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It’s been kind of a quiet year for the iPad, sales wise, but when it comes to actually product you’d be hard pressed to ask for much more than the iPad Air that Apple announced in 2014. Incredibly thin with a beautiful display; amazingly fast with a low price point – the iPad Air set the bar for tablet computers. Still, there’s always room for improvement, and in the tradition of that a new report from The Michael Report by Michael Andrew claims to have the scoop on the next generation iPad, commonly referred to as the iPad Air 2.
As you might perhaps expect, the iPad Air 2 will consist of many subtle refinements to the iPad Air rather than a whole new revolutionary device. Apple is said to have made its new full sized iPad even thinner than last year’s iPad Air, successfully doing so by minimizing the space between the touch digitizer and the LCD display. The volume buttons have also seen a redesign, with newer, more recessed buttons that also do away with the mute switch found in every iOS device since the original iPhone. Touch ID is also expected, as is the new A8 SoC introduced alongside the iPhone 6 last month.
Report also claims that Apple is working on refining the speaker grille on the iPad Air 2, removing the microphone grille while making the speaker grille holes a bit larger and more refined. The microphone, meanwhile, will be located to the top of the device near the camera. One thing we don’t know is whether or not the iPad Air will be getting a “Retina HD” display like the iPhone 6 series, consisting of a display with more accurate colors, higher contrast, better viewing angles, and a polarizer for better outdoor viewing. That’s completely ignoring the question of the new 3x resolution, introduced in the iPhone 6 Plus. That’s not even remotely mentioning the possibility of software improvements expected in iOS 8.1, including the new dual screen multitasking view that Apple has been developing for some time now.
Unfortunately, no word yet on Apple’s other tablet computer, the more adorably sized (but still just as powerful) iPad mini 3. While I’d hope that the iPad mini 3 also sees some love and gains an A8 processor and Touch ID at the very least, I’m not entirely sure that’ll be the same; the iPad mini 3 clearly seems to be getting a little less attention heading into iPad season, with virtually no rumors regarding an update; I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple hangs onto the 2013 iPad mini 2 with a price discount for just a little while longer… but if the original, A5 baring iPad mini doesn’t get the boot, I’ll be pretty shocked.
Apple is rumored to be holding a special event for the media to focus on new iPads, OS X Yosemite, and updated Mac hardware on October 16th, just a little over a week away. This date has yet to be confirmed, however we wouldn’t be shocked considering Re/code, the source of that rumor, has been pretty spot on in the past.
Source: The Michael Report, Re/code
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