Early 2017: The long awaited Apple's iPad Mini 4 successor could be released. The iPad Mini versions have consistently been a key icon for Apple in their tablet range, largely factor by its portable form and competitive price. Can Apple's iPad Mini 5 point out the significant improvement over its predecessor? Today, we'll take a look at everything from top to bottom, as we know so far about the iPad Mini 5 ahead of the release in 2017.

Apple's previous version of iPad Mini was released in September 2015, making the tablet well behind time for an upgrade. As what enthusiasts have expected, it'd be easy to speculate that the iPad Mini 5 will be launched in the third quarter of this year. However, according to Macworld, there's been no suggestion that will be the case. With Apple's final event every year expected to be largely focused on their Mac line-up, news of a new iPad Mini model is expected to be highlighted by next year.

According to Christian Times, members of the community were expecting that Apple would find time to reveal the next emphasis of the new iPad Mini, but the Cupertino-based company is now focused more on the new iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus Smartphones, as well as the 2nd series of Apple watches, 

If the rumors yield to be true, probable patrons can expect the iPad Mini 5 will include a 7.9-inch Retina display, 3 gigabytes of random access memory, and 32 gigabytes of internal RAM, that can be upgradable up to 256 gigabytes with an SD card, Christian Post reported.

Despite the fact, there is no spectacular change in this series - iPhone 7 and iPhones 7 plus, the forthcoming device might also get rid of the 3.5-mm headphone jack, and might as well include the iPad Mini 5 which is dust- and water-resistant.