{"id":4949,"date":"2013-10-23T04:14:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=4949"},"modified":"2023-07-10T13:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T13:12:07","slug":"ipad-air-ipad-mini-retina-unveiled-photos-videos-and-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/ipad-air-ipad-mini-retina-unveiled-photos-videos-and-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad Air & iPad Mini Retina Unveiled – Photos, Videos and Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Apple unveiled two new iPad devices which we now know as the iPad Air and the iPad Mini Retina. Check out the Photos, Videos and Reaction from the event.<\/p>\n

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iPad Air<\/h2>\n

The iPad Air is set to be available in two colors, these are Space Grey and Silver which you might recognize from last months iPhone 5S launch event. However, there is no sign of Champagne Gold so if you expected to see this then you will be disappointed as there will not be a third color selection.<\/p>\n

Apple’s iPad Air will have the same 9.7-inch screen as usual but will no weigh a lot less. iPad Air weighs in at an incredible 469g (1lb) making it the lightest full-sized tablet on the market today. The thickness has also been modified, so you will find that the new iPad Air is just 7.5mm thick (0.3-inches). This makes holding it in one hand much easier than the previous version, and much more like the iPad Mini.<\/p>\n

In terms of the technology that will be driving this new device, we will see the A7 chip present, 10 hours of battery life, and iOS 7.<\/p>\n

No Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A question mark hangs around the reasons behind this. I think that everyone thought that these new iPads would feature TouchID just like we saw in the iPhone 5S.<\/p>\n

There are two potential reasons behind the missing biometrics, the first is that Apple never intended to implement such tech into the new iPads, and it was pure rumor that sparked this notion off.<\/p>\n

The second reason is that they did intend to implement TouchID, but due to the security issues and bad press that the iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner had, they decided to backtrack.<\/p>\n