Apple iPad Air 2 with 6.1mm Slim-Body Announced, Starts at $499

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The latest version of the world’s most popular tablet Apple iPad Air 2, is only 6.1 mm thin and weighs less than a pound.

Apple iPad Air 2

The Apple iPad Air 2 comes with a 9.7-inch Retina display with an anti-reflective coating on the glass, which reduces reflections by 56%. It is powered by a new Apple A8X chipset that is based on 2nd generation 64-bit architecture. It also has an M8 co-processor, similar to the iPhone 6.

The other highlights are; the Apple iPad Air 2 sports a Touch ID fingerprint sensor and running on its iOS 8.1 OS. It is only 6.1mm thin. The LTE version supports 20 LTE bands of different countries. It houses an 8-megapixel camera with 1.12-micron pixels, f/2.4 aperture, 1080p video recording, a 1.2 MP front-facing HD camera with f/2.2 aperture.

The Apple iPad Air 2 is backed by a 27.3-watt-hour battery rated up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching a video, or listening to music. Its weight weighs 437 gms (WiFi) / 444 gms (WiFi + Cellular).

“iPad is a magical piece of glass that runs more than 675,000 apps specifically designed for it, and is thin and light enough that you can comfortably hold it all day; the new iPad Air 2 is packed with amazing innovations, weighs less than a pound, and at just 6.1 mm is the thinnest tablet in the world,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. And to put things in perspective, he said 225 million, yes million, iPads had been sold across the world so far. That is more than the top PC makers put together. This makes the iPad the most successful product Apple has ever made… maybe the most successful gadget ever.

The Apple iPad Air 2 is available in Silver, Space Gray, and Gold color options. It is priced at US $499 for the 16 GB storage version, US $599 for 64GB, and US $699 for the 128 GB for the WiFi model. The WiFi + LTE variant can be purchased in US $629 for 16 GB, US $729 for 64 GB and US $829 for 128 GB storage variants. It is available for pre-order starting October 17 and will start shipping next week.

The new iPad Air 2 with Wi-Fi models will be available in India at Rs 35,900 for the 16 GB model, Rs 42,900 for the 64 GB and Rs 49,900 for the 128 GB storage variant. Wi-Fi + Cellular models will be available for Rs 45,900 for the 16 GB, Rs 52,900 for the 64 GB and Rs 59,900 for the 128 GB storage model.

 

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