The iPad Air, which was an entry-level cost-effective model, closely followed the iPad Pro. The 5th generation iPad Air, unveiled at the dawn of the 9th, was equipped with an M1 processor. It is the same as the one installed in the iPad Pro, providing 60% faster performance and twice the graphics power than its predecessor.
Although the iPad Air differentiated it from the iPad Pro with a slightly slower performance and a lowered display, the new iPad Air equipped with an 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine M1 processor and 8GB RAM is at least an iPad in performance. Close to the Pad Pro. Apple brags that it’s twice as fast as a Windows laptop in the same price range, revealing that the competitor isn’t the iPad Pro.
The 10.9-inch 2360 x 1640 resolution, 500 nits maximum brightness Liquid Retina display is the same as its predecessor. The USB-C port has doubled the maximum transfer speed to 10Gbps, and 5G support has increased data communication speed according to the times.
The upgrade of the 1,200-pixel ultra-wide front-facing camera is also noteworthy. In addition to simply increasing the number of pixels from the previous 7 megapixels, the ‘center stage’ technology installed in the iPad Pro is also included. It is a novel feature created by artificial intelligence machine learning and an ultra-wide-angle camera that follows the user while moving around during a video call, aligns the user with the center of the screen, and automatically enlarges the screen to make it wider when another person enters the screen. It is a function that adjusts the angle of view by following the fixed iPad camera like a tracking camera. It can be used not only in FaceTime, but also in video calling apps such as Zoom and Teams. The rear camera also supports 4K shooting with 12 megapixels and smart HDR, so you can capture even better videos and photos.
Stereo speaker for horizontal video viewing, Wi-Fi 6 support, Touch ID built-in power button, and compatible with existing accessories such as Apple Pencil, Smart Keyboard Folio, and Magic Keyboard. There are five colors to choose from: space gray, starlight, pink, purple and blue.
The domestic release date is undecided, and in the first overseas countries, reservations start on March 11th, and it will be released on March 18th. It is sold at 779,000 won for the 64GB Wi-Fi model, 979,000 won for the cellular model, 979,000 won for the 256GB Wi-Fi model, and 1,179,000 won for the cellular model.
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