Apple officially announced the release of ipad2-generation price reduction of over RMB

Apple held a special press conference at the San Francisco lawn art center at on January 1, March 3, Beijing time to officially release the iPad 2 tablet and iOS 4.3 operating system. Steve Jobs, CEO who had been rumored to have deteriorated health, also made an unexpected appearance and presided over the press conference in person.

The iPad 2 uses a brand-new A5 dual-core processor, which doubles the processor performance while keeping the power consumption unchanged, and improves the graphics card performance by more than nine times. IPad 2 uses front and rear cameras and supports FaceTime video chat. It is only 8.8mm thick and 33% thinner than iPhone 4.

The ipad2 is available in both black and white formats and is equipped with an A5 processor. The price starts from USD 499. IPad 2 will be available in the United States in March 11, and will be available in Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and other countries in March 25, but it does not include China.

Compared with the first-generation iPad, ipad2 has the following eight major changes:

1. the A5 dual-core processor improves the processor performance by 2 times, the display chip performance is improved by 9 times, the power consumption remains unchanged, and the endurance remains 10 hours.

2. Lighter and thinner, reduced from 4mm to 8.8mm, reduced by 33%, and reduced from 1.5 to 1.3.

3. black/white dual-color options

4. the 3G version supports at&t and Verizon

5. Dual cameras

6. Support for HDMI high-definition output. You can purchase the accessories separately at a price of $39.

7. pre-installed ios4.3, supports Facetime, photobooth, and iMovie. FaceTime supports video calls from four people, while photobooth supports nine live video streams.

8. Equipped with Smart Covers, It is adsorbed on ipad2 through a magnet and has multiple colors available.

Official iPad 2 videos

With the release of iPad 2, the price of iPad in Apple online stores has changed. The starting price of iPad in online stores in mainland China has dropped from 3988 yuan to 2888 yuan, with a price cut by more than yuan, the starting prices of iPad in Apple online stores in Hong Kong, China, also dropped from 3888 Hong Kong dollars to 2988 Hong Kong dollars. Apple online stores in the United States even removed the iPad and placed it on the latest ipad2. As long as two thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, Apple iPad takes home, pick up the mouse to order it!

I personally feel that there are not many innovative features of iPad 2 compared with iPad 1. The most attractive feature is the front and back cameras that support FaceTime video chat. With the sharp price reduction of iPad 1, the iPad of the old version also looks very cost-effective.

The biggest disappointment with iPad 2 is that it does not support SD slots and retina hd screens. Apple initially planned to configure retina hd screens and SD slots for iPad 2, but due to engineering problems ", apple was finally forced to change its plan. It seems that iPad 3 is even more promising and hopes that it can support SD slots and retina hd screens. It was also reported that after the release of iPad 2, this autumn, the iPad 3 will be released, with only a few months at an interval.