With recent reports suggesting the next iPad Mini with Retina offering may not debut in October aspreviously rumored, it appears a new Apple product has moved up into its place for an unveiling alongside the iPad Air 2.
9to5Mac reports that a new 27-inch Retina iMac model with a 5K display is set for a launch, possibly with a significant performance boost: an Intel Core i7-4790K, which offers a speed of 4.0GHz. The website also notes that the new iMac will adopt AMD graphics instead of the Nvidia graphics chips packed in the current iMacs. While the new 27-incher is expected to be a more premium offering, this could also mean that the current generation of non-retina iMacs will stick around as cheaper options.
According to an earlier report, the new iPad Air will feature the same design as its predecessor, but will come equipped with a new Apple A8 chip (compared to the A7 in the Air) and a better 8MP camera.
The A8 chip will allegedly bring with it a 50 percent increase in performance, iClarified notes. The device's display, meanwhile, will be made by LG, Samsung and Sharp, with the former being the first to start making the displays, which will reportedly be a 9.7-inch LCD with the same resolution (2048x1536) as the current Air.
Well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has stated he believes the Air 2 will offer an A8 chip built by TSMC, Touch ID fingerprint security and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera.
Specs details for the Mini 3 have been sparse, but it also expected to arrive with Touch ID, an Apple A8 and an improved camera.
Rumors about Touch ID's debut on an iPad have been tossed around basically since the release of the 5S and it would make sense for Apple to add the useful feature into its next wave of tablets, especially with the recent unveiling of the company's mobile payment system, Apple Pay.
