The latest reports on the iPad Mini 5 come from Compal, one of the companies that is heavily involved in the manufacturing of the iPad family for Apple. It’s set for a year of growth, and many believe that is down to an increasing demand for a smaller and cheaper iPad. Forbes’ David Phelan has more on the expected hardware, but I expect that Apple will be especially interested in getting the cheaper iPad Mini to as many new users as possible. Unlike the cancelled iPhone SE, the iPad range still has a cheaper entry-level model in the iPad Mini. This has not been updated in a number of years (the iPad Mini 4 was launched in 2015) so the time is right to either sunset the form factor or bring in a new model to engage the market.

Source: Forbes January 31, 2019 23:41 UTC