My iPad Mini 2 is getting slow.  I'd rather not purchase an iPad Mini 4 that was released in 2015, but it looks like that may be the current option with form factor.    The new 9.7 inch iPad is close in price, with a much faster processor, but it's bigger. Do you think and iPad Mini 5 or Mini Pro will be released?  If so, when?  Rumors are 51/49 that the mini is being phased out.  Thus the last mini may be the 4.  I hope that is not the reality. I plan to remove as much as possibl