Apple has announced its thinnest, lightest and fastest ever iPad…the iPad Air which will be available from November 1.
Featuring a 9.7-inch Retina display the new tablet weighs just one pound and is 20 per cent thinner than the fourth generation iPad at just 7.5mm.
The borders around the display are narrower, making it easier to hold, and it will feature the new power-efficient Apple-designed A7 chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, ultrafast wireless with faster built-in Wi-Fi and expanded LTE cellular connectivity.
Apple’s Phil Schiller said: “iPad created an entirely new mobile computing experience, and the new iPad Air is another big leap ahead.
“It is so thin, light and powerful, once you hold one in your hand you will understand what a tremendous advancement this is…it delivers all-day battery life in the lightest full-sized tablet in the world.”
Apple said the new iPad Air’s Retina display makes web pages, text, images and video look incredibly sharp and realistic while the new power-efficient A7 chip allows the battery to be even smaller without sacrificing its life.
The iPad Air also has a next generation FaceTime HD camera, the iSight camera with 5MP sensor and with the improved image signal processing of the A7 processor Apple says it will bring “faster auto-focus, up to three times video zoom, five times still zoom, better dynamic range and automatic image and video stabilization.”
The iPad Air will be available in silver or space gray starting on Friday, November 1, for a suggested retail price of $499 for the 16GB model, $599 for the 32GB model, $699 for the 64GB model and $799 for the 128GB model.
iPad Air with Wi-Fi + Cellular will be available starting on Friday, November 1 for a suggested retail price of $629 for the 16GB model, $729 for the 32GB model, $829 for the 64GB model and $929 for the 128GB model.
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