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Apple s ( AAPL ) fourth-generation iPad broke the company s annual release cycle and launched this past November alongside the iPad mini after its predecessor had just hit the market in March. According to a new report from RBC Capital Markets analyst Doug Freedman, Apple may also use the new accelerated launch schedule for its smaller slates.

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iPad Mini Gen-2: Apple s gen-2 iPad mini is getting pulled-in, and is likely to have several new suppliers, with TXN gaining content, Freedman wrote in a research note late Tuesday evening. The analyst s statement isn t crystal clear, however CNET infers that pulled-in refers to Apple pushing up the next iPad mini s launch schedule.

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An exact time frame is unknown, but Apple has not yet completed its global rollout of the first-generation iPad mini so the followup isn t likely to launch in the coming months.

No firm details surrounding Apple s next-generation iPad mini are known at this time, however the device is expected to feature an upgraded Retina display .

This article was originally published by BGR