Apple announced the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 last month. It even announced the pricing for these models in India immediately after the announcement. Now both the tablets are available for pre-order from online retailers Flipkart and Infibeam. Flipkart would ship the tablet by the end of the month, which is next week and Infibeam would ship them on November 29th in all the metro cities.
The iPad Air 2 has the same 9.7-inch display but it has an Antireflective glass, powered by A8 chip with 2nd gen 64-bit architecture and M8 motion coprocessor, Touch ID fingerprint sensor and is just 6.1mm thick. It also has a new 8 MP iSight 1080p camera. The iPad mini 3 just has a new Touch ID fingerprint sensor and other specs remain the same.
Both the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 come in gold, silver and space grey colors. The iPad Air 2 starts at Rs. 35,900 for the 16GB WiFi variant and the LTE variant starts at Rs. 45,900. The Apple iPad mini 3 starts at Rs. 28,900 for the base WiFi variant and the LTE variant starts at Rs. 38,900. You can check out the complete pricing for different SKUs in India here.
We unboxed the iPad Air 2 recently. Check out the unboxing below.
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