Apple has with the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, two new tablets to its range added. The new Air will get a faster A8X-soc, a thinner casing and features the Touch ID finger print scanner. The mini 3 should have less updates to do, but it does have Touch ID.
The new models Apple announced during a private event, nearly a year after the introduction of the previous generation. With the iPad Air 2 are visually seen few changes in the casing effect. This is with 6.1 mm is slightly thinner, but still has the same package. There is still a 9.7″screen with resolution of 2048×1536 pixels, although this by merging the lcd, glass and touchscreenlaag less affected by reflection. The new iPad alongside silver and grey now also available in the color gold are bought.
Within the housing is the necessary custom. Apple introduces the new A8X-soc, which is faster than the A8 soc that the iPhone 6 was introduced. Compared to the A8, the A8X is 40 percent better performance and is the built-in gpu that’s 2.5 times as fast. Also, the ram is doubled; instead of 1GB in the original iPad Air is now 2GB built in. The battery must be the 10 hours wait and there is support for wi-fi 802.11 ac and lte up to 150Mbit/s.
Apple puts the emphasis on the improved camera in the iPad Air 2. It is a model with 8 megapixels and a f/2.4 lens. Also, the imager will be improved, like the camera on the front of the iPad. The camera software makes it possible to time-lapse video and slow motion video. Also new is Touch ID, the finger print scanner that Apple for the first time at the iPhone 5s introduced.
Furthermore, Apple with a new iPad mini. The third generation has with 7.9″ and a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels, the same display properties. Also keeps the company from Cupertino to stick to the relatively outdated A7 soc that also in the previous version was. The only innovation seems to be adding Touch ID. During the presentation, the manufacturer little attention to the new mini-model.
Both tablets run on iOS 8.1, a new version of the mobile operating system that Apple also Thursday presented. The software includes support for Apple Pay, the payment system on October 20, will be available in the United States. Also returns in iOS 8.1 the camera roll back in the gallery and users can upload their pictures to a new photo library in iCloud, which is already in beta appeared.
Apple releases the new iPads next week, including in the Netherlands, but interested parties can Friday already have a preorder from places. For the iPad Air 2 in the flavors, 16GB, 64GB, or 128GB in the Netherlands is, respectively, 499, 599 and 699 euros will be charged. The iPad mini 3 costs the same amount of memory, 100 euros less. For lte support, should be 120 euro extra to be paid. The prices of the previous generation, with 100 euros reduced and will continue to be available. In total, there are now more than 225 million iPads sold, according to Apple.
Because Apple accidentally the arrival of the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3 is already announced, the announcement does not come as a surprise. In addition, dived there are photos of parts, which makes the A8X-soc and Touch ID-finger print scanner is already no longer a secret.
Images are sourced from The Verge.
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