The ninth generation of the iPad was the first novelty that Tim Cook and his team pulled out of their pockets at yesterday's “California streaming” presentation. A new iPad and a new iPad mini that replace the current ones, with the same external appearance, but completely renewed inside.
Un iPad 9 with new processor, front camera, new screen and more storage capacity. All this to get the most out of the new iPadOS 15 software that is already installed, with many new features. Let's see.
In yesterday's keynote, when everyone expected to see the new iPhones 13, the first of the novelties was the presentation of the ninth generation of the iPad. Without a doubt, one of the company's best-selling devices.
With a starting price of 379 Euros, the new iPad features a 10,2-inch Retina display with True Tone, a 12MP ultra-wide-angle front camera with center stage, support for Apple Pencil (1st generation) and twice the storage than the previous generation . It incorporates the new iPadOS 15 software.
New A13 Bionic processor
This ninth generation of the iPad mounts the powerful chip A13 Bionic, which provides a performance increase of 20% over the model that had until now. This makes the new iPad up to 3 times faster than the best-selling Chromebook, and up to 6 times faster than the best-selling Android tablet.
With this new performance potential, the new iPad will allow users to smoothly run applications and games that require a high level of processing. The Neural Engine The A13 Bionic also powers next-level machine learning capabilities, including live text on iPadOS 15, which uses iPadOS XNUMX to recognize and work with text in a photo.
New 12 MP front camera
The novelty of the centered framing that was presented a few months ago in the iPad Pro also reaches the new iPad. Thanks to the new front camera 12MP ultra wide angle and Neural Engine, users can now enjoy even more engaging video calls. As users move across the stage, the function of Framing Centered automatically frames the camera to keep them in view. When other people join the scene, the camera also detects them and gently zooms out to include them in the video call.
This new feature makes video calling more natural in FaceTime, as well as in third-party video calling applications. Apple has wanted to enhance the possibilities that the iPad can offer to improve the videoconferences, so used today.
New 10,2-inch display with True Tone
The new iPad mounts the same 10,2-inch screen as the previous model, but with the novelty of the true tone (True Tone). A new improved ambient light sensor allows screen content to match the color temperature of a room.
This new true tone function makes images appear more natural and provides users with a more comfortable viewing experience in different lighting environments that we can have at home or in the office.
Storage is doubled
The new iPad starts with 64GB storage, double the storage of the previous generation, offering even more value to iPad users. And if you need even more storage, you have a 256GB option, so you can keep everything you need on your iPad.
iPadOS 15 installed
And to take advantage of all the performance that the new iPad offers you, it comes with iPadOS 15 Factory installed, with new features and functions, to be more productive and take the versatility of iPad even further.
Much more powerful multitasking, new widget layouts, a new improved Notes app, Live Text feature, and improved Face Time that makes using the iPad easier and much more rewarding.
