Apple unveiled its fourth generation iPad on 23 October 2012, featuring a custom designed A6X chipset boasting up to twice the CPU and graphics compute performance of the A5X chipset, and a new Qualcomm LTE chip.
The new Apple iPad 4 will support LTE network across the world, which should include South Africa’s operators.
The iPad 4 features the same 9.7-inch Retina display users are familiar with, an HD Facetime front-facing camera, Apple’s new Lightning connector, and a claimed 10-hour battery life.
This latest iPad was unveiled only six months after the company launched the iPad 3 (aka the new iPad) – taking many people by surprise.
The device will be available at the same price points as its predecessor, with the Wi-Fi only models starting at $499 for 16GB and then going up to $599 for 32GB and $699 for 64GB.
Models with cellular data capabilities cost $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB, and $829 for 64GB.
Apple also took the wraps off an 8-inch tablet on Tuesday in its biggest product move since the debut of the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller version of the gadget into a market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc.
The 7.9 inch “iPad mini” marks Apple’s first foray into the smaller-tablet segment. Apple also announced a fourth-generation full-sized iPad with improvements in graphics and processing speeds, just two days before Microsoft is due to show off its own “Surface” tablet.
iPad and iPad Mini
–Reporting with Reuters
Loading ...
Join the conversation