DisplaySearch analyst Paul Semenza was categorical today, stating that it is almost certain that we will see an iPad Mini with a Retina display in 2013, and more specifically in the 3rd or 4th quarter of this year.
"We're seeing potential in the third quarter of panel production for a higher-resolution iPad Mini," DisplaySearch analyst Paul Semenza told CNET today. "When would the Mini be available? Could be third quarter or fourth quarter," he said.
This prediction is also in line with the prediction made by another well-known Apple analyst, Gene Munster, at the beginning of the year.
The Retina iPad Mini will have a resolution of 2048×1536 and a pixel density of 324 ppi. LG, Sharp, and even AUO, Japan Display, are candidates to take on the display, according to Semenza.
We should mention, as we have said thousands of times in the past, that analysts often fall short in their predictions, although honestly we would like to see an iPad Mini with a Retina display more than anything else this year.
On the one hand, the smaller and less energy-intensive A5 processor of the Apple TV may point the way for something like this, but we have some reservations since the iPad Mini may eventually have to lose a bit of its fantastic ergonomics and become heavier in the case of a Retina display, as was the case with the iPad 3, and we are not sure if Apple wants to proceed with something like this so soon.
Dimitrios Georgoulas @ GreekAppleNews
