During the Apple’s fall event which has just taken place in couple hours ago, the Cupertino giant has officially announced its latest iPad tablets, the iPad Air and iPad mini with retina display.
iPad Air
The 9.7-inch iPad is now known as iPad Air which comes with the major redesign since the iPad 2. The sleek device looks like an outsized iPad mini, which is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, and features a smaller bezel, that shrinks the footprint of the tablet down without compromising on screen size. Apple says it’s 20 percent thinner at only 7.5mm thick, and weighs just 1.0 pound (28 percent less than the previous iPad). The screen remains the same; it’s a 9.7-inch Retina Display with 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution.[more…]
The iPad Air features the 64-bit A7 processor and M7 motion coprocessor found in the iPhone 5, which Apple claims to be 8 times faster and has 72 times better graphics performance than the old processor. It comes with a 5-megapixel iSight camera and FaceTime HD front-facing camera and 10 hour battery life. Thanks to new MIMO 802.11n support, the new iPad Air has twice the data transfer rate, however, it doesn’t support 802.11ac.
Pricing and Availability
The iPad Air with Wi-Fi models will be available in silver or space gray starting on Friday, November 1 for several countries, for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model and $799 (US) for the 128GB model. iPad Air with Wi-Fi + Cellular comes with the suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model, $829 (US) for the 64GB model and $929 (US) for the 128GB model.
iPad Mini with Retina Display
Apple has revamped the iPad mini with retina display. The new 7.9-inch mini, packs all the 3.1 million pixels (2048-by-1536 resolution) of iPad Air into its 7.9-inch Multi-Touch display, for a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch. The 7.9-inch Retina display of iPad mini is 35 percent larger than screens on 7-inch tablets, and is the only small tablet to deliver the full iPad experience, now with razor sharp Retina quality.
Pricing and Availability
iPad mini with Retina display will be available later in November in silver or space gray. iPad mini with Retina display Wi-Fi models will be available for a suggested retail price of $399 (US) for the 16GB model, $499 (US) for the 32GB model, $599 (US) for the 64GB model and $699 (US) for the 128GB model. iPad mini with Retina display Wi-Fi + Cellular models will be available for a suggested retail price of $529 (US) for the 16GB model, $629 (US) for the 32GB model, $729 (US) for the 64GB model and $829 (US) for the 128GB model.
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4866868/apple-ipad-5-2013-availability-price-air
