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Earlier today, Apple announced the newest addition to the iPad family the iPad Air. The new iPad features a 9.7-inch retina display with a sleek thinner and lighter body and design. The new device is 20 percent lighter and about 28 percent lighter than the older models, which brings the device weigh in at one pound.  It comes installed with an Apple-designed A7 chip with 64-bit desktop-class design, faster connection to wifi, faster wireless all while connecting to LTE cellular service.

The iPad Air with will be available in silver or space gray starting on November 1 for a suggested retail price of $499 USD for the 16GB model, $599 USD for the 32GB model, $699 USD for the 64GB model and $799 USD for the 128GB model.

Models Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular
Size
  • Height: 9.4 inches (240 mm)
  • Width: 6.6 inches (169.5 mm)
  • Depth: 0.29 inch (7.5 mm)
Weight 1.05 pounds (478 g)
Display
Chip A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor
RAM 1GB? (to be confirmed)
iSightCamera
  • 5MP photos
  • Autofocus
  • Face detection
  • Backside illumination
  • Five-element lens
  • Hybrid IR filter
  • ƒ/2.4 aperture
  • Tap to focus video
  • or still images
  • Tap to control exposure for video or still images
  • Photo and video geotagging
  • HDR photos
FaceTimeCamera
  • 1.2MP photos
  • 720p HD video
  • FaceTime video calling over Wi‑Fi or cellular5
  • Face detection
  • Backside illumination
  • Tap to control exposure for video or still images
  • Photo and video geotagging
Video Recording
  • 1080p HD
  • video recording
  • Video stabilization
  • Face detection
  • Tap to focus
  • while recording
  • Backside illumination
  • 3x video zoom
Battery Capacity 32 Whr (mAh to be confirmed)
Battery Life Wi-Fi model:

  • Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music

Wi-Fi+Cellular model:

  • Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
  • Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network
Wireless
  • Wi‑Fi (802.11a/b/g/n; 802.11n on 2.4GHz and 5GHz) and MIMO
  • Bluetooth 4.0 technology
Cellular
  • UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  • CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900 MHz)
  • LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26)
Sensors
  •     Three-axis gyro
  •     Accelerometer
  •     Ambient light sensor
Location Wi-Fi model:

  • Wi‑Fi
  • Digital compass

Wi-Fi+Cellular model:

  • Wi‑Fi
  • Digital compass
  • Assisted GPS
  • Cellular
Connector Lightning
Colors Silver, Space Gray
Storage 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB

[Apple]

October 22, 2013  
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