iPad air
We have a new iPad!
Good news: this one might not cause as much damage to our faces when we use them in bed and they fall on us. Because it’s realllllly light.
So we be like:
Other than the less facial damage stuff, let’s have a look at what the new iPad brings and why you might want to upgrade.
The iPad air is super slim, and super light. Yeah, we said that already but we’re gonna give you specs now. It’s 1 pound. Pretty nice spec, eh? That’s less than one of these babies:
Mmmm. Guinness.
The iPad Air is 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the 4th Gen iPad. It has a 9.7 inch Retina display screen, with thinner bezels ( side bits), similar to the iPad Mini, so the screen is supposed to be more immersive.
We haven’t had the chance to feel it for ourselves yet, but according to all the good guys out there it feels substantially lighter, thinner, and fits nicer in the hand, without resorting to feeling cheap in any way.
So that’s awesome.
The iPad Air has the new A7 processor, same as the iPhone 5S. This means everything is super quick. This is the kind of thing that you might not 100% notice when upgrading, but if you do upgrade, the second you use someone else’s 4th Gen iPad, you’ll notice how drastically slow it is in comparison. And then your friend will be like
The A7 chip is a big part of what helps with the size reduction – it allows the battery to be smaller whilst apparently still allowing it to uphold it’s previous 10 hour battery life.
The iPad Air comes equipped with the usual Apple incremental improvements, i.e. better camera capabilities , better Wi-Fi performance, and an improved FaceTime Camera.
Alongside all of this is and for free is iOS 7, the iLife suite of apps – iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and the iWork suite of apps – Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
This is what Philip Schiller, the Worldwide Marketing guy for Apple had to say about the iPad Air.
( This guy)
“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,
iPad Air with its 9.7-inch Retina display weighs just one pound and packs the incredible performance of iOS 7 running on a 64-bit desktop-class Apple A7 chip, and delivers all-day battery life in the lightest full-sized tablet in the world.”
You can get the iPad Air in Silver or Space Grey. ( No Gold?! )
WHEN WHEN WHEN?!
Friday, November 1.
HOW MUCH?
iPad Air with Wi-Fi – $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 – $629 for the 16GB model, $729 for the 32GB model, $829 for the 64GB model and $929 for the 128GB model.
You will still be able to buy the iPad 2 for $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $529 for the 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G model.
Images courtesy of 9to5mac
Uncategorized | iPhone-Antidote | 
October 29, 2013 3:51 pm
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