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New iPad Air and iPad Mini both with A7 chips

Well, we got some predictions correct and others not so much (there is no gold iPad mini coming yet). There are some other big developments ie. the new iPad Air is 35% lighter, dropping the weight down to 1lb and it’s a lot thinner.

iPad Air

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iPad Mini

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This is a big departure and may suggest that from now on Apple will have two models of each of it’s devices: two iPhones, two iPads, and two Macbooks (Air and Retina).

 

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