Apple iPad Air 2, Mini 3 Set to Hit Indian Stores This Weekend; Price, Specifications Details

Last week, Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 pre-order service went live in India. Now the new devices are said to hit brick-and-mortar stores this weekend.

PTI citing official Apple retailer has confirmed that the newly launched Apple iPad series will hit off-line stores on 29 November.

Prospective consumers, who are too impatient to wait, can jump the queue by pre-booking the devices on e-commerce sites, Flipkart, Infibeam and just wait for the new Apple iPad to arrive right at the door step.

Both the websites are taking orders for the new Apple iPad-series slates with prices starting from ₹28,900 for the compact iPad Mini 3 and ₹35,900 for bigger iPad Air 2.

For the uninitiated, metal-clad Apple iPad Air 2 weighs just 437 g and measures just 6.1 mm in thickness (1.4 mm thinner than 1^st Gen iPad Air), making it one of the slimmest slates in the market in 9.0-inch plus size class.

Under the hood, it packs new generation 64-bit class Apple A8X CPU backed by M8 co-processor and houses 8.0-megapixel iSight camera with 5-element lens, f/2.4 aperture and a 1.2-megapixel FaceTime camera with HD (720p) video recording, face-detection and is powered by built-in 27.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery.

On the other hand, the smaller iPad Mini 3 sports a 7.9-inch LED back-lit multi-touch retain display with 2048x1536p resolutions and is powered by iOS 8.0 backed by A7 (64-bit architecture) with M7 motion co-processor and houses 5.0-megapixel iSight camera with 5-element lens, f/2.4 aperture, 1.2-megapixel camera on the front with HD (720p) video recording, face-detection and is run by built-in 23.8-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery.

Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 India Price Details:

Key specifications of Apple iPad Air and iPad Mini 2: