iPad mini 6 could get this killer feature before the iPhone 13

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Always since Apple moved from Touch ID to Confront ID in its recent iDevices, many have wondered if the fingerprint scanning tech could return downwards the road. Multiple rumors from the past few months suggest Apple is looking to practice just that when it releases the iPad mini 6, which is said to exist launching this March.

Although it'due south been rumored that the upcoming iPhone 13 would come with an in-display touch on sensor, it at present appears the iPad mini half-dozen volition be the first Apple device to have the new, one-time applied science that's remained pop in competing devices.

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A contempo tweet by well-regarded leaker xleaks7 appears to testify renders of the possible iPad Mini 6 featuring the sensor. The render, posted to Italian site Cover Pigtou, shows a refreshed iPad and discusses the mini every bit having an increased screen size and a reduced bezel.

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In the past, Apple tree saved its latest tech improvements for flagship devices like the iPhone only information technology appears there may be a slight shift in when and where new tech shows upward. It feels similar Apple will test a new characteristic in a device, and if it sells well or if the change is well regarded, it will and then include information technology on other upcoming devices.

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