Marco Arment, the creator of save-for-later app Instapaper, revealed an interesting discovery on his blog Thursday that further hints at the existence of Apple's iPad Mini.
He postulates first that the new iPad designations could refer to process-shrunk versions of the iPad 2, though he admits "that would be a pretty strange move."
His real theory soon surfaces: that the iPad2,5 and iPad2,6 represent the iPad Mini in its Wi-Fi and GSM iterations.
A textbook move
Arment goes on to suggest that based on his observations, the iPad Mini is effectively an iPad 2 stuffed into a smaller, cheaper chassis.
That would grant it Apple's A5 chipset and 512MB of RAM, though by Arment's estimations, the iPad Mini wouldn't launch with a Retina Display.
"It's a textbook Tim Cook supply-chain move: selling the last generation's hardware at a lower price point to expand marketshare," Arment writes.
"But this time, it's more dramatic."
iPad Mini release date
Jailbreakers could theoretically fake whatever iPad designation they wanted to, Arment admits, though he's "never had a device show up there that didn't end up being a real, about-to-be-released Apple device."
So when will the iPad Mini release?
Initial rumors in July predicted the iPad Mini would be revealed on Sept. 12 alongside the iPhone 5, and that both would launch nine days later on Sept. 21.
More recently, "sources" have reported that the iPad Mini launch would take place at an event in October, separate from the September iPhone 5 release event.
Whatever happens, Apple is sure to keep us guessing until the eleventh hour.
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