Summary

  • US tech giant, Apple, has announced two new iPads, which are available to pre-order from 4 March and will be released on 12 March.
  • The entry-level iPad starts at 599 for the 11-inch version and $799 for the 13-inch.
  • Both models are an upgrade on the previous iteration, with the 11th-gen iPad offering twice the storage of the previous model, but it does not support Apple silicon.
  • The iPad Air is twice as fast as the previous version, with the M3 chip, and includes graphics processing unit upgrades to optimise memory usage.
  • It is only the iPad Air that supports the Apple Pencil Pro, which has built-in Find My support and a gyroscope sensor.
  • The new iPad Air is also compatible with Apple’s Magic Keyboard, which has a larger trackpad and a new 14-key function row.

By Sheena Vasani

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