APPLE IPAD PRESENTS THE FOURTH GENERATION AND IPAD MINI
As expected, Apple today at a special event organized in the Californian city of San Jose, has declassified its new tablet computer - iPad mini. Introduced a new product Phil Schiller (Phil Schiller), Apple#39;s vice president of marketing. However, the first executive told about another tablet computer - iPad.
Curiously, if the previous iPad, introduced in March of this year, Apple called `new iPad`, then the next model of Apple calls `iPad #39;fourth generation.
We can assume that users will call the new product iPad 4 - for simplicity and convenience.
In the fourth generation of the iPad processor platform A6X, providing twice the performance of the CPU and the GPU compared to the A5X, those used in third-generation iPad.
Tablet was the Retina display diagonal of 9.7 inches. The screen resolution remains the same - 2048 x 1536 pixels. The tablet is equipped with a modem, LTE, module Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n with support for dual-band connector, Lightning, camera FaceTime, the resolution of which is 1280 x 720 pixels.
Declared battery life tablet - 10:00.
iPad 4 will be offered at the same price as its predecessor: the version with support for Wi-Fi and a 16 GB flash memory priced at $ 499 (U.S.), the cost of a similar model, but with the support of cellular communication, will be $ 629. iPad 4 will be available in two versions: black and white.
iPad mini actually lives up to its name, its thickness, 7.2 mm, a quarter less than the iPad 4, and the weight is only 306 grams (weight of iPad 4 - twice). The tablet will be available in two colors: black and white.
If we talk about the specifications of iPad mini, they are a mixture of the characteristics of the iPad 2 and iPad 4. Thus, the device has received a dual-core A5 processor, front FaceTime HD camera and rear 5-megapixel iSight resolution. The latter allows you to record high-definition video Full HD.
Interestingly Apple did with TV mini-tablet, contrary to expectations, the speech of the Retina is not. The display is characterized by a diagonal of 7.9 inches and a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels (pixel density is equal to 162 per inch).
The list of characteristics of iPad mini - modem LTE, dual-band module Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, connector Lightning. Claimed battery life is working day (as interpreted by Phil Schiller) or 10 hours.
Prices of iPad mini starts at $ 329 - this amount is estimated model with 16 GB of flash memory and support for Wi-Fi. Similar version, but with 32 and 64 GB nonvolatile memory are in the USA, respectively, $ 429 and $ 519. For the modem, LTE will have to pay $ 130.
During the story Phil Schiller could not help but compare the iPad mini and Google Nexus 7. And, of course, the comparison is not in favor of the latter. Top-manager of Apple noted that the visible area of the screen iPad mini is 35% more than that of a competitor. In addition, it was noted that the new Apple tablet has a smaller bezel around the screen and metal casing, but it is lighter and thinner Google Nexus 7.
Despite the announcement of two new tablets in production range is Apple iPad 2, which is to buy in the U.S. will be $ 399.
Pre-orders for iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad will take from 26 October. Versions of these tablets, equipped with only the modules Wi-Fi, will be available on November 2 is real, and modification, and LTE, and Wi-Fi, will go on sale later another two weeks.
