Apple unveiled the latest versions of its iPad Air and iPad Mini at an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Thursday.
The iPad Air 2 will boast a thinner frame, the Touch ID fingerprint sensor and access to mobile payments service Apple Pay, available starting Monday. It starts at $499 for a 16 GB model.
Inside, the iPad Air 2 sports a new A8x chip, a souped up version of the blazing dual-core 64-bit A8 chip that made its debut in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Like the phones, the Air 2 also has a M8 motion coprocessor, and Apple claims the efficiency of the A8x will make sure you still get 10 hours out of that tiny package.
iPad mini 3
The third-generation iPad mini is here, and yes, it's got a Touch ID fingerprint sensor built in. It starts at $399 for 16GB in Wi-Fi only and runs up to $729 for a 128GB + LTE model.
The previous iPad mini with Retina display — now known as iPad mini 2 — has received a price cut and can now be bought for as low as $299. And the first, non-Retina iPad mini now costs only $249, though there are probably better options out there for that price.
Both the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 will be available in gold, silver and space gray. Pre-orders open up October 17
iMac Retina
Coming two years after Apple’s last iMac refresh, the Retina iMac features a jaw-dropping 5K resolution.
The new model has what Apple says is the "world's highest resolution display", at 5120 x 2880 pixels on a 27-inch screen.
Prior to this, the highest resolution iMac was the 27-inch version, which has a 2560 x 1440 pixel display. Apple notes that it has seven times as many pixels as an HD TV, with 14.7 million in total. It's also 67 percent more pixels than 4K displays, and Apple is calling it a Retina 5K display.
Apple also says it is the fastest iMac ever, with a quad-core Intel 3.5Ghz i5 processor, upgradable to quad-core i7.
The iMac with Retina display start shipping on Thursday and starts at $2,499.99.
The base model has a 3.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, AMD Radeon R9 M290X graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB Fusion drive. Customers can configure it with up to a 4GHz Core i7 processor, 32GB of RAM, a 3TB Fusion drive, or a 1TB SSD. Apple is also continuing to offer the 21.5-inch and 27-inch non-Retina iMacs.
