Apple is working with component suppliers in Korea to test a new version of its popular tablet computer with a smaller screen, U.S. media reported on Tuesday.
Officials at Korea’s ministry of technology, who declined to be named, said the company has shown them screen designs for a new tablet with a screen size of about 8 inches, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
The news of Apple testing a smaller tablet comes as the company is reportedly in discussions with new producers to braoden its manufacturing base beyond the now controversial FOXCON.
But The Wall Street Journal report also noted that Apple, which works with suppliers to test new designs all the time, could opt not to proceed with the smaller tablet.