On the day apple revealed the third generation ipad air it also introduced the first new ipad mini since 2015.
Fully laminated display ipad air.
The screen and the features it provides is the reason to buy the pro version.
Apple is using a bigger 10 9 inch liquid retina display 2360 x 1640 on this new ipad air that s fully laminated with true tone support and anti reflective coating.
I use both ipad pro 9 7 and 12 9.
The air gap causes disturbances in the light coming in and out of the screen.
For example at the beginning of 2017 an ipad air 2 screen assembly laminated cost about 75.
Weighing just 0 68 pounds the ipad mini 2019 includes nearly everything you can find on the latest ipad air but in a smaller body.
The 7 9 inch tablet has the same a12 chip for better performance and a fully laminated display with an anti reflective coating true tone and p3.
Actual viewable area is less.
There was no new larger ipad pro but apple unveiled a new ipad air 2 and continues to focus on picture quality and display technology.
Non laminated screens on the other hand are not only much more expensive but can often be hard to find.
In this type of arrangement an air gap builds up between the two layers.
In conventional non laminated displays the screen sit at the bottom.
And the touch panel and top glass layer are stuck together.
Ipad pro 10 5 and 12 9 ipad mini 4.
That has allowed apple to add a fully laminated 10 9 inch liquid retina display with true tone p3 wide color support and an anti.
The ipad air features a 10 9 inch edge to edge display with a 2360x1640 resolution 3 8 million pixels and a design that s similar to the ipad pro with an aluminum chassis that features flat rounded edges that wrap around the fully laminated display.
Laminated vs non laminated display.
Last month apple unveiled a redesigned ipad air with slimmer.
Chip a14 bionic chip with 64 bit architecture.
Previously ipad 2 ipad mini 3 and ipad air.
But there is no reason to use anything laminated on the pro screen.
The prices and availability of non laminated screens are pretty good.
If you ever see a regular ipad besides a pro ipad you will instantly see why you should go for the pro.
The pixels count remains unchanged at 2048x1536 and apple continues to use a 9 7 inch ips lcd panel but the big change is that it now uses a laminated optically bonded display.