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Apple will reportedly launch new iPad next month, iPad mini sequel possible as well

April may not be the cruelest month for iPad [1] fans this year, BGR News reports. Unnamed sources have told iMore’s Rene Ritchie [2] that Apple [3] (AAPL [4]) plans to release the next iPad as soon as this April, which will presumably include both the fifth-generation 9.7-inch iPad and perhaps the second-generation iPad mini. Ritchie says that while he’s fairly confident that Apple will launch a redesigned version of the 9.7-inch iPad next month, he’s not as confident that Apple is yet ready to take the wraps off a Retina-equipped version of the iPad mini [5].

“Retina for the iPad mini, however, still doesn’t sound imminent,” Ritchie writes. “Apple is not going to release iPads that costs [sic] more or don’t get as good battery life as the current models. So, if the next iPad mini does end up getting slated for April, it could be a spec bump, or have something other than Retina as a differentiator…”

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