This morning, without warning, the guys from Cupertino have temporarily closed the App Store. Whenever Apple closes the online store, it is because it is going to incorporate new products for sale, although it also tends to take the opportunity to remove the oldest ones. Among the main novelties that this update offers us we find the iPad Air and the renewed iPad Mini.
Apple presents, again, the iPad Air, a device that offers us the power of the latest processor, A12 Bionic, accompanied by a 10,5-inch screen, compatible with the Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard, only 61 mm thick and less than 500 grams. This new iPad sits between the 2018 iPad and the 11-inch iPad Pro. Its starting price: 549 euros.
iPad Air 2019
IPad Air design
The new iPad Air offers us a 10,5-inch retina screen and arrives to replace the 10,5-inch iPad Pro that until a few hours ago was still on sale, a 10,5-inch iPad Pro that was renewed last year with the launch of the 11-inch version.
This new generation of the iPad, has a thickness of 61 mm and a weight that does not reach, by little, 500 grams, which offers us a very light device with more than enough power to be able to use it throughout the day, thanks to the autonomy of more than 10 hours that it offers us.
IPad Air performance
As expected, Apple has implemented the A12 Bionic inside the new iPad Air, a neural powered processor that allows you to learn in real time. The power offered by the new iPad Air is more than enough to edit videos in 4k quality, design 3D models and enjoy the augmented reality applications that are increasingly common in the App Store ... The iPad Pro is managed by the A12X Bionic.
The power that this processor offers us, allows us to use it for lighter things such as enjoying our favorite series while we are looking at the last photos we have taken over the weekend, viewing our social networks, responding to the emails of the day ...
IPad Air screen and cameras
The retina display of the new iPad Air is 10,5 inches, same screen size that the second generation iPad Pro offered us, a model that, as I have commented above, has been replaced by this one. This display supports True Tone technology, a technology that automatically adjusts the white balance to suit the ambient light.
Thanks to this technology, we can make the images or videos appear as faithful as possible in any environmental condition, it does not matter if we are on the beach, that it is completely dark, next to a window, in front of the fireplace ...
The back of the iPad Air It offers us a camera with a resolution of 8 mpx, while the front camera to make video calls or take selfies reaches 7 mpx.
Apple Pencil compatibility
We have little or nothing to comment on Apple Pencil that you don't already know. This new model, as expected, it is also compatible with the Apple Pencil, which allows us to turn it into a blank canvas, into a notebook to take notes ... as well as being the ideal tool to edit our photos on the iPad.
IPad Air price and availability
The new iPad Air is available at two storage versions: 64 and 256 GB. It is also available in an LTE version in both capacities. Below we show you the prices of all the available versions.
- iPad Air 64GB Wi-Fi: 549 euros
- iPad Air 256GB Wi-Fi: 719 euros
- iPad Air 64GB Wi-Fi + LTE: 689 euros
- iPad Air 256GB Wi-Fi + LTE: 859 euros
iPad mini 2019
Many have been the rumors that had surrounded the possible renewal of the iPad Mini 4, a device that had not been updated for almost 4 years and that seemed to have been abandoned by Apple. However, after the update of the App Store, we can see that it has also received an important update, the most striking being the compatibility with the Apple Pencil.
IPad mini design
Apple has stopped numbering the iPad, and now the new iPad mini is not 5, but simply iPad mini. The design of this new generation It is the same that previous designs offered us, the size of the screen has not been expanded as some rumors pointed out.
The iPad mini screen also supports True Tone technology, so we can enjoy its content wherever we are, since the screen adapts to the ambient light of the moment.
IPad mini performance
Another novelty offered by the new iPad mini is found in the processor. Like the iPad Air, inside we find the A12 Bionic processor, a processor with which we will be able to take full advantage of Apple's smallest iPad.
Compatibility with Apple Pencil, makes this model a perfect notepad to take notes in any position, even standing, since we can hold it perfectly with one hand while writing with the other.
IPad Mini prices
Compatibility with the Apple Pencil and the new processor must be paid, of course and the price of the cheapest version of the iPad mini rises to 449 euros for the 64GB model. The iPad mini 4, by the way, is no longer on sale officially through Apple's official distribution channels, as is the iPad Pro 10,5, a model that has been replaced by the iPad Air.
- iPad mini 64GB Wi-Fi: 449 euros
- iPad mini 256GB Wi-Fi: 619 euros
- iPad mini 64 GB Wi-Fi + LTE: 549 euros
- iPad mini 256 GB Wi-Fi + LTE: 759 euros