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The new iPad Air in an ultra-thin 10.5-inch design offers the Apple Pencil support. With the A12 Bionic chip with Apple's Neural Engine, the new iPad Air delivers a 70% boost in performance and twice the graphics capability, and the advanced Retina display with True Tone technology is nearly 20% larger with over half a million more pixels, according to the vendor.

The Apple-designed Neural Engine of the A12 Bionic chip powers the next generation of apps and iPad workflows using advanced machine learning and Core ML for engaging AR experiences, photo-realistic effects in 3D games and graphics performance within apps.

The new iPad Air features the same Wi-Fi performance and Gigabit?class LTE connectivity built into the iPad Pro models. With eSIM technology built in, users can connect to wireless data plans right from iPad when traveling in more than 180 countries around the world, according to Apple.