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Apple iPad mini 5 release date, specs news: Tablet to boast longer battery life even with thinner frame; Fall launch expected

Maria Bernadette Castro June 16, 2016 02:03 AM EST

The Apple logo is pictured inside the newly opened Omotesando Apple store at a shopping district in Tokyo June 26, 2014. | Reuters/Yuya Shino

Despite virtually no signs of it being out in the tech world soon, the Apple iPad mini 5 is still one of the most highly anticipated devices for this year.

The tablet hasn't showed up at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), but Apple is allegedly eyeing a September launch instead.

The iPad mini 5 has no place at the WWDC reportedly because the big event is focused on Apple's software front. This makes a September launch more likely.

The iPhone 7, which has also been in the rumor mills for a while, is expected to be unveiled on the same month. The iPad mini 5 will make for an exciting release with the smartphone.

Previous iterations of the iPad mini were released in the fall. The first two versions came out October 2013 and 2014 respectively, a month after new iPhone s of those years were introduced.

Last year, the iPad mini 4 was unveiled in September last year along with the iPhone 6. If Apple is going by the schedule this year, then an iPad mini 5 will likely be ready for show by Fall.

With regards to the specs, the iPad mini 5 is rumored to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack, like the iPhone 7. It is reportedly getting Lightning-type port instead.

Apple is also rumored to manufacture its very own earpods that will connect with the Lightning port. That should make the new iPad mini the thinnest in its family.

Despite the insane slimness of the iPad mini 5, it is also expected to still be very durable. Apple intends to do that by using a 7000-series aluminium chassis on the tablet.

The software giant from Cupertino is reportedly developing a superior battery technology that will lengthen the battery life of the iPad mini 5.

Its thinness will certainly require a smaller battery, but Apple is finding ways not to compensate battery life for thinness and to get the best of both worlds.

The iPad mini 5 is expected to be unveiled this September.

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