Apple launches 10.5-inch iPad Air with A12 Bionic chip, Apple Pencil support more

Apple today released a novel 10.5-inch tablet branded equally “iPad Air”. We idea that moniker was long abandoned later the iPad Air models were phased out well-nigh 2 years ago!

It starts at $499, offers Apple Pencil back upward as well as runs Apple’s latest A12 Bionic processor alongside the second-generation Neural Engine coprocessor for hardware-assisted acceleration of machine learning as well as artificial intelligence tasks. It does non borrow Face ID from the iPad Pro serial as well as thus the expert ol’ Touch ID Home push is all the same acquaint on this machine.

The A12 Bionic chip brings a seventy pct boost inwards functioning as well as twice the graphics capability. The A12 chip serial also powers the latest iPhone XR as well as iPhone XS.

The novel tablet weighs inwards at 1 pound (456 grams) as well as is merely 6.1 mm thin, the same ultra-thin profile nosotros saw on the previous iPad Air 2 model as well as the novel iPad mini 5. The 30.2-watt-hour battery is rated at upward to 10 hours of surfing the spider web on Wi‑Fi, watching video or listening to music or upward to nine hours of Internet fourth dimension when using cellular information network.

Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing:

iPad continues to furnish magical novel experiences for a growing attain of uses where it is the absolute best device, from playing games inwards augmented reality to note-taking as well as drawing alongside Apple Pencil, from streaming hard disk drive movies as well as editing 4K films to learning to prepare apps alongside Swift Playgrounds.

Today the iPad identify unit of measurement takes 2 large leaps frontward alongside an all-new 10.5-inch iPad Air that brings high-end size, features as well as functioning at a breakthrough price, as well as a major upgrade to the 7.9-inch iPad mini, which also brings Apple Pencil, Retina display as well as the A12 Bionic chip to the many customers that honey its compact size.

The previous iPad Air models had a 9.7-inch enshroud as well as this novel model packs inwards a 10.5-inch display into roughly the same enclosure, which was achieved past times shrinking the side bezels slightly (similar to the straightaway discontinued 10.5-inch iPad Pro).

In improver to beingness nearly twenty pct larger, the 2,224×1,668 display features over one-half a 1000000 to a greater extent than pixels than the previous iPad Air models. This is a fully laminated enshroud similar on iPad Air 2 as well as thus the images volition look equally if painted straight on a slice of glass.

The LED-backlit panel has 500 nits brightness as well as 1.8 pct reflectivity.

The novel iPad Air is compatible alongside Apple’s Smart Keyboard

The tablet supports Apple’s True Tone enshroud technology that automatically adjusts display brightness to jibe lighting atmospheric condition around you. This is also a broad coloring display (the DCI-P3 profile) capable of rendering HDR photos alongside redder reds as well as greener greens.

It does non role OLED technology nor is it rated for HDR video.

The selfie photographic boob tube camera has gone from the awful 1.2-megapixel shooter alongside 720p video capture on iPad Air 2 to an iPhone 7-like seven-megapixel sensor alongside 1080p video recording at xxx frames per second. The eight-megapixel parent photographic boob tube camera features improved low-light sensitivity, 1080p video capture alongside stabilization, slo-mo video capture at 120 frames per instant as well as more.

Both cameras get got Auto HDR as well as accept broad coloring images as well as Live Photos. In fact, both the novel 10.5-inch iPad Air as well as iPad mini v are straightaway rocking the same front end as well as parent cameras (that lack LED flash as well as optical icon stabilization).

Other notable perks include Bluetooth 5, the magnetic Smart Connector on the side, the 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo speakers, the Lighting port, dual microphones as well as the same Wi-Fi performance, eSim technology as well as Gigabit‑class LTE connectivity equally the latest iPad Pro series.

The novel 10.5-inch iPad Air is available starting today inwards Silver, Space Gray as well as Gold. The 64GB/256GB Wi-Fi-only models are priced at $499/$649 (add $130 for cellular connectivity).

The devices volition survive available inwards stores adjacent week.

Are yous planning on buying 1 of these?

Let us know past times posting your thoughts inwards the comments downward below.

Share this post