Apple supply chain makers have not received any new orders for the fourth generation iPad Mini models, possibly hinting at the end of the road for the model.

The tame Apple Press, which cannot use the word "product failure" in a sentence about Apple instead claimed that the reason for the products demise was because Apple was going to bring out a super, cool, 12 inch iPad Plus next year. This of course makes absolute sense, as the two products have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

Apparently what adds credibility to the reports is the fact that Apple did not introduce any significant change in the iPad Mini 3 last year expect for adding the Touch ID fingerprint scanner. The internals of the iPad Mini 3 were left pretty much unchanged over the iPad Mini 2.

Of course if that logic was applied Apple would discontinue all its mobile products as it has not really changed them since it invented the rounded rectangle

However, it is a sign that the fad for tablets has worn off and the so call game changing technology touted by Jobs and the Tame Apple Press is going the way of the hula-hoop and the ipod.

The Tame Apple press denies all this of course and says it is all because the super cool iPhone 6 Plus phablet has eaten into the iPad Mini sales. The fact that the tablet never had a killer app and was to technology what pot noodle was to food had nothing to do with it.