Ahead of its special event on March 25, Apple has quietly unveiled two new additions to its growing line of iPads. The 10.5-inch iPad Air and the 7.9-inch iPad mini — both compatible with Apple Pencil — continue to grow upon the company’s legacy of creativity and technology, in user-favorite sizes.
“iPad continues to provide magical new experiences for a growing range of uses where it is the absolute best device, from playing games in augmented reality to note-taking and drawing with Apple Pencil, from streaming HD movies and editing 4K films to learning to develop apps with Swift Playgrounds,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, in an announcement. “Today the iPad family takes two big leaps forward with an all-new 10.5-inch iPad Air that brings high-end size, features and performance at a breakthrough price, and a major upgrade to the 7.9-inch iPad mini, which also brings Apple Pencil, Retina display and the A12 Bionic chip to the many customers that love its compact size.”
Both models feature the A12 Bionic chip, making app experiences and graphics performance all the more advanced, while WiFi and LTE connectivity mean you can stay connected and share your content on-the-go, wherever you are.
10.5-inch iPad Air:
The new iPad Air is features the A12 Bionic chip with Apple’s Neural Engine, which gives the unit a 70 percent performance boost over its predecessor, and double the graphics power. More then half a million additional pixels are loaded into the advanced Retina display — which itself is 20 percent larger — and it’s all compatible with the popular Apple Pencil.
The new Apple iPad Air is available for preorder now, starting at at Adorama.
7.9-inch iPad mini:
The 7.9-inch iPad mini combines the favorite compact size with the improved Apple technology. Also containing the A12 Bionic chip, Apple notes that the new iPad mini has three times the performance and graphics that are nine times faster than previous versions. The mini features the highest pixel density of any iPad Apple has produced thus far, and includes a 25 percent brighter display.
The new Apple iPad mini is available for preorder now, starting at , at Adorama.
The front- and back-facing cameras — on both the iPad Air and mini — allow for clear and stable 1080p HD video capture and are capable of powering AR experiences.
An upcoming update to iWork (to be available next week) will improve the integration with Apple Pencil, upgrading your creative tools even further.
