hopestillflies

Ok, we now have an $800 Apple Watch, can we please start talking about being able to have a watch as the primary cellular device (as in not tied to a phone plan). We're inching ever so much closer with things like family setup, but still not quite there.

mattinoz said:

bluefire1 said:

If the AW gets much larger, we can rename it the iPhoneTiny.

They'd have to decouple it from the iPhone before they could do that. 

This is exactly what I dream of. It doesn't seem they're going to go any smaller with the iPhones and I pessimistically think they're not going to keep the mini going (so I'll hold on to my 12 mini, which really isn't mini enough, but it's the best I can get). So I'm just hoping for the day the watch grows even more capable and is offered completely independent of an iPhone plan. I want just my iPad for work and watch for my personal device. Probably will never happen, but a guy can dream.

tht said:

hopestillflies said:

So, when will we see an M processor iPad Mini, will the price point be about the same as the 6, and how much trade in will they give me for my 6 I just got a few months ago?

I think it will be never. The iPad mini will stick with iPhone processors. However, that doesn't mean Stage Manager won't come to the iPad mini. If there is an A16 or A17 with 8 GB RAM, I think they may convince Apple to turn it on. The iPm is a small screen device though. Apple is going to think that people don't buy it to use like a PC laptop, but as a reading, streaming, gaming device. More of a dedicated device. It doesn't have a Magic Keyboard either. Lots of things stacked against it having Stage Manager. Don't get your hopes up.

Too late, I already have my hopes up  I sure would like to see these features in the mini. They put the USB-C port instead of lightning in it which gave it all the docking capabilities of the air and pro which means it's just as easy to hook up to an external monitor at which point the screen size of the iPad itself is irrelevant. And it might not have the new magic keyboard/trackpad/case thing made for iPad, but I use mine with a Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad every day and it works great. I use it often in a desktop docked environment and these enhancements would make that even better.
Sure, I could just get an Air or Pro, but why? I don't want to carry around that big of a device. The mini size is great for most on the go things and when I want to do bigger screen work I hook it up to the bigger screen.
Maybe they won't ever do it, but I think they should.

So, when will we see an M processor iPad Mini, will the price point be about the same as the 6, and how much trade in will they give me for my 6 I just got a few months ago?

wrbluepearl said:

Would have been nice if these features were available for the iPad Mini 6, too. <sigh>

Yeah. I knew when I just got my mini earlier this year that I might have some regrets with it not having the M1. I work from it with external screen and keyboard/trackpad and these new expanded capabilities would have been very welcome. I'm usually one to keep a computer/device for a long time before upgrading but if they drop an updated mini with the necessary processor for all the new features, I might be upgrading faster than I've ever done on anything before. Not getting anything bigger though. I absolutely love how small it is.