Apple Asks iPad Mini Users’ Opinions About Screen Size Ahead of Expected Redesign

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Ahead of when the company is expected to reveal an updated iPad mini featuring an iPad Air-inspired redesign, Apple is out asking some existing ‌iPad mini‌ customers about whether the ‌iPad mini‌’s screen size is too big, too small, or whether it’s “just right.”

Apple often sends out surveys to customers. While they aren’t always entirely indicative of the company’s plans, it offers a glimpse into what Apple’s teams are trying to gauge regarding customer’s wants and needs. The latest survey, initially reported by ITHome, is an apparent attempt by the Cupertino tech-giant to understand the ‌iPad mini‌’s customers’ base and demographic ahead of a significant redesign.

The first question Apple pitches in the survey is, “What do you think of the size of the ‌iPad mini‌ 4’s display? Is it too small, just right, or too big?” The options include the display is “too small,” “a little bit too small,” “just the right size,” “a bit too large,” and “too large.”

As the new ‌iPad mini‌ is expected to be just weeks away from launch, it is unlikely that the responses from the surveys will influence the ‌iPad‌’s screen size as it likely has already been finalized. However, Apple could use the responses from the survey for marketing purposes.

One of the most credible reports for the upcoming 6th-generation ‌iPad mini‌ indicate that it could feature a screen size upwards of 8.5 to 9-inches. Anywhere around that ballpark would place the new ‌iPad‌ on the lower end of the ‌iPad‌ spectrum, as the current smallest ‌iPad‌ after the ‌iPad mini‌ 5 is the baseline ‌iPad‌ with a 10.2-inch display.

Apple also interestingly asks customers to specify which activities they do on their ‌iPad mini‌ in portrait and landscape orientation. Specifically, Apple asks customers to specify whether they use landscape or portrait orientation to take notes, view photos and

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