Apple Announces New Low-Cost iPad, iPad Mini

Apple Inc on Tuesday announced upgraded iPad at the ‘California streaming’. The new iPad 9 is Apple's low-cost iPad, starting price at $329. The more powerful chip A13 bionic in the ninth-generation low-cost iPad offers 20% faster performance.

Apple CEO Tim Cook moved on to product announcements, starting with a new iPad. The video was recorded in an empty auditorium.

Apple's lowest-cost iPad, simply called iPad, is getting an update with a faster A13 processor and a better, 12-megapixel front-facing camera for improved video calls, like on Zoom. It has a wider lens to capture more people in a single scene and can have an LTE wireless connection.

It costs $329 with 64GB of storage. That's more storage but the same starting price as before. It goes on sale next week.

Apple also announced a new iPad Mini, which has a smaller 8.3-inch screen. It has a redesign featuring a new, flatter design language, like the iPhone 12. It has smaller bezels with no fingerprint sensor on the front and comes in several colors, including purple. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera and stereo speakers.

The Touch ID sensor has been built into the top button, which turns the screen on and off. It uses an USB-C connector, instead of Apple's proprietary Lightning connector. It can support a 5G wireless connection. It works with Apple's stylus, the second-generation Pencil.

It starts at $499 and hits stores next week, Apple said.

The announcement comes amid protests outside several global Apple stores against company's plan to scan iPhones for images of child sexual abuse. The tech giant recently revealed its plan to identify and report iPhone users who store known images of child sexual abuse in their iCloud Photos accounts.

September 15, 2021