Apple unveiled the company's brand new iPad Mini, a 7.9-inch tablet that is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the current iPad model. According to Apple the new iPad Mini "fits in one hand" and "can do everything an iPad can do."
"iPad mini is every inch an iPad. With its gorgeous 7.9-inch display, iPad mini features the same number of pixels as the original iPad and iPad 2, so you can run more than 275,000 apps designed specifically for iPad," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing in a press release. "iPad mini is as thin as a pencil and as light as a pad of paper, yet packs a fast A5 chip, FaceTime HD and 5 megapixel iSight cameras and ultrafast wireless-all while delivering up to 10 hours of battery life."
The new device will feature a Lightning dock connector, 10 hours of battery life and features dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi support for speeds up to 150 Mbps, which according to Apple, "is twice the Wi-Fi performance compared to previous iPad models."
Preorders for the new iPad Mini start on Friday Oct. 26 and Apple will begin shipping the 7.9-inch tablet on Nov. 2. The iPad mini will retail for $329 for a 16GB option, $429 for the 32GB model and $529 for the 64GB model.
Apple also unveiled the MacBook Pro 13-inch Retina Display, the fourth generation of the regular sized iPad and a stunningly thin new iMac.
The 13-inch version of the MacBook Pro with Retina Display, is thinner, measuring 0.75 inch, it is lighter than previous models at 3.57 pounds and has a native resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels. The new laptop will cost consumers $1,699 or $500 more than the previous 13-inch MacBook Pro.
The fourth generation of the 9.7-inch iPad will once again feature Retina display, but will also include Apple's new A6X chip that "delivers up to twice the CPU performance and up to twice the graphics performance of the A5X chip," according to Apple. It will also feature the new Lightning connector.
The fourth generation iPad with Wi-Fi models will be available on Friday, Nov. 2, in black or white starting at $499 for the 16GB model, $599 for the 32GB model and $699 for the 64GB model.
The new iMac desktop will feature Intel's third-generation Core CPUs Bridge and a new thin display. The new desktop is only 5mm thick, but the resolutions remain the same as the last generation of iMacs with the 27-inch model's 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and the 21.5-inch version featuring 1,920 x 1,080 pixels.
The 21.5-inch model will starts at $1,299 and begins shipping sometime in November. The 27-inch version will start at $1,799 and ships in December.
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