Friday, December 26, 2014

The iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 3

The iPad Air 2


The iPad Air 2 is the latest tablet by Apple unveiled along with the iPad Mini 3 and the iMac with Retina Display. It features an A8X chip with an M8 co-processor, a huge upgrade from last year's A7. It packs the same 9.7 inch screen with the same resolution as the iPad 3rd and 4th generation's and the iPad Air's. It uses a 64-bit architecture and now uses a Touch ID, just like the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus.

It has an upgraded 8 MP camera with a native resolution of 3264x2448 capable of recording in 1080p. It can shoot time-lapse videos and slo-mo videos in 120 frames per second. It is also 18% thinner than its predecessor and comes with iOS 8.1 out of the box and now comes in a gold model. It starts from $499 in the United States for the Wi-Fi only model and  35,900 in India for the same.



                                    The iPad Mini 3


The iPad Mini 3 is a huge disappointment. It has the same specs as the iPad Mini 2, which includes an A7 chip with an M7 co-processor, 7.9 inch screen, 2048x1536 Retina Display and a 5 MP camera capable of recording in 1080p. The only differences include a Touch ID and a gold model for $100 more than the iPad Mini 2. If you were to buy an iPad Mini, I would not recommend the iPad Mini 3 unless you really want the Touch ID. It costs $399 in the United States for the Wi-Fi only model, whereas the iPad Mini 2 costs $299. The iPad Mini 3 starts from  28,800 in India and comes with iOS 8.1 out of the box.

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