Apple has just launched its new MacBook Pro Retina Display 13-inch and 15-inch variants. The MacBook Pro Retina Display 13-inch is lighter and thinner, weighing 3.46 pounds, 0.71-inches thin. The new Haswell processor provides up to 9 hours of video playback. It also sports Wi-Fi 802.11 ac and Thunderbolt 2, twice as fast as previous generation Thunderbolt. The base version with 4GB of RAM and 128GB SSD starts from $1,299, which is $200 cheaper than the previous base version.
The MacBook Pro Retina Display 15-inch variant comes with a 2GHz quad-core Intel i7 processor (Crystalwell) with Iris Pro, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. It can play video continuously for 8 hours. It starts from $1,999, again $200 cheaper than the previous version.
After the iPad Air, Apple has announced the iPad mini with Retina Display with a 7.9-inch 2048×1536 pixel display, which is the same resolution as the full-sized iPad with Retina Display or now the iPad Air.
The iPad mini with Retina Display will have the same A7 processor as the iPhone 5S and iPad Air. It will also have a new FaceTime camera and a 5-megapixel iSight camera. It starts from $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi and $529 for the 16GB cellular variant.
Apple has also slashed the price of the iPad mini, which will now be available for $329 onwards.
Apple has finally unveiled the next-generation iPad, but that’s not the biggest news. Apple is now calling it the iPad Air. Its bezel 43 percent thinner, just 7.5mm thin overall. The iPad Air weighs just one pound as against 1.4 pounds of the previous iPad. As expected it has the same design language as the iPad mini. However, there is no TouchID fingerprint sensor.
It runs the same Apple A7 chip, which was first announced last month with the iPhone 5S, which has significant improvements in CPU and GPU performance. It has a 5-megapixel iSight camera, a new FaceTime camera with better low-light performance. It comes in silver and space grey. It will replace the current top-of-the-line iPad with Retina Display.
The iPad Air will be available November 1 onwards in select countries starting from $499. Apple surprisingly will continue to keep the iPad 2 alive without any price cut.
After a lot of gossips, Apple has finally revealed when it will launch the new iPad devices. After the launch of iPhone 5S and 5C, Apple has sent out invites for an event taking place on October 22 at 1:00pm EDT (10:30pm IST) where it will be launching the new fifth-generation iPad and an upgraded iPad Mini with Retina display. It might also launch some more gadgets as well.
About the fifth-generation iPad, a refreshed look is expected. It is said to be more lighter and thinner. It will also have a new design which will be similar to that of iPad Mini. The new iPad will also be available in a new space gray color and might also come with a Touch ID scanner, both which were seen previously in the iPhone 5S.
Going on to the iPad Mini, it is expected to have a Retina Display along with an A7 processor. It will also come in space gray and champagne gold color options.
Besides these two devices, Apple might also announce iOS 7.1 along with new Macs. It will also announce the launch date of OSX 10.9 Mavericks and the Mac Pro.
Today only, we posted a news reporting the price of the new iPhone devices. Just now, Apple officially announced prices for the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C in India. The iPhone 5S will be available starting at Rs 53,500 for 16GB, Rs 62,500 for 32GB and Rs 71,500 for 64GB. The iPhone 5C will be available for Rs 41,900 for 16GB and Rs 53,500 for 32GB. The iPhone 4S 8GB will be available for Rs 31,500. Cases for the iPhone 5S will be available for Rs 3,200 and those for the iPhone 5C will be available for Rs 2,300.
Both the devices will be offered by Airtel and RCom and will launch on November 1 as announced by Apple.
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