Apple unveils 8th-generation iPad at September product event By CNBC Television

This is a big year for iPad. Earlier this year we made some great updates to the iPad Pro, including the a12 z, chip, new pro camera system, LIDAR scanner and so much more today. We're updating the rest of our full-size iPad lineup, starting with our most popular iPad and here's ted. To tell you more about it, we're incredibly proud of the role that iPad is playing in the lives of so many people. Users love our iPad 7th generation because it delivers a beautiful 10.2 inch, retina display with support for Apple Pencil and the full size, smart keyboard, all in a thin light and affordable design, and our customers love all the things they can do with it from taking notes, as they learn something new to playing their favorite game. So this year we're taking its beloved design and cranking up the performance.

With this, the new iPad 8th generation, it's more capable than ever, and it starts with the a12 bionic. This chip is a powerhouse. It features a powerful CPU and superfast GPU compared to the already fast chip in last year's iPad. It has a 40, faster CPU and delivers a massive two times jump in graphics. This extra performance is great for everything, from working with high resolution content to immersive gaming experiences and compared to the competition over the last year.

It's not even close. This new iPad with the a12 bionic is up to two times faster than the top-selling windows laptop it's up to three times faster than the top-selling android tablet, and it's up to a whopping six times faster than the top-selling Chromebook iPad leaves the competition in the dust and all that power is delivered in a thin and light design. That's super portable with great cameras and all-day battery life. Now our a-series chips are more than a CPU and GPU. They include powerful custom technologies like the neural engine for machine learning, which comes to our most popular iPad for the very first time, it's capable of processing up to 5 trillion operations per second, and it powers.

Some magical experiences on iPad, like allowing you to instantly transform the color of your photos or even analyze your tennis game and provide real-time stats. Like ball, speed and body positioning all together, the a12 bionic takes performance to the next level and makes iPad more powerful than ever. Now, let's talk about accessories. They expand the versatility of ipad, 8th gen works with the full size, smart keyboard and keyboards from Logitech, like the combo touch with trackpad and the rugged combo. That's so important for schools and, of course, this new iPad works with one of our most beloved accessories' Apple Pencil, with its incredible precision and low latency plus features like pressure, sensitivity and tilt.

It's the gold standard for creativity and enables artists to bring their vision to life, and we've seen it become an essential tool to journal and take detailed notes, we're blown away by what we've seen people create with Apple Pencil on iPad. There's really nothing else like it and taking the Apple Pencil experience to a whole new level is iPad, OS 14, which adds powerful new pencil capabilities and other new features as well. Let's see it in action. IPadOS 14 makes iPad even more intuitive fun and productive because you can get your work done just about anywhere. Handwritten text is just as powerful as type text iPadOS even understands what you write, letting you take quick actions with just a tap as you sketch shape recognition, helps you draw perfect circles.

Stars and more smart selection understands the difference between handwriting and drawings, making it easy to select only what you want and paste your handwritten notes as type text into another app new compact UIs mean you can stay focused on the task at hand, and we know once you start using Apple Pencil, you're not going to want to put it away. So we have scribble which lets you handwrite into any text field, even straight into numbers or to add a final thought to that document. You've been working on the new iPad and the power of iPadOS 14 are an amazing combination, making it possible to express your ideas. However, you want to wherever you are with iPadOS 14. The already amazing experience of Apple Pencil gets even better.

These powerful handwriting and note-taking features join a host of other new features that continue to push what's possible on iPad, and it all runs beautifully on the new iPad.8Th generation, with its 10.2 inch, retina display huge performance boost from the a12 bionic keyboard and pencil support, great cameras and so much more, and it starts at just 329, and it's just 299 for our education customers. Nothing else delivers this level of performance and capability at such an affordable price. Customers can order iPad, 8th generation today, and it will be available starting this Friday. You.

Source : CNBC Television