Apple may be building 7.85-inch ‘iPad mini’

By on Oct 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Tablets October 18, 2011

Apple may be working on a smaller “iPad mini” tablet with a 7.85-inch display, according to a new report from United Daily News in Taiwan. Reportedly, LG Display and AU Optronics will supply the parts for the device, which will have the same 1024 x 768-pixel resolution as the iPad 2. Apple may want to enter the lower-priced tablet market in an effort to steal market share away from Amazon’s Kindle Fire device, but at least one analyst has argued the device may not be smaller in size than the current iPad. Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White recently suggested that Apple might introduce an “iPad mini” priced in the “high to mid-$200 range” during the first few months of 2012, and the device will feature the same 9-inch display despite its smaller price tag. Apple is then expected to release an iPad 3 with a higher 2048 x 736 resolution later in the year.

[Via Mac Rumors]

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  • http://twitter.com/UrbanDevFund UrbanDevFund

    more made up BS…….recycle the lies

  • broken monkey

    Cant wait. Its about time.

  • Matthew Papier

    Didn’t we hear this same type of rumor about the iPhone, before the 4S came out?…which never came to fruition.

  • Chet Stovepiper

    STOP IT WITH THIS SHIT

    • Anonymous

      Stop clicking on and reading this shit if you don’t like it.

      AND WHY ARE YOU YELLING! CAPLOCK!!!!1!!!

  • Anonymous

    2048 x 736 – what is it a tablet for lawyers and courtrooms?

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, it’s the new iPad court reporter edition.

      Or, the new iPad, register receipt tape edition.

      It will sell like crazy!

    • Hugepeckerman

      2 feet long and 5 inches thick, just like my dick………..

  • Illa Kotilla

    “Oh Gawd!”

    *BGR pulls out the Jergens*

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bfm-Magee/100001396842793 Bfm Magee

    Steve is rolling over in his grave.

  • Anonymous

    Over Steve’s dead body… oh wait.

  • Anonymous

    Tell Apple and Cook to get off of Androids balls

    • Sukmysak

      Isn’t Android the one hanging onto the sacks of Apple?  It seems like the only reason there are 10,000 different Android tablets available now is because of the success of something called the iPad.

      • Anonymous

        Hey bite me. Get a life. The ipad isn’t the best thing since sliced bread. It’s funny because the very company you defend is straight out right copying off of ANdroid. hmmmmmm IOS 5 doesn’t look so magical after all.

  • Anonymous

    If you can’t beat them, then join them in the market by making a smaller tablet. That’s not innovation, that’s copying.

    Get them Amazon, Samsung, Vizio and every other tablet maker

  • Anonymous

    If they make an ”iPad Mini” does that mean the original 9.7″ iPad is a MaxiPad?  LOL!

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NOCGF4INNLYCJEREG3YUPZEF7Q Randy

      i almost fell out of my chair laughing

      • homescrub

        i fell into my chair laughing

  • Anonymous

    BGR’s hit whoring as usual! “Report anything & hope it’s true” is the new way of doing things in media & the bloggersphere. 7-inches for a tablet is a complete & total FAIL!! Stop trying to lump Apple into the LOSER-bin with the rest of the DUDS! Once Amazon’s tablet FLOPS, I don’t want to hear anymore about 7-inch tablets, it’s such a stupid idea!

  • Anonymous

    No they aren’t. BGR you’ve been wrong about every major apple rumor for months now.

  • http://www.pixelreason.com PixelReason

    analysts say that my brain is about to die because too many rumor posts. as a geek, i must read each one, but i cannot take much more nonsense guessing in the form of an authoritative leak!

    *brain melts*

  • Anonymous

    Just wait until Amazon offers a 10″ tablet, its going to be fun to read the comments.
    I wonder if Apple will call their 7″ device Newton 2

  • Anonymous

    Oh this analyst…. Hahahaha good joke.

    I still like this analyst’s iPhone 5 joke from few weeks ago.

  • Anonymous

    Better start sawing those fingers down….oh wait.  People DO like the 7 inch form factor.  I personally think Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 8.9 is the perfect size, the iPad and the 10 inch tabs are too big for my own liking.

  • Suckmycockyoufags

    HOT FUCKING DAMN… another wonderful iProduct from the best GD company ever to create a computer, Apple Inc.  

    And yet another pad to wipe the asses of everything else on the market and hand them the dirty ass paper.

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