iPad Mini Release Date October 23 New Report from Insider Claims: Features, Price, Photo
Apple is set to unveil it's iPad Mini at an event on October 23, according to a source familiar with the gig, Reuters reported Friday.
Rumors of a smaller iPad have been out for months as Apple seeks to get a share in the market of smaller and cheaper tablets dominated by Amazon's Kindle Fire, Google's Nexus 7 and the like.
The anonymous sources told Reuters that Apple is unveiling a "new product" on October 23, but the source did not specify what product. A specific date was not revealed until today and previous reports just speculated that the release would happen in "late October."
Microsoft is expected to unveil it's Windows 8 and its Surface tablet on October 26.
The price tag for the iPad Mini is rumored to be around $250 to $300 depending on screen sizes which matches closely with the products being put out by Amazon and Google that start at $199.
Apple's iPad Mini is rumored to be released with an option for a 7-inches and 9-inches screens.
Wall Street Journal analysts have actually said they have played with a "pilot iPad Mini" in Asia.
