Apple Criticized for Lack of Surprises in New Products

Tech Giant Apple unveiled on Tuesday at their October Special Event their new sets of products bound for November release the improved version of iPad Mini and the new iPad Air.

The new generation of iPad Mini is a 7.9 inch tablet powered by the same A7 microchip, which is also used in the iPhone 5 and iPad Air. Of course, it will also feature 2048 x 1536 Retina Display, MIMO Wi-Fi, Expanded LTE Support, 5MP iSight Camera and 10 hour battery life.

Meanwhile, Apple finally introduced to the tech world its fifth generation of its market-leading tablet: the iPad Air.

The new iPad will weigh just a pound while it's also 20 percent thinner and 28 percent lighter than its predecessor.

Again, the Apple iPad Air is powered by A7 chip with 64 bit desktop class architecture, making it the most powerful and fastest iPad ever manufactured.

Other features of the new iPad are: Retina Display, 5MP iSight Camera, 1080HD Video, New HD FaceTime HD Camera with larger pixels, Improved backside illumination, Dual Microphones, 10 Hour Battery Life, MIMO Wi-Fi, Expanded LTE Support.

In an interview with CNN, Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller called it "the biggest leap forward ever with a full-size iPad."

The iPad Air will be available on the market on the first day of November. Starting price of this next generation iPad is set at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi-only model while iPad Air 16GB with 4G LTE connectivity is valued at $629.

The revamped iPad Mini will also go on sale late November at a starting price of $399 and it will come in four different skins: silver, white, space grey and black.

According to the Telegraph tech writer Sophie Curtis, Apple's Special Event this October featured a solid haul of their new products, but failed to come up with surprises.

Full Specification of Apple iPad Air

"So, let's recap. We've got the new ultra-slim iPad Air, the iPad Mini 2 with Retina display, OS X Mavericks for free, improved iLife and iWork for free, and the new MacBook Pro with a super Intel processor. Not a bad haul, but Apple will undoubtedly get slated for failing to come up with any surprises," stated by Curtis in his Live Blog.