iPad Mini 8 Upgrades
Leaked iPad Mini 8 Details Reveal A20 Pro Chip and Landscape Camera
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Leaked Apple code and product artwork suggest the next iPad mini will move its front-facing camera to the landscape edge and use an A20 Pro chip, alongside a small speaker groove in the display glass. Reports also point to an OLED screen, possibly slightly larger than the current one, and a vibration-based speaker design intended to improve water resistance, though the leaks do not confirm all of those features. The artwork shows only the front of the device, and it does not establish an announcement date; Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has reported that the tablet could arrive by the end of October. A possible price increase has also been raised, but no price has been confirmed.
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The camera move addresses a specific issue with landscape video calls: on the current iPad mini, the Center Stage camera sits on the short edge, leaving the lens off to one side. Center Stage can keep a caller in frame, but cannot place the lens above the screen where the person is looking.
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The A20 Pro is also used in the iPhone 18 Pro models, which the article says launched the previous week; the current iPad mini uses an A17 Pro.
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The leak suggests the new mini will retain the current model’s overall design, with the power and volume buttons still on the top; the camera is described as the last iPad to move to landscape positioning.
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