Apple iPad Air In Market Now

iPad Air is in air with eager technology aficionados lined at Apple stores, all around the world to get the latest Apple product ‘iPad Air tablet’. This awaited product is launched in around 42 countries including US where it was released on Friday. This is the latest tablet in the heated tablet market and we all know that Apple is quite trusted.  One can also check for videos online from Amsterdam, Sydney, etc featuring patrons lined up in front of Apple stores.  It is estimated that fans may have trouble obtaining iPad Air due to high demand sensed in the market.    

The release of iPad Air is today and the price was initially set to $500. However, Walmart decided to reduce the price by $20.  Apple along with Best Buy will match the price according to the latter offer for 16 GB iPad Air and set to as low as $480 at launch, that is on  2nd November 2013. These offers are valid in-stores and not online as they feature full $500. Only a few sites have the tablet at discounted rate such as Staples.com. RadioShack will be offering the tablet at $500, without participating in the price-cut; however, they will entice the customer with a trade program of $300 against old iPad and iPad mini.

There are people lined up at Apple stores in London, Tokyo, New York and other places. However, it was noticed that the queue is not too dense. At some places only a dozen of desirers were seen waiting before the stores were opened and most of them were there for pre-orders. However, the response for the device is not as low as it was expected to be. The sale is expected to boost by the weekend as the retailers have started offering discounts and trade-off offers.

Brief on specifications of Apple iPad

Capacity and Price Space Grey

16B- $499

32 GB- $599

64GB -  $699

128GB- $799

Capacity and Price Silver iPad Air

16GB- $629

34GB- $729

64GB- $829

128GB- $929

The ‘Space Grey’ model for iPad Air is limited to merely wi-fi whereas the ‘Silver’ model is designed wi-fi as well as cellular facilities.

Dimension of iPad Air Space Grey

Height: 9.4 inches

Width: 6.6 inches

Depth: 7.5 mm

Weight: 469 g

Dimension of Apple iPad Silver

Height: 9.4 inches

Width: 6.6 inches

Depth: 7.5 mm

Weight: 478 g

Buttons and sockets on the tablet body

·         Home

·         Wake or Sleep(On/Off)

·         Silent/Screen Rotation Lock button

·         Volume control button

·         Microphones

·         3.5 mm mini jack for headphone

·         Built-in speakers

·         Lighting controller

·         Dual microphones

Operating System

The phone has iOS 7 with all the latest designs and feature. It includes AirDrop, AirPlay, AirPrint, Spotlight Search, iTunes Radio, Passbook , Multitasking support, integrated Twitter, Control Centre and many more. There are various built-in applications ranging from Safari to iTunes Trailers.

The Apple IPad Air box houses the tablet, lightning to USB cable and USB power adapter. The good thing about iPad air is that it delivers more in terms of performance and battery life. It is amazingly thin and light as compared to other products. The FaceTiming is enhanced as the front facing camera is said to be upgraded.

The drawback about this tablet is that it does not feature Touch ID fingerprint scanner which was earlier available in iPhone 5S. Fans find the pricing a bit costlier, especially in this competitive market where there are many fascinating tablets at lower cost.

This is perhaps the reason why the response for this awaited device was dim; however, the company has confidence the by the end of the week the sales of Apple iPad will increase.  As of now it is claimed to be the best full-size tablet available for customers in the market from today (2 November 2013).