Rumor has it that the iPad mini lineup isn’t dead just yet, and that Apple plans on introducing an iPad mini 4 later this year. Probably at the rumored September 9 event.
Those aforementioned rumors began creeping up around the tail-end of July, and most recently an image showed that the new mini could feature a thinner shell than the previous generation. Now, according to a report published recently by 9to5Mac, another key detail regarding the upcoming, but still unannounced, tablet has been revealed.
By way of the developer Hamza Sood, it has been discovered that the iPad mini 4 will likely get full split-view app support within iOS 9 when it launches later this year. The hypothesis was made via a resource file found within OS X El Capitan’s Safari 9, and shows an obvious support for split-view in apps on an iPad mini. While the iPad mini 3 can be used for testing these split-view apps, it’s no secret that the iPad mini 3 does not officially support full split-view apps — something that’s reserved for the iPad Air 2 within this current lineup of iPad models.
That would seem to suggest that Apple is preparing to offer full split-view app support in the iPad mini 4. Indeed, one rumors that has cropped up regarding the upcoming tablet is that it would support a faster processor under the hood, which could very well be a version of the A8 chip found within the current iPad Air 2.
While nothing is definitive at this point, it is a good sign that the iPad mini 4 will get this support when it launches later this year. If that is indeed the case, would you opt for the new iPad mini over a new iPad Air?
[via 9to5Mac]
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