The launches give Apple more new gadgets to sell ahead of
the important holiday shopping season. The new tablets may help the company
boost its iPad sales, which dipped 14% during Apple's last holiday quarter and
2% during the most recent quarter. And they join Apple's latest iPhone 14, two
new Apple Watches and brand-new AirPods Pro.
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| The new iPad and keyboard accessory |
The new entry-level iPad is totally redesigned.
The home button at the bottom of the screen is gone and has
been replaced with a fingerprint reader in the power button. It has a more
squared design, similar to the iPad Air and iPad Pro, with a large 10.9-inch
screen, USB-C in place of the Lightning connector, and will ship in different
colors like red, yellow, blue and white.
Apple also announced a new $249 Magic Keyboard Folio case
for the iPad that has a kickstand, a trackpad with support for multitouch and a
magnetic connector that automatically charges it. But there's something strange
about the Apple Pencil support.
The new iPad doesn't work with the better second-generation
Apple Pencil, which charges on the side of the iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad
Pro. Since the new iPad uses USB-C instead of a Lightning port — which is used
to charge the Apple Pencil on earlier models — you'll need to buy a $9 USB-C to
Lightning adapter in order to charge the Apple Pencil.
Apple will sell different configurations, including Wi-Fi
only and WiFi + 5G cellular, but it starts at $449, which is a bump from the
$329 starting price of the ninth-generation iPad. It's available to order
Tuesday and will be in stores beginning Oct. 26.
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| Apple's new iPad Pros in 11-inch and 12.9-inch sizes. |
Apple iPad Pro 2022
As in recent years, the company will sell two sizes of the
iPad Pros: an 11-inch model and a larger 12.9-inch model with a nicer screen.
The big change to the iPad Pro is a new M2 processor, which
is the same one that was introduced in the MacBook Air earlier this year. Apple
said it's up to 15% faster than the M1 processor used in the last model of the
iPad Pro that was introduced in 2021.
The Apple Pencil works a bit differently on the new iPad Pros,
too. The screen can now detect the tip of the Pencil up to 12 mm above the
surface of the screen. Apple says this will allow artists to sketch with more
precision and makes handwriting-to-text conversions faster.
The 11-inch iPad Pro starts at $799 while the 12.9-inch
model starts at $1,099. They're available to order beginning Tuesday and land
in stores on Oct. 26.
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| Apple TV 4K 2022 |
Apple TV 4K 2022
The Apple TV 4K has a faster processor and ships in two
models, a Wi-Fi-only version with 64GB of storage and a Wi-Fi + Ethernet model,
which allows for a wired internet connection and has twice the storage.
The streaming box adds support for HDR10+, another
high-dynamic range standard that, if offered by the TV it's connected to,
should help improve picture quality, especially in dark scenes. And the updated
processor, which Apple says is 50% faster than the previous version, should
make things like loading apps and games faster.
The new Apple TV 4K has the updated Siri Remote with
standard USB-C charging, which is the same cable used to charge iPads and
non-Apple products. The remote used to use Apple's proprietary Lightning
connector.
The new Apple TV 4K starts at $129 and can be ordered
beginning Tuesday. It hits stores Nov. 4.