$330 $329
Update [3/24]: Best Buy is selling them for $330 with a $25 Best Buy Gift Card. Thanks, Agent!

New Release (retail price). Apple has announced a new, less expensive 9.7" iPad that replaces their old iPad Air line. It's a bit heavier, but it has a brighter display and their 1.85GHz A9 CPU.

Like most of their products, they'll come in silver, gold and space gray.

You can preorder them starting tomorrow. The 32GB version will be $329 and the 128GB will be $429. The LTE option will cost you around $130 more on each. These prices are about $70 less than their comparable iPad Air 2 model.

Oh, and they kept the headphone jack.

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$330 retail: $329
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Justanod
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Posted 03/23/2017 at 07:14 PM PT
Posted 03/23/2017 at 07:14 PM PT
You put "(2016)" in the title of this post.
Agent
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Posted 03/24/2017 at 09:39 AM PT
Posted 03/24/2017 at 09:39 AM PT
Best Buy currently has a $25 gift card promotion for them as well...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ipad-tablets-ereaders/ipad/pcmcat209000050007.c?id=pcmcat209000050007
klickster68
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Posted 03/25/2017 at 08:33 AM PT
Posted 03/25/2017 at 08:33 AM PT
This is lesser to iPad2Air in every way - don't waste your time - get an iPad pro when on sale...better screen, better sound, better processor, more RAM, thinner and lighter and pen/keyboard support. This is really an ipad air with a slightly updated processor. It does not use the same screen as in Ipad Air 2. It uses an older design. Probably they had a bunch of parts laying around and said what the hell...
starkey
Ben's cred: 44
Posted 03/25/2017 at 10:45 PM PT
Posted 03/25/2017 at 10:45 PM PT
This version is faster though significantly thicker than the iPad Air 2
angrymutt88
Ben's cred: 330
Posted 03/25/2017 at 11:30 PM PT
Posted 03/25/2017 at 11:30 PM PT
I think this is fine for anyone looking just to consume products (eg. youtube, netflix, news, rec). I would not spend more for kids.