The iPad Air 2 that it replaces in the lineup featured an A8X chip while the new iPad uses an A9 chip. IPad upgrade options include cellular for $459, 128GB for $429, or 128GB and cellular for $559. It drops the Air name but returns to the first iPad Air dimensions which means it’s thicker and heavier than the iPad Air 2. Simply called iPad, this new 9.7-inch iPad replaces the originally priced $499 iPad Air 2 and starts at $329 (or $309 with education pricing). The 9.7-inch iPad announcement requires reading a little closer to get. Apple discontinued the iPad mini 2 (which uses the same A7 chip as the iPhone 5s) and increased the storage for the iPad mini 4 to 128GB at the same $399 price (or $529 for cellular).

The red iPhone was first rumored to be coming as a new iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus model later this fall, before later being rumored to be a mid-cycle iPhone 7 option alongside a 128GB GB iPhone SE.Īpple also announced six new iPhone case colors.

This year the iPhone SE doubles in storage to 32GB and 128GB without any other changes. Last year it was the iPhone SE in 16GB and 64GB capacities that got revealed in March. So Apple saving the new Mac minis for this fall would follow an established pattern.Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more videos After all it was last fall when introduced to the new MacBook Pros, and the same time in 2020 for the Mac mini reveal. Otherwise Apple could wait until fall for its usual product reveal events, where we expect to see the iPhone 14 and other major device launches. This was the event in 2020 where we first learned about Apple Silicon, so it would be an obvious place to at least reveal more detail about the M2 chip and associated products, if not announce them fully. First up would be the WWDC developer event that usually happens in June. With Apple's spring event now behind us, there are a few obvious opportunities for Apple to launch the Mac mini this year. That's good news, as potentially offering two chip options would allow users the flexibility to get either a regular-powered Mac at a good price (the current Mac mini starts at $699) or a more powerful version that should still come under the $2,000 starting price of the Mac Studio. Previous rumors have said that the two new Mac minis could instead use the M2 chip and M1 Pro.

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