“Apple plans to use ‘G/F2’ thin-film touch technology for its 7.85-inch iPad, which is predicted to be out by the fourth quarter of this year, according to industry sources,” Siu Han and Alex Wolfgram report for DigiTimes.
“The smaller version of Apple’s new iPad, rumored to be called iPad Mini, is said to feature the G/F2 technology, with Nitto supplying the key thin-film materials, and Nissha Printing and TPK producing the touch screens, the sources said,” Han and Wolfgram report. “Using the G/F2 design will help reduce costs and will also make the iPad Mini thinner than previous iPad models since it will have one less layer of film than the G/F/F (glass/film/film) structure, according to sources.”
Han and Wolfgram report, “The sources added that 7-10 million units of the iPad Mini may be shipped this year.”
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MacDailyNews Take: On a scale of 1-10 (1 = not a chance, 10 = guaranteed), how real do you think the “iPad mini” is?
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The iPod was the top selling music player when the mini was introduced; tje ipod mini was the top selling music player when the nano was introduced. Apple knows what it is doing.
I would do it I I were Apple. Just to put a huge dent into the sales of those cheap, crappy Android wannabe tabs.
8 – but it’s a larger iPod touch for GAME PUSH!
Already exists. It’s the iPad. There is no point in an in between ‘mini’ size. Me = bored with pointing this out. Me = STFU-ing about it now in order to sit back and laugh…
10. For no other reason than to bury Android and Windows RT.
10. when Steve ragged on something it meant they were already building a better version of it, but the technology was not yet mature.
an impossibly thin 7.85″ retina display iPad at $250 would destroy the copycats and preserve the ecosystem. This size and reduced weight would be easier to hold for school children. this form factor would also destroy portable gaming competitors. Gaming on the subway with the iPad is a bit unwieldy at the moment.
How old are these schoolchildren you’re talking about? I”ve got a four-year-old nephew who handles the iPad very well.
I say it’s an 7.85 certain on a scale of 10.
I would love one. I could fit it into my construction lunchbox, and read during lunch. (iPad won’t fit, iPhone is uncomfortably small with my bad eyes). And would be less expensive (in case it gets stolen or I break it. )
Likelihood Apple will sell one = 3
Seriously, where is my DigiTimes filter? Dear MDN, stop annoying your readers with this made-up crap.
Yawn, oh yawn.
There won’t be any ~7″ iPad. No market. No money. No Apple.
2012: The stupidest year for Apple rumors EVER.
LOL
I’m curious, though, as to why it is supposed to be precisely 7.85″. Is that because the figure looks good when printed? Why not 7.88 or 7.543 – or 6.9756?