Introducing the 8th generation iPad that can be purchased for the 30,000 yen range

The 8th generation iPad was announced at a new product launch held by Apple on September 16, 2020. It is equipped with an A12 Bionic chip and starts at $ 329.

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It will be exactly 10 years since the introduction of the iPad in 2020.

So far, 500 million iPads have been sold.

It is said that 53% of the customers who purchased it were new iPad purchasers.

CEO Tim Cook says that customer satisfaction is No. 1.

Then came the 8th generation iPad.

Equipped with A12 Bionic chip equipped with 6-core CPU and 4-core GPU. Two generations have evolved from the A10 Fusion chip on the 7th generation iPad.

40% improvement in CPU performance.

Double the image processing speed.

'Twice as fast as the best-selling Windows laptops,' Apple said.

Furthermore, '3 times faster than the best-selling Android tablet' and ...

'It's six times faster than the best-selling Chromebooks,' he said.

Evolved from the A10 Fusion chip that was installed in the 7th generation iPad, the neural engine was installed for the first time.

It is said that it can process as many as 5 trillion per second.

In addition to supporting the 1st generation Apple Pencil ...

Of course, you can also use the voice assistant Siri.

The 8th generation iPad is equipped with iPad OS 14 by default.

The 8th generation iPad is available in three colors: space gray, silver, and gold, with an LCD size of 10.2 inches and is compatible with the Smart Keyboard. The basic specifications are almost the same as the 7th generation, but the aperture value of the FaceTime HD camera on the front is f / 2.4.

Such 8th generation iPad is available in 32GB model and 128GB model respectively. For the 32GB model, the Wi-Fi compatible version is 34,800 yen excluding tax, and the Wi-FI + cellular compatible version is 49,800 yen excluding tax. The 128GB model costs 44,800 yen for the Wi-Fi compatible version and 59,800 yen for the Wi-Fi + cellular compatible version.

Pre-orders will be available from September 16, 2020 on the day of the announcement, and shipping and sales will begin on September 18, 2020 (Friday).