Apple iPad Air

Overview

High-End Elegant Tablet By Apple

Apple iPad Air is a 9.7-inch iPad tablet launched in November, 2013 by the most popular giant Apple. It comes with an impressive looks which make it stand out in a crowd. It shares its outer look and few specs with iPad Mini. The successor of this device is also out in the market with name iPad Air 2 which was launched in October, 2014. The sales package of this iPad includes USB cable and USB power Adapter along with iPad Air.

Display and Design

Holding thinner body, this iPad holds a 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD touchscreen with Scratch-resistant glass and oleophobic coating. It provides a display resolution of 1536x2048 pixels, 16 Million color depth and 264ppi pixels density. Measurement wise, it has a length of 240mm, width of 169.5mm , thickness of 7.5mm along with a weight of 469 grams. To make our daily tasks easy, it also comes with a variety of sensors like accelerometer, compass and gyro.

Camera and Memory

For the photography, it comes equipped with an auto-focus 5MP camera on the back which is also capable of shooting full HD videos. The highest resolution one can set for the pictures is 2592x1944 pixels. It also offer some other features like geo-tagging, touch focus, HDR and face/smile detection. For the quality selfies, it brings 1.2MP front-facing camera with face-detection feature and it allows HD video recording. To let you store data, this device comes in four memory options such as 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB. But it doesn't support microSD card.

Processor and OS

Processing the device to provide smooth app performance and unrivalled service is a 1.3GHz Dual-Core Cyclone processor, Apple A7 chipset and powerVR G6430 GPU which is coupled with 1GB RAM. It runs on iOS 7 which is upgradable to iOS 7.1.2 and iOS 8.1.1.

Connectivity and Battery

This iPad offers EDGE, GPRS, Wi-Fi for the faster user connectivity and Bluetooth, USB connectivity are also there for data sharing. While it also allow you view maps and directions through GPS and A-GPS. It draws its power for long usage period from non-removable Li-Po 32.4Wh battery which promises a talktime of up to 10 hours.

Shades and Price

In the terms of price, 16GB model is priced at Rs.28,900 while 32GB is offered for Rs.32,900 (approx., may vary). There are two shades available in this iPad for choice such as Grey and Silver.

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