iPad 2018

Apple recently announced its new 2018 iPad specifically targeted at schools and teachers at an Education-focused Event in Chicago. While it announced its Education Focused Tablet, there are also rumours that there is an updated iPad pro in production as we speak. The tablet is available at the price starting at $329 .As per Apple there will be available a discount specifically for schools and as such they will get the device for even lower price of $299. So far as now the discount is available only in the US and there has been no information provided by Apple regarding the expansion of this discount. The 32 GB variant retails at $329 & $459(Wi-Fi only and the cellular model respectively) and the 128 GB variant retails for $419 & $549(Wi-Fi only and the cellular model respectively). The tablet will be available in three colors as –Silver, Space Grey and Gold. The shipping is set to next week but the option to order the device is available and you can order one today (US only).  

As regarding the specs of the tablet nothing other than the A10 Fusion processor seems new and rest of the specs are same as the previous generation 9.7`` iPad 2017 like Apple e-SIM, same RAM, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi modem with speed up to 900Mbps and 300Mbps LTE cellular modem (for cellular models only), Non-removable Li-Ion 8827 mAh battery with the claimed 10hrs of battery life. It also features the Retina Display with upgraded camera sensors from the previous generation iPad pro lineup powering its 8MP rear camera and front 1.2MP 1080p camera.

As per Apple, the current A10 Fusion processor packs 50% performance boost in CPU and Graphics (64-bit architecture, Four-core design, Over 3.3 billion transistors) providing huge boost to augmented reality which makes it more powerful than its older brothers and even some PC laptops.

Taking Education as its main focus the Apple announced Apple School Manager an application which makes switching users while working easy, fast, hassle free and can manage lot of Apple-ID’s and can also help in creating Apple-IDs at the same time. Apple has also upgraded its iCloud storage for students from 5GB to a massive 200GB.