The saying goes that when the river sounds, it carries water. And this perfectly applies to the buzz around Apple‘s iPad Air. It was expected for months that the intermediate tablet of the Californian company would be renewed with a design similar to that of the iPad Pro and also that it would arrive in this month of September. Well, this is no longer a rumor or forecast from a close source, because Apple itself has announced this fourth generation iPad Air at its special event this September.
Apple makes a facelift to the iPad Air
We currently have an interesting catalog of tablets at Apple, finding the iPad simply as the most economical equipment and focused on students, the iPad Pro as more advanced models and dedicated to professionals and the iPad Air as an intermediate equipment between the most demanding users and the most demanding users. that hardly require power. For this reason it is perhaps the most important iPad model of the company and that most needed an external renovation, although internally it also brings interesting news that we will comment on below.
This iPad Air incorporates a new design in its range that is very similar to that of the 11-inch iPad Pro launched in 2018, with the elimination of the Home button, although it does not have a flash as if it has this Pro model. It does not have Face ID, but if with Touch ID on its lock button, so it continues to maintain this biometric sensor that will be used to unlock the device and make payments online through Apple Pay.
It is available in new colors, including rose gold, blue and mint green, which are added to the silver and space gray color. The screen is 10.9 inches with LCD technology and 2,360 x 1,640 px resolution with P3 color gamut, TrueTone technology and anti-reflective coating. Screen that, by the way, is compatible with Apple Pencil 2.
As far as cameras are concerned, we have a 7 Mpx front of f / 2.2 with the possibility of recording at 1,080p at 60 f / s. On the back we find a single 12 Mpx lens of f / 1.8 and the possibility of recording in 4K at 60 f / s. Unlike the Pro models, there is no flash.
In the guts of this iPad Air we find the new A14 Bionic processor with ARM architecture, a size of 5nm and which is 40% faster than the A13 Bionic. A more than excellent processor to manage all kinds of actions in this device with good solvency, saving the distance with the ‘Pro’ models. It should be noted that thanks to its USB-C connector it can be more compatible with external accessories and also serves for faster charges with the new 20 watt adapter.
The price starts from 649 euros in its 64 GB WiFi version and in the WiFi + Cellular version 789 euros. It should be noted that there is also a 256 GB version. Its reservation and market launch date has not yet been announced, beyond being announced for October. We will be attentive to any information that reveals more exact dates.
