Iingxelo ezifunyenwe yinkampani yezibalo kwii-odolo zesikrini ze-Apple zibonisa ukuba I-iPad mini ithengisa i-iPad 4 kwaye yintoni eyakhe okhuphisana nzima. Inyani yeyokuba ezi ayizizo iindaba ezisinika imvakalelo eyothusayo kweli nqanaba, kodwa ukuba bebesixelele ngolu suku ukuba i-Apple ibonise ithebhulethi yayo entsha ye-intshi ezi-7,9, ngekhe sayithetha loo nto.
Ingxelo evela NDP Ngokusekelwe kwingxelo ye-odolo yenyanga ye-TFT LCD panels, ithelekisa ukuthunyelwa kweesayizi ezimbini zesikrini ngoDisemba 2012 kunye noJanuwari 2013 kwaye inyaniso kukuba idatha ebekwe etafileni ihluke kakhulu kwinyanga enye kwaye ikhomba ngokucacileyo. utshintsho kwisicwangciso kwinkampani.
Ii-odolo ze-9,7-intshi ze-Retina displays zaphuma kwi-7,4 yezigidi ngoDisemba ukuya kwi-1,3 yezigidi kuphela ngoJanuwari kulo nyaka. Nangona kunjalo, iiodolo ze Izikrini ze-7,9-intshi zihambe ukusuka kwi-4 ukuya kwi-5 yezigidi zeeyunithi. Idatha ibalulekile kwaye kwimeko ye-Apple encinci ihamba kunye nokunyakaza kwimarike yethebhulethi apho izikrini ze-7-intshi ziye zandisa imfuno yazo. Nangona kunjalo, kubonakala ngathi kwifomathi yamacwecwe ajikeleze i-intshi ezili-10, ngabo abane-intshi ze-9,7 eziye zawa ngokuphawulekayo, ngenxa yokuba i-10,1-intshi, eqhelekileyo kwiipilisi ezininzi ze-Android eziphezulu ziye zanda kwaye kwanabo be-11,6 , ngakumbi eqhelekileyo Windows RT okanye Windows 8 tablets, baye bandisa iiodolo zabo.
Asiyodatha yokuqala esixelela ukuba i I-iPad mini yeyona nto ikhuphisana nayo ithebhulethi yakudala kwiCupertinos. Kwinyanga enye edlulileyo safumanisa ukuba abasasazi bakhalaze ukuba iApple ibanyanzele ukuba bathenge ii-iPads ezinkulu xa beodola kudade wabo omncinci, oqhuba ngcono ezivenkileni.