iPad Mini 6 ditches the home button, switches to USB-C in unofficial renders

Fresh from revamping the iPad Pro, Apple could be turning its attention to the iPad Mini next – unofficial renders purporting to show the 6th-generation iPad Mini show a distinctly iPad Pro-like design, with thinner bezels and a USB-C port for connectivity.

The pictures come courtesy of well known tipster Jon Prosser over at FrontPageTech: the renders are apparently based on device schematics, CAD files and real hands-on images of the new iPad Mini, though Apple’s own renders will look slightly different.

This would be quite a dramatic design shift from the 2019 iPad Mini, though not a surprising one, as Apple shifts all of its tablets over to the more modern look. The iPad Air 4 was given the same treatment last year.

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