Apple announced a new iPad with minimal fanfare; the news came through a press release, rather than the usual launch event we’ve come to expect. The new iPad is effectively a sequel to 2014’s iPad Air 2, although Apple appears to have killed the ‘Air’ naming convention – no iPad Air 3, folks.
“iPad is the world’s most popular tablet. Customers love the large, 9.7-inch display for everything from watching TV and movies, to surfing the web, making FaceTime calls, and enjoying photos, and now it is even more affordable,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
Schiller continued: “New customers and anyone looking to upgrade will love this new iPad for use at home, in school, and for work, with its gorgeous Retina display, our powerful A9 chip, and access to the more than 1.3 million apps designed specifically for it.”
NETWORK
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
LAUNCH
Announced 2017, March
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, March 24th
BODY
Dimensions 240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 in)
Weight 469 g (Wi-Fi) / 478 g (LTE) (1.05 lb)
SIM Nano-SIM/ Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
DISPLAY
Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches (~71.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
PLATFORM
OS iOS 10.3
Chipset Apple A9
CPU Dual-core 1.84 GHz (Twister)
GPU PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics)
MEMORY
Card slot No
Internal 32/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, autofocus
Features 1.12µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Secondary 1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
SOUND
Alert types N/A
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
CONNCTIVITY
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
Radio No
USB v2.0, reversible connector
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Java No
Siri natural language commands and dictation
iCloud cloud service
MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
MP4/H.264 player
Audio/video/photo editor
Document editor
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Ion 8610 mAh battery (32.4 Wh)
Talk time Up to 10 h (multimedia)
COLOUR
Silver, Gold, Space Gray
PRICE
iPad (32GB, Wi-Fi) – £339/$329
iPad (32GB, LTE) – £469/$459
iPad (128GB, Wi-Fi) – £429/$429
iPad (128GB, LTE) – £559/$559
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