iPad Pro renders leaks along with specs showing NFC, A9 chipset and Force Touch support

Serial leaker On Leaks has recently came out with the new renders of the iPad Pro which shows the chassis dimensions of the device. The upcoming 12.9inch iPad Pro shows the device measuring 9.17 x 12 x 0.28 inches which is 223 x 306 x 7.2mm. In addition to these renders, the specs for the tablet have also leaked out.

This shows the upcoming iPad Pro display to be having a Force Touch technology which measures the pressing intensity of the touch by the user. This feature is been currently present on the Apple Watch. This new tablet will also have a USB Type C connector that would allow the user to plug the USB cable side up. At the bottom of the slate, there would be another port for the Lightning connector.

A stylus accessory with Bluetooth connection and pressure-sensitive input is also expected along with the slate. The source also claims that the iPad Pro would also have the built-in NFC feature which would work for the Apple Pay. Moreover, the tablet would be hosting the then latest chipset from the company which is the Apple A9 and is expected to be available in the market after the WWDC 2015.

Some of the other reports have claimed that the tablet would be named as the iPad “Plus” following the same series like the iPhone 6 “Plus”. Previous rumors have shows the tablet to be having a quad-speaker system, a support for QWERTY keypad and a rapid charging feature.

Via: PhoneArena, Apple Insider

iPad Pro renders leaks along with specs showing NFC, A9 chipset and Force Touch support

Rumors show Apple working on a 4-inch iPhone and 12.9inch iPad for 2015

Well, earlier this year Apple released its 4.7inch iPhone 6 and the 5.5inch iPhone 6 Plus that is still the largest selling device in the market. However, in case you are missing the 4inch iPhone, we would like to let you know that your wait could end in the coming year. Recently Apple Investors received a note from analyst Timothy Arcuri that claims that the company is currently working on a possible “iPhone 6s mini” which would having the same design pattern as that of the iPhone 6 and would deliver the power like that of iPhone 5s. This means that the successor to the not so successful iPhone 5c could be coming next year. Rumors also say that Apple might make use of Qualcomm chipset to reduce its cost.

Apple went to its big sized screen for its iPhone 6 looking at the customer demands but it seems that the company is yet not ready to remove its 4inch option. For all the Apple loyalists who have loved the 4inch smartphones from the company having a smaller form factor, this could prove to be a freat news for them and that too at some cheaper cost.

In addition to the smart, Acruri has also suggested that the Cupertino giant is also currently working on a 12.9inch iPad that could be released some time in Spring 2015. According to the analyst this larger tablet with fresh new look could turn out to be hot selling device for the company with a 15 to 20 million of initial shipments. However, earlier this month there were rumors for a 12.2 inch iPad Air Plus from Apple with a possible release in Q2 of 2015.

via AppleInsider

Rumors show Apple working on a 4-inch iPhone and 12.9inch iPad for 2015

Apple iPad Air 2 all the official specs, image gallery and promo video

Well, after announcing the much awaited iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, the Cupertino based tech giant has finally voiced out the Apple iPad Air 2 and what Apple proudly calls it is the slimmest tablet on the planet with just 6.1mm thickness measuring nearly 18% less than the 7.5mm thickness of the previous year’s iPad Air.

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The Apple iPad Air hosts a similar 9.7 inch display but the display technology seems to have been tweaked a bit where it is laminated with a cover glass, LCD, optically fused touch sensor thereby reducing the gaps between display hardware elements and thus helping in making a very slim profile. This new tablet has also gone lighter weighing just 0.96 pounds than the 1 pound weight for iPad Air.

Talking a more about the internal hardware for the device, it offers the new Apple A8X chipset with a 64-bit architecture involving 3 billion transistors in it that is a billion more as found in the iPhoe 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. This Apple A8X chipset is believed to be manufactured using a 20nm process. Considering it from the performance point of view, the A8X chipset from Apple performs 40% faster as compared to the A7 chipset found in the iPad Air. There is a considerable jump that comes in the GPU performance with nearly 2.5 times faster speeds. This means all the graphic intensive tasks like gaming and much more are going to be handled in a butterly smooth way. The GPU is combined with Metal APIS delivering nearly 10 times better performance. An additional M8 motion co-processor along with the A8X chipset has been baked for handling motion control more effectively and smoothly. The Apple iPad Air 2 also has a Touch ID fingerprint sensor in support with the latest released Apple Pay.

The new Apple iPad Air 2 also gets a pair of new cameras as the primary camera to its back has been increased to 8MPfrom 5MP with some news sensors offering 1.12 micron pixels and a wide-angle lens with f/2.4 aperture. The entire image capturing experience of this new 8MP primary camera gets a boost with a powerful image signal processor that comes built-in into the Apple A8X chipset. The primary camera for the device is also able to capture full HD 1080p resolution videos. On the other hand, the front-facing FaceTime camera of the device measures 1.2 megapixel capable of recording 720p HD videos.

Apple has always been ahead in providing some very strong connectivity options along with its devices and the story remains the same for this iPad Air 2. The new Apple iPad Air 2 has twice as fast as the existing Wi-Fi 802.11 connection with MIMO support offering download speeds up to 866Mbps. The cellular modem for the tablet offers 20 4G LTE bands offering downlinks speeds up to 150Mbps. The tablet also has a new Apple SIM card that comes pre-installed that allows its users to easily chose between different carriers which gives users a flexibility to choose the best carrier with best plans. This can also be used to grab local data card during roaming and allows to have local tariffs.

Talking further regarding the battery life of the device, Apple claims that the Apple iPad Air 2 offers enough battery juice for 10 hours of long operation. This was the same for the previous iPad Air but however considering that this version (iPad Air 2) has gone out to be considerably slimmer, we can say that Apple has really worked well to manage it. The Apple iPad Air 2 is available in its three standard color options of white, space grey and gold. The price for the device remains almost the same as that for the first version at launch and the pre-orders of it have already begun. The release date for the device is tipped to be this week on October 24^th.

Apple iPad Air 2 all the official specs, image gallery and promo video