Apple’s eighth-generation iPad mini is likely to arrive next year, so here’s what to expect.

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The current ‌iPad mini‌ came out in 2024, with the main upgrade over the previous version being the A17 Pro chip and Apple Intelligence support. The previous generation introduced a complete redesign and the A15 Bionic chip.

In August, Apple mistakenly shared code that revealed key information about the next-generation ‌iPad mini‌ with the codename codename J510/J511: The device features the A19 Pro…