Keep in mind that Apple has said NOTHING about an iPhone mini. This is purely a pipe-dream rumor being pushed by several anal-cysts which may be intended to suppress the sales of iPhones during the holiday season. I find that a very credible thing considering that many of these rumors claim Apple will be releasing this mythical mini-iPhone in February, something Apple has never done for any non-computer hardware product as far back as I can recall. A February release is just soon enough to make people wait to buy. Any later and they would buy now anyway.
Wow. I had no idea there was such intrigue involved.