Apple on Tuesday announced an iPad update, a red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, and a new video-editing app for iOS.
The iPad upgrade has a 9.7-inch, 2048 x 1536-pixel Retina display with 264 pixels per inch, and Apple's A9 64-bit processor.
The unit will come in silver, gold and space gray with a starting price of US$329 for 32 gigabytes of storage and WiFi-only support. It will cost $459 for a 32-GB unit with WiFi and cellular support.
As with prior models, the battery life for the new iPad is 10 hours. It has an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and 1.2-MP front-facing FaceTime unit.
The new iPad is available for order on Mach 24 from Apple's website and will be in Apple Stores next week.
With the latest upgrade, Apple's iPad lineup looks like this: iPad Pro 12.9 inch ($799); iPad Pro 9.7 inch ($599); iPad 9.7 inch ($329) and iPad mini 4 ($399).
Not Quite an Air Replacement
Although the latest iPad replaces the iPad Air 2 in Apple's tablet lineup, it doesn't quite supplant it.
"It falls somewhere between a new device and the old device," said Carolina Milanesi, a principal analyst at Creative Strategies.
"They upgraded the most important thing on the device -- the processor," she told TechNewsWorld. "Not only will the performance be better, but other components, like the camera, will be snappier."
Pricing is also an outstanding feature of the new iPad, Milanesi said, noting that "$329 for a 9.7-inch device is very aggressive."
Prying Old iPads from Users' Paws
Attractive pricing may tempt some iPad owners to upgrade their old hardware.
"The replacement cycle for iPads is getting really long," said Mikako Kitagawa, a principal research analyst with Gartner. "If you have a 3- or 4-year-old iPad, you may want this upgrade."
Culled from technewsworld
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Apple-Unveils-Budget-Friendly-iPad-Dresses-iPhone-in-Red-84395.html
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