Apple has announced 6.1 mm thin iPad Air 2 with weight less than a pound. iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina display with anti-reflective coating and is available in gold, silver and space gray. The new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 also offer Touch ID and Apple Pay.

Apple has announced 6.1 mm thin iPad Air 2 with weight less than a pound. iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina display with anti-reflective coating and is available in gold, silver and space gray. The new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 also offer Touch ID and Apple Pay.

iPad Air 2 is powered by the new Apple-designed A8X chip and includes the M8 motion coprocessor that gathers motion data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and new barometer which senses air pressure to provide relative elevation.

iPad Air 2 provides wireless connectivity with 802.11ac Wi-Fi with Multiple-In-Multiple-Out (MIMO) technology. iPad Air 2 with Wi-Fi + Cellular integrates even more LTE bands and comes with expanded LTE , plus support for other cellular technologies including DC-HSDPA, HSPA+.

iPad Air 2 (Model A1567) supports following bands.

• 1 (2100 MHz)
• 2 (1900 MHz)
• 3 (1800 MHz)
• 4 (AWS)
• 5 (850 MHz)
• 7 (2600 MHz)
• 8 (900 MHz)
• 13 (700c MHz)
• 17 (700b MHz)
• 18 (800 MHz)
• 19 (800 MHz)
• 20 (800 DD MHz)
• 25 (1900 MHz)
• 26 (800 MHz)
• 28 (700 APT MHz)
• 29 (700de MHz)
• 38 (TD 2600)
• 39 (TD 1900)
• 40 (TD 2300)
• 41 (TD 2500)

iPad mini 3 (Model A1600) supports following LTE bands 

• 1 (2100 MHz)
• 2 (1900 MHz)
• 3 (1800 MHz)
• 4 (AWS)
• 5 (850 MHz)
• 7 (2600 MHz)
• 8 (900 MHz)
• 13 (700c MHz)
• 17 (700b MHz)
• 18 (800 MHz)
• 19 (800 MHz)
• 20 (800 DD MHz)
• 25 (1900 MHz)
• 26 (800 MHz)