iPad mini 7 may solve the biggest problem for small tablets

iPad mini 7 may solve the biggest problem for small tablets

iPad mini 6 owners with an eye for detail have probably encountered the so-called "jelly scroll" problem.

Basically, thanks to the varying refresh rate, text and images appear to tilt as they scroll. Apple claims that this is just normal LCD screen behavior, but it has proven to be a reasonably annoying problem for some consumers, who have tried to file a class action lawsuit over it.

Good news for potential Mini buyers put off by the concept, information Instant Digital claims Apple has fixed the problem in time for the iPad Mini 7. The leaker, posting on Chinese social network Weibo, claims that the "phenomenon" has been "remedied" by a change in the way the screen is assembled.

Obviously this is machine translation, and machine translation can be imperfect, so we will have to wait to see exactly how pronounced the jelly scrolling will be in future models. Instant Digital's prediction has proven accurate in the past, but this is so far a rumor

The same is true for the shorter models.

In the same short post, Instant Digital also states that we can expect improvements to the front camera, but "details are less clear." For reference, the current model has a 12MP ultra-wide-angle selfie snapper.

In another post, the informant said the refreshed tablet could launch later this month along with a USB-C version of the Apple Pencil. It is also likely to feature the Apple A16 chipset, which will offer similar performance to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 (Pro models have the A17 Pro chip). The current version uses the A15 chip and shares it with the iPhone 13.

Instant Digital claims that this is not the only tablet that Apple will refresh before the month is out, with tipsters speculating that we could see an 11th generation iPad and iPad Air 6 too. The leaker does not go into details about these tablets, however, literally just mentioning the product names and nothing more.

But according to Mark Gurman, we shouldn't expect a big shakeup from them. This Bloomberg reporter, in revealing major changes for the iPad Pro in 2024, said he does not expect to see "anything other than minor updates to the company's other tablets by then."

He believes such small changes probably won't require a full Apple event." There will be another launch in October," Garman told the MacRumors podcast last month. At the time, however, he wasn't convinced that would be enough to "draw people to Cupertino." Instead, he suggested

that we should expect something like the M2 Pro launch in January, when Apple suddenly dropped a 20-minute promotional video without warning.

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