular options and with storage sizes of 8, 16, 32 and 64GB set to be available.
A supposed price leak on a German blog suggests the most affordable Apple iPad Mini could come in at £200, presumably for a WiFi-only 8GB model.
While previous generations being limited to 3G as a mobile network connection, rumours suggest the new iPads could have 4G LTE connectivity.
The iPhone 5 was the first Apple product to offer 4G LTE speeds, provided you have the relevant network connection. In the UK, this means being on the new EE 4G network from Everything Everywhere, which is the UK's first 4G network.
All the new iPads are also expected to have the new Apple Lightning connector, which created so much controversy at the time of the iPhone launch.
Despite shifting huge numbers, the iPhone 5 launch has been far from plain sailing with one issue surrounding scratches appearing on the chassis. Reports suggest these production issues could still impact on supplying the new iPads.
The rumour mill will no doubt ratchet up a notch over the next week but one thing's for sure: we will know the full details on the iPad Mini and new iPads on Tuesday October 23rd, with the event set to kick-off at 6pm UK time.
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Published 12.10.2012
Apple is likely to announce the iPad Mini on Tuesday October 23rd in time for a Christmas launch according to the latest reports.
Respected technology website All Things D reports "people familiar with Apple's plans" saying it will be an invite-only event on October 23rd at Apple's Town Hall Auditorium.
Many had expected invites to an Apple event for the launch of the iPad Mini to go out this week ahead of an event next week but the moment for that appears to have passed.
Unlike the iPhone 5, where most details were known in advance of the event, firm rumours for the iPad Mini are fairly thin on the ground.
The size and price looks likely to be in a similar ballpark to the Google Nexus 7 tablet, with a 7.8in LCD screen being most people's guess with a price tag below £300.
Thinner, lighter and with the new Apple Lightning connector, suggest All Things D, but for everything else we will have to wait and see.
Mocked-up pictures have naturally flooded the net – see above for one from GizChina.com – but of course, nothing official as yet.
At least now, we might just have a date for confirmation...
Comments
When this comes out, it will beat the rest of them out there, simple as that. People wont' care about the price, look at the iPod and iPad. They sell. As in like hotcakes.
This is what Apple are amazing at .......
I wouldn't be suprised if its widescreen too
Nexus 7 is a much better option for in car GPS. Only £159 & you get free navigation from Google maps.
There are other options as well:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57484949-48/transform-your-nexus-7-into-a-car-tech-powerhouse/
This is going to be awesome as an in-car gps system. Even if it doesn't have in-built gps as standard, adding the GNS-5870-MFI blutooth receiver - alongside a gps app such as CoPilot Live - will do the business.
Nexus 7 is being sold at cost price, & lacks some important features, like lack of MHL compatibility, so you can't connect it to a projector.
I suspect it will be £299. iPod Touch is selling for £249. Surely the iPad Mini will be priced higher.
£300 is a hundred over the Nexus 7. Not even in the ballpark.
7inch is limit of a mid sized device. So 7.8 seems a strange guess.
So, is this a small iPad (Steve Jobs turns in his grave) or a BIG iPod touch? I would love a Kindle-sized remote control/radio/podcast/ favourite 1000 tracks streaming device. I wait with bated breath.