On Apple's last event in San Francisco, Phil Schiller announced the next iteration of the company's tablet. The thinner, lighter and more powerful iPad Air. This features a smaller bezel, which shrinks the footprint of the tablet down without compromising on screen size. This slate weighs just one pound (down from the fourth-gen model's 1.4 pounds).
The 9.7in (24.6cm) computer is 7.5mm (0.3in) thick and weighs 1lb (469g), which the firm claims is the lightest full-sized tablet on the market. It features an A7 processor under the hood along with an M7 motion chip, which Apple says is 8 times faster and has 72 times better graphics performance than the old processor.
The 5-megapixel iSight camera is capable of shooting 1080p video, It also has FaceTime HD front-facing camera and 10 hour battery life. Apple says the iPad Air has twice the data transfer rate on Wi-Fi thanks to new MIMO 802.11n support, but it doesn't support 802.11ac.
The iPad Air will be available in silver and white and space grey and black color options starting at $499 in dozens of countries including the US, UK, China and Japan on November 1st. Notably, this is the first time China will get the iPad on launch day. An LTE version will be available starting at $629. All of the new iPads will be shipping with iOS 7.
The 9.7in (24.6cm) computer is 7.5mm (0.3in) thick and weighs 1lb (469g), which the firm claims is the lightest full-sized tablet on the market. It features an A7 processor under the hood along with an M7 motion chip, which Apple says is 8 times faster and has 72 times better graphics performance than the old processor.
"We've got the retina upgrade to the smaller iPad that many thought should have been there in the first place," Tony Cripps, principal analyst at tech consultants Ovum, reflected after the announcement in San Francisco.
The 5-megapixel iSight camera is capable of shooting 1080p video, It also has FaceTime HD front-facing camera and 10 hour battery life. Apple says the iPad Air has twice the data transfer rate on Wi-Fi thanks to new MIMO 802.11n support, but it doesn't support 802.11ac.
The iPad Air will be available in silver and white and space grey and black color options starting at $499 in dozens of countries including the US, UK, China and Japan on November 1st. Notably, this is the first time China will get the iPad on launch day. An LTE version will be available starting at $629. All of the new iPads will be shipping with iOS 7.
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