Successor iPad Air 2 has larger battery and more modern soc

Apple has presented the successor to the iPad Air 2. The tablet has the same screen and size, but has a newer soc and a larger battery. As a result, the housing has become slightly thicker.

Where the iPad Air 2 is 6.1mm thick, the new, unnamed iPad is 7.5mm thick. The battery capacity has therefore increased from 27.3 to 32.4Wh. The dimensions are otherwise the same, although the new iPad is probably slightly heavier due to the larger battery. Unlike the iPhone 7, the new iPad does have a 3.5mm jack.

The new iPad has an Apple A9 soc on board, the same processor as that in the iPhone 6s and iPhone SE. The soc in those phones runs at a maximum of 1.85GHz, with two processor cores designed by Apple itself. Apple has put an 8-megapixel camera on the back and a 1.2-megapixel camera on the front in the new tablet.

Apple will ship the new iPad from Friday. The Wi-Fi variant costs slightly less than the iPad Air 2, which the manufacturer no longer sells. At the same time as the new tablet, Apple presented a red iPhone 7 and an iPhone SE with double storage capacity.