When apple came out with a smaller ipad last year it seems to be heavy and bulk ,and Ipad MINI made easy to carry in pockets and bags , and it felt more comfortable in our hands. It was also cheaper tan the full size version . The release of the new ipad air , along with the increase of price of the ipad mini model, narrows those distinctions.
At just 1 pound, the Air is 28% lighter than last fall's full-size model and just a quarter pound heavier than the new Mini coming out in a few weeks. The size of the screen is the same as last year, at 9.7 inches diagonally, but Apple managed to shave the iPad's frame so that the tablet is narrower by nearly three-quarters of an inch when held vertically. Overall volume is reduced by 24%. The starting price remains at $499.
Apple says it has been working on this engineering feat on the side for years, even as it released bulkier models. To make the iPad Air 20% thinner, Apple shrunk just about every layer: the front glass, the touch sensor, the display, the battery and the aluminum back. Apple says it kept the device durable without unnecessary materials.
There is a 24% reduction in battery capacity to get the iPad slimmer, but Apple says it's able to keep battery life the same at about 10 hours for Wi-Fi web surfing. That's because the A7 is more efficient at using power. In my tests, I actually got more out of the iPad Air: 14 hours of iTunes video, compared with 12 hours on last fall's model
I didn't get to spend as much time with the new iPad Mini, but I can say this: The new display is gorgeous. Text appears the way it would on paper, not dull and fuzzy as can be the case on lower-resolution screens. The new Mini sports four times the number of pixels as last year's Mini and shares many of the Air's improvements, including the A7 and M7 processors, the dual Wi-Fi antennas and the two microphones. The Mini's size remains at 7.9-inch.
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