The iPad Mini was supposed to be launched with two microphones

  Tablet iPad Mini those from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it was launched in November of last year, but until then numerous images appeared on the Internet in which tablet accessories were presented. Most of the accessories appeared then and are still sold showing the fact that the device was going to have two microphones implemented, just like that iPhone/iPadare now available on the market. The implementation of two microphones improves the quality of calls FaceTime and recordings, and in the case of tablets with a 10-inch screen, this component proved to be very helpful for these functions, but in the case iPad Mini Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it was decided to remove it right before the release.

  No one knows why Apple chose to make this decision, many cases sold by the Chinese have a hole for the second microphone, so Apple waited until the very last moment of the start of production to withdraw the component. Considering that the iPad Mini had something like this, it is possible that iPad Mini 2 to contain the second microphone and for it to be presented as a great advantage for users, but it remains to be seen what the company from Cupertino will present.