Apple iPad Air 2

Apple iPad Air 2 is here

Apple's got a new iPad, and it's a sequel to last year's ultra-svelte iPad Air: it's called the Apple iPad Air 2. CEO Tim Cook announced as much this morning from Apple's Cupertino, California headquarters with a video of a pencil being shaved down, a nod to last year's unveiling of the first iPad Air. The iPad Air 2 is 6.1mm, "18 percent thinner than the first iPad Air," Apple's Phil Schiller told attendees. "It's the world's thinnest tablet."

Of course, those following along at home saw this coming, right? A conspicuously-timed leak yesterday -- just after Google's big Nexus announcements -- saw both the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 revealed ahead of today's big event. Apple isn't exactly known for accidentally leaking two of its own products one day ahead of those products being announced, and Google's big news revolved around its own Nexus devices. You don't need to be a cynic to suspect something is up with that.

Intentionally "leaked" or not, Apple took to its own theater today in Cupertino to officially unveil the newest iPad Air. An October reveal is par for the course when it comes to Apple's iPad line in recent years: the first iPad Air was unveiled last year on October 22nd, and the previous model iPad was revealed almost exactly one year earlier on October 23rd, 2012.

Original Article From www.engadget.com