The wraps are off, the new Apple tablets are official. Say hello to the new 9.7" model, iPad Air (not 5), and the new 7.9" model, the iPad mini 2. The big news, of course, is that the mini model now has a Retina display.
Apple iPad mini 2
The Apple iPad mini 2 is thinner and lighter than its predecessor. It still has a 7.9" screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio, but the resolution has quadrupled to 1536 x 2048 pixels and the pixel density has doubled to 324ppi.
The chipset was another part where the iPad mini lagged behind with a lowly dual-core Cortex-A9 processor. Apple has used its own Apple A7 chipset with ARMv8-based Cyclone cores, a couple of generations ahead of A9. The RAM was doubled to 1GB and the GPU got a major boost too and is a PowerVR SGX 6th series. The M7 motion co-processor is on-board too.
The TouchID rumors didn’t pan out and the mini 2 has a regular Home button.
The Apple iPad mini 2 runs iOS 7 out of the box (of course) and will come in 16/32/64GB built-in storage. Color options are just Silver & White and Space Grey & Black. As usual there will be Wi-Fi and 3G/LTE versions.
Apple iPad Air
The Apple iPad Air brings a new name, new design and more power. It received the new Apple A7 chipset along with the M7 motion co-processor. The other major upgrade is the design – it's based on the iPad mini and has narrower bezels (43% smaller) that make the tablet easier to handle.
Other than that you get a 9.7" IPS LCD screen with 1536 x 2048 pixel as before. The iPad Air does get the TouchID sensor, which means you can use some of the cool new features that iOS 7 brought.
Color options are as you would expect – Space Grey, White and Gold – and the storage options go all the way up to 128GB (starting at 16GB and doubling at each step).
The tablet is 20% thinner and now measures just 7.5mm, thinner than the iPad 2. The weight also went down from 1.4 pounds to 1 pound - that's 653g down to 453g.
The Apple iPad Air will be available in two color versions - Silver and white and Space gray. Sales start on November 1 for $499.
By the way, the iPad 2 is still alive and will continue selling at $399.
Developing – we're adding new info as it becomes available!
Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_ipad_mini_2_and_ipad_air_official-news-7032.php
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