3:11 AM
Diana D'Cruz
Even though Cupertino has not said a word on the subject, true to form, rumors about an iPad Mini (supposedly with a screen of 7.85 inches) make more of a secret.
According to latest information from the Wall Street Journal, some suppliers of components to Apple Asia claim to have received orders for more than 10 million copies of the small Apple tablet for the last quarter of 2012, which would double the orders from Amazon for the latest generation of its tablet Kindle Fire.
Many observers believe that the format is 7 inches a very important market for tablets, a trend confirmed by the success of the Kindle and other Google Nexus 7. Of course, this attraction to the format "mini-tablet" is also due to more attractive prices, generally located between 199 and 249 euros / dollars, which tends to confirm what we said there is already eighteen months on the occasion of the release of the HTC Flyer , the first tablet 7 inch android public and crazy prices of 649 euros, which was of course announced the flop, despite its qualities.
According to several sources, Apple could officially announce the iPad Mini in October (called 17), but is already facing production delays due to problems with the hull anodized tablet, known issues on the iPhone 5. Still, if Apple released its iPad Mini at a price below 300 euros (249 euros for an ideally 16GB model for example), the competition will certainly be much to worry about, including the best, as the Nexus 7 eg.
