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Summer is nearly behind us, which means we’ll soon be hearing about some new Apple products, which many believe their new iPhones will be released on September 20. As excited as the majority of Apple customers are to hear more about the new iPhones, iPad owners have been waiting to hear about their upcoming tablets for several months now. Specifically, the iPad Mini 2, which has just been spotted in several leaked photos.

The leaked images of the iPad 2 come to us by way of Sonny Dickson, who has been known in the past to leak a number of Apple products. As you can see, the iPad Mini 2 is expected to look nearly identical to the current iPad Mini, although we expect there to be some improvements to its internal specs, which will include an upgraded A6 processor among other things.

Unfortunately, there aren’t any pics of the iPad Mini 2′s display, which would put the debate of whether or not it’ll include a Retina Display to rest. At this point, it’s still up in the air whether or not Apple will include a high-resolution display like its Retina Display on the iPad Mini 2, but it’s looking less likely that will happen this time around.

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There’s a 5th generation iPad in the works, and a set of photos this week (once again) provides clues suggesting the size and shape of this device likely appearing in full later this year. With the success of the iPad mini comes Apple’s redesign of the iPad – here rolling out in (more) unofficial images […]

Bloomberg is reporting that a retina iPad Mini and a thinner iPad are both set to release later this year. That would confirm previous reports about how the full-sized, big boy iPad was getting the iPad Mini design treatment with a narrower bezel and a thinner body and that the iPad Mini would finally get a Retina display.

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Apple’s next iPad will likely resemble the iPad mini, and lose some weight and possible some girth thanks to the same touch-panel tech that made the mini so… well, so mini. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple’s next iPad, which is currently in production with Apple’s supply partners, will use a film-based (vs. a glass-based) touch panel to save on thickness and weight.

It’s not something that should come as much of a surprise: early case design leaks (pictured above) suggested that the next 9.7-inch iPad would inherit the exterior styling of the iPad mini, and possibly go in for not only a thinner case but a thinner bezel and smaller physical footprint as well.

The fourth-generation iPad, and the third-generation device before it, are actually heavier and thicker than the iPad 2, something made necessary by the introduction of the Retina display in those later devices. Shaving weight and size isn’t only logical because of the iPad mini’s example, it’s also something that could help Apple considerably in terms of providing an upgrade incentive to existing iPad owners.

In all likelihood, a new iPad would occupy the same price point as the fourth generation device, which was introduced in October last year with a surprise refresh that improved the processor and added a lightning connector. Judging by recent reports, we could see the next iPad as early as September, and it might have a longer-lasting battery to go with its new design.