In the past few months, there have been rumors that new Apple iPad Mini, a 7-inch Tablet PC, will be launched later in 2012. This Tablet PC will compete with Kindle Fire of Amazon and Nexus 7 of Google. More importantly, this Tablet PC will not replace Apple's new iPad, but become a supplement to the current sales of iPad.

Because it is about to debut, rumors mount for Apple iPad mini. Earlier today, the Japanese media brought the latest news that this product will begin its mass production in September.

At the same time, a person with knowledge of the plans claimed to have witnessed the prototype of iPad mini, saying that the PC is approximately 7.2mm thick with a screen that is slightly wider than Nexus 7 and it looks like a bigger edition of the third-generation iPod nano.

In addition, the same person also verified the rumor that the screen of the iPad mini is indeed 7.85 inch diagonally, equipped with a A5X dual-core processors, and its memory capacity is only 8GB. Unfortunately the screen is not the supposed Retina retinal screen.

Many analysts believe that in order not to affect the sales of iPad, Apple iPad mini will have designs and functions that are totally different from those of iPad.

It is also said that the iPad mini will be produced by the Foxconn factory in Brazil, expected to be released before the end of Christmas.