After the news received today by the guys from Cupertino, who among other things have presented a new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus product (RED), new straps for the Apple Watch and a new iPad 9.7 inches, One of the news that is not given the importance it deserves is the discontinuation of the iPad Mini 2.
The iPad Mini 2 it could be purchased until today in physical stores and online for a starting price of $ 269 (in United States). But Apple has decided today that this model, which was launched in November 2013, should stop selling immediately.
To this day, It was the cheapest tablet of the Californian company within its wide portfolio of products. However, from now on it will cease to be, leaving its legacy to the new 9.7-inch iPad "economy" version put on sale today, with a starting price of $ 329. If you are one of those who bet on the smaller model, 7.9 inches, only the 4 GB iPad Mini 128 would be available for a little more, $ 399.
Thus, Apple has drastically reduced the portfolio of iPad products available. Currently we can choose between the 9.7 ″ and 12.9 ″ iPad Pro, the aforementioned low-cost iPad (it loses its name "Air") of 9.7 ″, and the aforementioned iPad Mini 4.
This wave of news does not rule out the rumors that we have had these days, in which Apple is supposed to be preparing a new 10.5 ″ iPad model. The rumors that claimed that they would be presented before the end of March have been discarded, so the next scheduled date could be MWC 2017, or even in a later event.