iPad Air 2

iPad Air 2 

Apple revealed two new iPads and a high-resolution screen iMac desktop computer. Some details had been leaked the night before – by Apple, accidentally! – in an online guide to using Apple products that had been published on iTunes. The piece was quickly amended but by then the world knew we were expecting the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.

At the company’s Town Hall auditorium in its Cupertino HQ, CEO Tim Cook announced that the new payment system Apple Pay, where iPhone users could pay for purchases with their mobile phones, launches in the US on Monday.

Another exec, Craig Federighi, in a presentation that rivalled Vegas headliners for its (actually quite funny) jokes, detailed software updates.

But the big news was the new hardware. Last year’s iPad Air was thinner than a pencil. This time around the iPad Air 2, available in a gold colour as well as silver and space gray, is 18 per cent thinner still, just 6.1mm thick and, Apple claims, the world’s thinnest tablet.

The new 27-inch iMac with 5K Retina display has seven times more pixels than a HD TV.

A faster processor similar to the iPhone 6 but optimised for the bigger screen, was also announced. After the presentation, in a demo area, we got to feel the new iPad. In the hand, the iPad Air 2 was astonishingly thin, so much so that it’s hard to see how even a smaller-screened tablet could seem more portable.

Apple also quickly announced the iPad mini 3, its 7.9-inch screened tablet. This retains last year’s look and weight but now includes Touch ID. Both are available from next week with prices starting at £319 for the smaller screen, £399 for the larger – the same starting prices as last year’s models.

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