Ahead of its major announcement on March 25, Apple has dropped some details about a new product that will be hitting the shelves. For tech fans who are looking for the next iPad, the iPad Air has officially been announced.
From the announcement:
Starting at $499 (£479, AU$779), the new iPad Air features a 10.5-inch Retina display and the same A12 Bionic processor used in the iPhone XS. The new $399 (£399, AU$599) iPad Mini will replace the aging iPad Mini 4, which had been left virtually unchanged by Apple since its debut in 2015. The new models are now available for preorder and will be in stores next week.
Apple is also expected to announce its own streaming service during the event along with the new iPads.
In addition to the iPad Air, Apple is set to launch a new version of the iPad Mini.
You can read more about the new iPad Air and iPad Mini on Apple’s official website.
Additional information on the iPad Air can be seen below.
iPad Air Specs
- 10.5-inch Retina display (2,224×1,668-pixel resolution), 500 nits
- 8-megapixel rear camera, 7-megapixel FaceTime camera
- Support for the original Apple Pencil (not the newer one announced in October)
- A12 Bionic processor with Neural Engine, M12 coprocessor
- 64GB or 256GB of storage
- Support for eSIM
- Rated for 10 hours of battery life
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- Touch ID
- Lightning connector
- Weighs 1 pound (456 grams); Wi-Fi + cellular model weighs 1.02 pounds (464 grams)
- Available in space gray, silver and gold
- Starts at $499, £479, AU$779