Apple Launches iPad Air --Lighter, Thinner, 9.7-inch Tablet

Apple launches its fifth-generation iPad today. The model called  iPad Air, is thinner, lighter, and more powerful than ever before. The 9.7-inch tablet comes with Retina Display and weighs just a pound --7.5 millimeters, down from 9.4mm. The bezel is also much narrower.

New A7 chip makes it 8 times faster than ever. This is the same 64-bit chip introduced in iPhone 5S. It also comes with its M7 motion co-processor which is two times faster as the previous iPad.

New iPad has 5-megapixel iSight camera on the rear. The battery last for 10-hour for a single charge. The iPad Air ships November 1 in space gray and black, and silver and white colors.

Prices start at $499 for 16GB Wi-Fi version, while the cellular model coming in at $629.