Apple occasionally leaves its secrets in its own code. On September 25, MacRumors identified images of a future iPad mini discovered by its contributor Aaron Perris. The images show a relocated front camera, a new speaker grille, and notably the mention of an A20 Pro chip. This would revive Apple's smallest tablet, which has remained almost unchanged since 2021. The first visible novelty is the front camera, which would be moved to the long edge of the chassis, the one held horizontally. This is already the case on the iPad Pro M4, the iPad Air M4, and the iPad 11. The iPad mini would be the last in the lineup to adopt this change. Practically, this mainly benefits video calls: the camera remains centered when the tablet is placed in landscape orientation, unlike the current three-quarter framing. The design would also change slightly, with slightly refined bezels and a small notch cut into the frame for a speaker, similar to the iPhone. Nothing spectacular, but it is already more than what the mini has experienced in recent years. A high-end iPhone chip in the mini The A20 Pro is the real piece. This chip arrived in September in the iPhone 18 Pro and in the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable. Sliding it into an iPad mini would break a habit. Usually, the smaller format receives a processor from the previous generation. Will the A20 Pro be delivered in its full version? Not certain. On the iPad mini 7, the A17 Pro was already throttled, with five graphics cores instead of six. The new chip has seven on the iPhone. Even if it is missing one core, it would still be far ahead of the old one. Three years without a real evolution The iPad mini 6 was released in 2021. Since then, Apple has only updated it once, in 2024, with the A17 Pro. Without a new screen or new design. This future model would therefore be the first serious redesign of the format in three years. The transition to OLED would be an absolute first on an iPad mini. Bloomberg, via its journalist Mark Gurman, expects a presentation by the end of October, with a slightly larger screen than the current 8.3 inches and possible water resistance. These last two points are not yet finalized. The iPad mini would also arrive the same month as the iPhone Duo.