Apple unveiled a new iPad Air and iPad mini Monday, ahead of its video streaming service announcement next week.
The updates were announced in a press release today in an unusually quiet approach for Apple, which has typically held announcement events even for smaller iPad updates.
The upgraded models offer keyboard support for the first time, and work with the Apple Pencil. The announcement marks the first upgrade to the iPad mini since the fall of 2015, and brings popular features of the iPad Pro to its smaller counterparts.
The new iPad Air and iPad mini are available to order starting Monday and will hit shelves next week.
• The new models offer keyboard support for the first time, and work with the Apple Pencil.
• Both models are available to order starting Monday and will hit shelves next week.
Apple has updated the iPad mini for the first time in three and a half years, refreshing the tablet with a new processor and support for the Apple Pencil stylus. The iPad mini now has last year’s A12 Bionic processor, instead of the A8 from 2014. Its storage is decreasing to 64GB, but its price remains the same.
The new iPad Air features an “ultra-thin 10.5-inch design” and offers a larger, more vibrant Retina display. It’s very similar to the iPad Pro model Apple introduced in 2017.
