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iPad Air 2

Apple announced one product on 7 September 2016: iPad Air 2.

It was the 3rd of 7 dated moments the archive holds for 2016, 141 days after the previous one, 19 April 2016.

iPad Air 2 product photograph

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What Apple announced

iPad Air 2

iPad · iPad Air · discontinued 21 March 2017

The iPad Air 2 is the second-generation iPad Air tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It was announced on October 16, 2014, alongside the iPad Mini 3, both of which were released on October 22, 2014. The iPad Air 2 is thinner, lighter and faster than its predecessor, the first-generation iPad Air, and features Touch ID with the height, width and screen size the same as the iPad Air.

The first-generation iPad Pro replaced the iPad Air 2 as the flagship iPad model, with the 9.7 inch version releasing March 31, 2016, and the Air 2 being relegated as the mid-range iPad model.

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Sources

  1. iPad Air 2 · Wikipedia

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