2019 10.5" iPad Air and 7.9" iPad mini are out! A12 Bionic & laminated display

[EugW]

It’s out guys!

New iPad Air and Mini with A12 Bionic

 

[007p]

Ordered 256gb mini without even reading the specs haha.

Was a nice surprise after checkout to see A12

 

[EugW]

iPad Air
64 GB and 256 GB
10.5" laminated screen
6.1 mm thick
A12 Bionic
Lightning

US$499 / CAD$649 - 64 GB WiFi
US$629 / CAD$819 - 64 GB Cellular
US$649 / CAD$849 - 256 GB WiFi
US$779 / CAD$1019 - 256 GB Cellular

• Retina display
• 10.5-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display
• 2224-by-1668 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
• Wide color display (P3)
• True Tone display
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Fully laminated display
• Antireflective coating
• 1.8% reflectivity
• 500 nits brightness
• Supports Apple Pencil

iPad mini
64 GB and 256 GB
7.9" laminated screen
6.1 mm thick
A12 Bionic
Lightning

US$399 / CAD$529 - 64 GB WiFi
US$529 / CAD$699 - 64 GB Cellular
US$549 / CAD$729 - 256 GB WiFi
US$679 / CAD$899 - 256 GB Cellular

• Retina display
• 7.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display
• 2048-by-1536 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi)
• Wide color display (P3)
• True Tone display
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Fully laminated display
• Antireflective coating
• 1.8% reflectivity
• 500 nits brightness
• Supports Apple Pencil

We don't know the memory specs yet, but let's hope for 4 GB RAM.

 

[ssledoux]

I’m thinking since they released both of those, the regular iPad isn’t getting a makeover.

But damn you Apple for releasing things I want to have, even though I don’t need them. I just LOVE new tech!

 

[pshufd]

I'll pick one up in the store (company discount with badge).

 

[masotime]

Grabbed a 256GB Cellular iPad Mini w/AppleCare+. Pretty expensive though, $680 for just the iPad Mini.

 

[TorontoSS]

These look like good specs! do you think these ipads are better than the 10.5 pro that was previous being sold?

 

[EugW]

These look like good specs! do you think these ipads are better than the 10.5 pro that was previous being sold?

Some of the old Pro features were better (like ProMotion and a better camera), but the old Pro had A10X. New iPad Air (and mini) have A12 Bionic. A12 Bionic (in the iPhone) is roughly 20% faster than A10X Fusion for CPU in Geekbench 4, although for GPU Metal, A10X Fusion is roughly 35% faster than A12 Bionic.

Old Pro had 4 GB RAM, which is what I expect for the new iPad Air, but we don't know that yet.

 

[rdy0329]

Grabbed a 256GB Cellular iPad Mini w/AppleCare+. Pretty expensive though, $680 for just the iPad Mini.

Apple knew! Everyone who wants new minis are like sexually repressed teenagers these days, ready to pounce on whatever comes their way.

 

[retta283]

I am dumbfounded by the Air name. No reason to reuse it. Just make it a 10.5 regular iPad. The iPad line is as complicated as the Macintosh in the mid-90s... And of course no new iMac or iPod touch.

 

[Weaselboy]

Moderator Note:

Please continue the discussion in the news thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...d-retina-display-and-a12-bionic-chip.2173720/