iPad mini could crash down the competition as rumors surface again. Launch Oct, price $200-$250.-

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

iPad mini could crash down the competition as rumors surface again. Launch Oct, price $200-$250.-

iMore new report claims. Apple is indeed preparing a smaller version of its wildly popular iPad tablet and it will launch this coming October for between $200 and $250.

Numerous earlier reports have suggested that an iPad with a 7.85-inch display will launch in the third or fourth quarter this year.

The scaled down tablet will look exactly like the current 9.7-inch iPad but smaller. It will also feature a display resolution of 2,048 x 1,536 pixels, identical to the panel on Apple’s new iPad.

If iMore’s report is accurate, the move will likely be a crushing blow to vendors like Samsung and HTC, which continue to struggle in the tablet market. A $200 or $250 “iPad mini,” as it has been called, would also likely pose a huge problem for both Amazon and Barnes & Noble, each of which offers a low-cost tablet in addition to their eReader products.

We reported before about the iPad mini since December 2011:

iPad mini 7.85 inch likely to adopt slim bezel displays and cost $249-$299.

iPad mini 7 inch tablet confirmed for Summer Q32012, by Samsung?

Apple to take on the Kindle Fire with a 7.85 inch iPad. To begin production in 3Q 2012.

4Q2012: Apple to launch 7.85-inch iPad .