IPAD AIR 2

New iPad Air 2 reportedly thinner, faster and to
feature Touch ID sensor

Apple is expected to unveil the next generation of
iPads this week , but looks like tipsters are
determined to reveal much of what’s in store even
before the final launch.
A recent leak by a Vietnamese website that seems to
have got a prototype of the new iPad Air or the iPad
Air 2 reveals that it will be just 7 mm thick. Shaving
off the extra 0.5mm from the original iPad Air might
not make it the thinnest tablet in the market, thanks
to rival tablets by Sony and Dell. However, the
slimmer chassis might mean that Apple could
sacrifice the mute button in the right side.
Similarly, a Chinese blog has got its hands on the
internal hardware of the forthcoming iPad Air. It
says that we can expect it to come with a faster A8X
processor and 2GB of Ram. According to
Macrumors , Apple has traditionally used “X”
versions of its main chips with enhanced graphics
for its iPads, so we can expect better performance in
games and other graphics-heavy apps and websites.
The website further reveals that the next iPad Air will
feature a Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the home
button, which will allow Apple Pay transactions as
with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Apple is launching
Apple Pay later this month in the US, so there will be
a wide range Apple products making the most of this
service, including the new iPad.
There’s little change in the design, except for
recessed volume buttons, which were first adopted
in Apple’s latest iPhone 6 models. According to
Apple Insider, the speaker grille has apparently
changed from two rows to a single row of holes. The
Vietnamese blog Tinhte.vn points out a new hole
above the volume control buttons, which could be a
microphone.
Along with the 9.7-inch iPad Air, Apple may launch a
larger tablet, which some speculate to be the iPad
Pro . It is expected to flaunt a larger, 12.9-inch
liquid-crystal-display screen with a resolution
similar to the iPad Air. There’s little news on
whether we’ll see a upgraded iPad Mini this year