New iPad Mini Spotted in Instapaper Logs?

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Posted August 31, 2012 at 3:28pm by Shalom Levytam

Marco Arment, the developer behind Instapaper, has found two new iPad models in his app logs: one iPad2,5 and one iPad2,6. He believes these models could be the rumored iPad mini.

iPad2,1, iPad2,1, and iPad2,3 are the original Wi-Fi, GSM, and CDMA models of the iPad 2. iPad2,4 is the updated (32nm die-shrunk) 16GB Wi-Fi iPad 2 that is being sold alongside the iPad 3.

The iPad2,5 and iPad2,6 could be updated versions of GSM and CDMA iPad 2; however, Arment thinks it's more likely that these are iPad mini models.

The much more likely explanation is that iPad2,5 and iPad2,6 are the new "iPad Mini" in Wi-Fi and GSM, and I haven't recorded the likely iPad2,7 CDMA version yet. If so, this suggests that the iPad Mini is, effectively, an iPad 2: an A5 with 512 MB of RAM and enough GPU power to drive the Gruber Display, but not a Retina Display.

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Ethan - August 31, 2012 at 3:41pm

But, the rumoured 'iPad Mini' will obviously receive a smaller screen, therefore requiring less processing power to power the retina display. So it may still be possible for the 'iPad Mini' to revive the highly anticipated Retina Display.

Po2345 - August 31, 2012 at 3:54pm

Keep telling yourself that. Apple NEVER gives a 1st Gen product all the fanciest features. It will be a small iPad 2 and the second gen will more than likely contain a better processor with retina. So your wrong. And the thought behind that is

Po2345 - August 31, 2012 at 3:55pm

Tim Cook thinks to himself "why would we sell a great iPad Mini, when we could sell the bad version first, at the same cost and then next year sell the real one?"

Ethan - August 31, 2012 at 4:03pm

I can see where your train if thought is veering towards, but apple already offer two separate iPad models, the iPad 2 and the 'new iPad'. The new iPad has a retina display to bring itself on level par with both its current generation iPhone and iPod touch devices - both are boasting the retina display - so, where would apple stand to offer its third mobile device which is basically just the same as the iPad 2, just with a smaller screen. Although I fully understand and acknowledge your point I think it would just be a massive hole in Apple's market. Offering the 'iPad Mini' with a Gruber Display would steer customers towards the 3rd generation iPad thus making the Mini a pointless waste of Apple's many billion dollars.