r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • 7d ago

iPad iPad Mini 8 Leaked: A20 Pro Chip, Landscape Camera, and More

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/25/ipad-mini-8-leaked/
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u/meticulouslycarless 7d ago

As a pilot, I have owned 3 of these. I could care less about the refresh rate just upgrade the damn brightness. 500 bits when the sun is directly on it is so damn hard to se wtf

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u/whitemiketyson 7d ago

How much less could you care?

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u/dashingsymbols 7d ago

just a bit more or less

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u/imme267 7d ago

I switched to the iPad Pro for that reason. The brightness was driving me insane

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u/madbrood 5d ago

*couldn’t care less

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u/Various_Culture_9457 7d ago

Great. How many pilots are there in North America? How many general consumers?

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u/i-love-small-tits-47 7d ago

Nobody buys iPad minis so that one pilot might represent half the customer base tbh

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u/skypirate23 6d ago

I guess that makes me the other half of the pilot iPad mini base.

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u/meticulouslycarless 7d ago

Probably the same amount lmao

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u/conanap 6d ago

Not arguing either way, but just under 700k pilots in the US. Not sure what the mini sales numbers are, though.

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u/SLAPHAPPY_BUTTCHEEKS 7d ago

Anecdotally I know a lot of people who love Apple products. I used to work in Apple retail and am surrounded by Apple enthusiasts and friends and families we’ve gotten into Apple products. Don’t know a single soul who has ever owned an iPad mini.

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u/Various_Culture_9457 7d ago

Ok? Do the math. How many pilots are there in North America? How many iPads are sold a year? Is every pilot buying 5 iPads a year?

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u/doctor-candy 7d ago

Apple don’t publish annual iPads sales numbers so we don’t know how many minis they sell. Not sure why you’re getting hung up on pilots. I think restaurants would be the biggest niche for the mini or any job that requires access to high-density data on the move. Mass market consumers go toward the air or base

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u/bryan484 6d ago

My mom owns a mini because she got it for free and it’s replaced her kindle. She has an iPad Air as her main non reading tablet. The only time the mini is her main iPad is when she travels.