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PC makers have been making laptops with swivel touch screens and tablets for about 10 years, but until now, such devices have not been particularly popular. Now that a number of compact tablets with long battery life and relatively low cost are entering the market, that could be changing. This is proved by the extraordinary popularity of the Apple iPad, of which more than half a million have already been sold. We present in this material the most interesting tablets that are an alternative to the iPad. Most of them have little functionality compared to a PC and a simplified interface designed for touch control. These devices are suitable for reading, surfing the Internet, listening to music and watching movies. You should not demand more from them. The iPad has its weaknesses: the difficulty of typing on it, and insufficient performance for such a high price, and the lack of support for Adobe Flash, and the tight connection to the Apple App Store service, only through which additional applications can be installed. Fortunately, the iPad has alternatives. Dell, HP and almost every well-known PC manufacturer is preparing their counterparts. Resource Wired decided to collect 8 of the most interesting solutions that will be available to customers this year. JooJoo - a tablet from the Singaporean company Fusion Garage - is clearly positioned by the manufacturer as a competitor to the iPad: it came out almost simultaneously with the Apple tablet and has a similar design, but JooJoo is unlikely to be the device that will change the future.

JooJoo has a 12.1-inch screen, but weighs almost 0.5 kg more than an iPad for half the battery life. It runs its own Linux-based OS and Atom processor, supports HD video viewing and plays Flash. After the release of the tablet, it turned out that it had problems with the functioning of the interface and at times it was difficult to navigate using the touchscreen. It's not bad for working with social services and reading the web. After a few hours of acquaintance with JooJoo, a person will certainly have a question: does he need a tablet at all? Agree, it is unlikely that the owner of the tablet would like to have such a question before him. Price: $ 500 US. Availability: Through online ordering on the JooJoo website. In the past couple of weeks, HP has drawn attention to its Slate tablet with a promotional video. Outwardly, this device is very similar to the iPad. Judging by the data that was leaked, the Slate tablet has an 8.9-inch screen, a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, Wi-Fi support, and optionally 3G. It runs Windows 7 and supports Adobe Flash. Other features include a built-in webcam, video recording capability, USB port and SD card reader. The iPad does not have all this.

However, everything negates the battery life, which is only 5 hours: less than many laptops can offer today. Price: Rumored to be between $ 550 and $ 600, depending on 32GB or 64GB storage. Availability: Coming soon this year. Dell was able to enter the mobile phone market, but will it also be able to gain market share in the tablet? At the very least, Dell is known to be preparing the Mini 5 Tablet, a surprisingly small device with the dimensions of a Sony PSP and a 5-inch screen. It looks more like an oversized smartphone.

The screen is only slightly larger than the iPhone or Motorola Droid, but Dell is mindful of the fact that people love compact devices. The Dell Mini 5 has a 5MP rear camera, a separate front camera for video conferencing, a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi, 3G support and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Runs the latest version of Google Android OS 2.0 or higher. Its screen has an aspect ratio of 16: 9. The 5-inch screen will seem too small to many, so Dell is also preparing 7-inch and 10-inch models. The 7-inch tablet is due out this year and the 10-inch tablet next year. Price: unknown Availability: this year WePad The German WePad with its 11.6-inch touchscreen is closer in size to the JooJoo than the iPad. The WePad runs Android, has two USB ports, a 1.3MP camera, Flash support, a 1.6GHz Atom processor, and 6 hours of battery life.

WePad will support all popular eBook formats, including EPUB. Neofonie, the company behind the WePad, is set to introduce 3G and Wi-Fi models. Price: 16GB Wi-Fi model will cost $ 600; 32GB 3G version - $ 775 Availability: Pre-orders in Germany will begin on April 27th with deliveries expected in July. An e-book reader with computer functionality is Google's vision of a tablet. The search giant is not afraid to explore new markets. It looks like it's time for tablets.

According to the New York Times, Google is working on a tablet that will run Android. Based on the first concepts, the Google tablet interface will use icons to provide quick access to services like Pandora, Gmail, Google Calendar and other Google applications. The tablet will support multi-point touch capabilities, smooth rewind and zoom. Google has already unveiled its own smartphone, the Nexus One, created by HTC. Unsurprisingly, the company is looking to enter the tablet market as well. Price: unknown Availability: unknown Not only large companies are going to develop a new market. An example is India's Notion Ink, which has never made any equipment before, and is about to battle big sharks with its Adam tablet.

Notion Ink is set up quite ambitiously: its Adam tablet will be the first device with a Pixel Qi display that allows one click to switch from economical black and white mode to full color. The manufacturer promises a 10-inch screen, a 3-megapixel camera, an NVIDIA Tegra processor and a battery life of up to 16 hours. It will support Wi-Fi and 3G, and it will weigh only slightly more than an iPad. Price: $ 350 to $ 800 Availability: In July, Archos has been making tablet-format devices for quite some time, but tricky interfaces and weak hardware have been the reason for their low popularity.

The latest tablet from the company Archos 7 Home will run Android, have a 7-inch touchscreen and an ARM 9 @ 600 MHz processor. Wi-Fi support and 7 hours of battery life are also promised. Archos is also working on a tablet with an 8-inch screen, however, given the company's past products, we should hardly expect a miracle. Cost: £ 150 or about $ 200 Availability: In Europe - April, in the US - later this year It seems that the reader has never heard of Innovative Converged Devices or just ICD. However, this manufacturer is preparing a number of tablets.

The American company is working on a line of Android tablets with screens ranging from 7 to 15 inches. ICD is currently developing an 11.2-inch Gemini tablet with multi-point touch support. Gemini features include an NVIDIA Tegra-based system, SD card reader, FM radio, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G, 2MP front and 5MP reverse cameras. Impressive specs, although nothing is known about the user interface yet. Price: unknown Availability: unknown Materials

While most companies are ditching small tablets, Applecontinues to update the iPad mini line with obvious tenacity. The American manufacturer does not care that the market is actively filled with phablets. These large-screen smartphones have nearly halved sales of traditional tablets in 2015 alone.

And now the fourth generation of small iPads is being offered to the consumer. became a little faster, a little more interesting, lighter and, of course, more expensive than its predecessor. The new device is offered for $ 399. While the price iPad mini 3 decreased by $ 100.

Why does the consumer need? No one will say for sure, because when the first original model entered the market three years ago, the phablet smartphones that came out on Android could be counted on one hand. The company's iPhones themselves were offered with 4-inch screens. And the mini tablet simply had no competitors. It was taken as an alternative to large, uncomfortable tablets, to be used with one hand whenever possible. Now what? Now the device has many analogues, including among the iPhones with the Plus prefix from the company.

On the other hand, Apple's large iPads are relatively thick and heavy compared to their smaller counterparts. The first iPad Air, which turned out to be a little sleeker than its opponents, came out with a diagonal of 9.7 inches only in 2013.

The iPad Mini's design hasn't changed much in recent years. We put the sample of 2012 and the last mini-tablet next to it and actually see no difference. In the same way, iPhones from the company are changing. Outwardly, all the same, only a little added in size. The new dimensions are needed to increase the screens and, in turn, close the demand for games that are in the App Store library. Since any games and applications are de facto designed for larger screens in order to add more buttons to the interface.

It should be noted that the comparison with phablets is also not entirely fair. Note that the iPad Mini's 7.9-inch display is 129 percent larger than the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. The difference is small, but there is. And in general, the situation resembles buying a minibus when you already have an SUV. The smartphone is faster, more compact and more practical. The mini tablet is handy. For home use.

Speaking about the comfort when working with the tablet, it should be noted that compared to the first version of 2012, it really became more convenient. It mainly has to do with the interface. A bigger and better display allows you to tap icons and widgets with your fingers with less error.

Like the Air 2, the new mini tablet has an anti-reflective coating on its screen, making it slightly better for reading in direct sunlight. Its Retina display also has a wider color gamut than the iPad Mini 2 and 3.

Still, big iPads benefit from performance. They are powered by 3-core A8X processors, while the mini-4 has a dual-core A8. Same generation of Apple processors, but different options. The company simply saves on components. Another thing is that performance in the iOS ecosystem generally fades into the background and outwardly it is not noticeable that any of the devices is working faster or slower.

But the work of the processor is displayed on the battery. Large tablets from Apple work up to 10 hours in the modes of listening to music, video or surfing the Internet. Mini-tablets work up to 9 hours in the same modes.

The iPad 4 is now available starting at $ 399 for a version with Wi-Fi only and 16GB internal storage. Accordingly, versions with an LTE module and a large amount of internal memory will be offered for more than $ 400, which is comparable to the cost of large powerful tablets from competitors. And the whole point of the mini-option is reduced to zero. The consumer is simply invited to assemble a brand line of new products according to the formula: iPhone + iPad + MacBook, adding here at the same time iPad Mini 4, as a cheaper analogue of iPad Air 2. But why? The question remains open.

• Wi-Fi
• Wi-Fi + Cellular

Size and Weight 1

• Width: 7.31 inches (185.7 mm)
• Depth: 0.37 inch (9.4 mm)
• Weight: 1.44 pounds (652 g)

Wi-Fi + Cellular

• Height: 9.50 inches (241.2 mm)
• Width: 7.31 inches (185.7 mm)
• Depth: 0.37 inch (9.4 mm)
• Weight: 1.46 pounds (662 g)

Storage 2

• 128GB

Wireless and Cellular

Wi-Fi + Cellular

• Model A1459 *
  • LTE (Bands 4 and 17)
• Model A1460 *
  • CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  • UMTS / HSPA + / DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5, 13, 25)
• Data only 3
• 802.11a / b / g / n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
• Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology

Display

• Retina display
• 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
• 2048-by-1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Chip

• Dual-core A6X with quad-core graphics

Cameras, Photos, and Video Recording

Facetime hd camera

• 1.2MP photos
• 720p HD video
• FaceTime video calling over Wi-Fi or cellular 4
• Face detection
• Backside illumination
• Photo and video geotagging

iSight Camera

• 5MP photos
• Autofocus
• Face detection
• Backside illumination
• Five-element lens
• Hybrid IR filter
• ƒ / 2.4 aperture
• Tap to focus video or still images
• Tap to control exposure for video or still images
• Photo and video geotagging

Video Recording

• 1080p HD video recording
• Video stabilization
• Face detection
• Tap to focus while recording
• Backside illumination

External Buttons and Connectors

External Buttons and Controls

• On / Off; Sleep / Wake
• Silent / Screen rotation lock
• Volume up / down

Connectors and Input / Output

• Microphone
• Lightning connector
• Built-in speaker

Power and Battery 5

Wi-Fi + Cellular

• Built-in 42.5-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
• Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
• Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network
• Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system

Input / Output

• Lightning connector
• 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
• Built-in speaker
• Microphone

Wi-Fi + Cellular

• Lightning connector
• 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
• Built-in speaker
• Microphone
• Micro-SIM card tray

Sensors

• Three-axis gyro
• Accelerometer
• Ambient light sensor

Location

• Wi-Fi
• Digital compass

Wi-Fi + Cellular

• Wi-Fi
• Digital compass
• Assisted GPS and GLONASS
• Cellular

Audio playback

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX +), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
• User-configurable maximum volume limit

TV and Video

• AirPlay Mirroring to Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation)
• Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 720p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)
• Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Mail Attachment Support

• Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)

Languages

• Language support for English (US), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek , Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
• Keyboard support for English (US), English (Australian), English (Canadian), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin, Cangjie, Stroke), French , French (Canadian), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji, Kana), Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian ( Cyrillic / Latin), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
• Dictionary support (enables predictive text and autocorrect) for English (US), English (Australian), English (Canadian), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin , Cangjie, Stroke), French, French (Canadian), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji, Kana), Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian , Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian , Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic / Latin), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
• Siri language support for English (US, UK, Canada, Australia), Spanish (US, Mexico, Spain), French (France, Canada, Switzerland), German (Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean , Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (Hong Kong)

Accessibility

• VoiceOver screen reader
• Guided Access
• Support for playback of closed-captioned content
• AssistiveTouch interface for adaptive accessories
• Full-screen zoom magnification
• Large text
• Option to invert colors
• Left / right volume adjustment

Environmental Requirements

• Operating ambient temperature: 32 ° to 95 ° F (0 ° to 35 ° C)
• Nonoperating temperature: -4 ° to 113 ° F (-20 ° to 45 ° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

System Requirements

• Apple ID (required for some features)
• Internet access 6

• Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:

  • Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later
  • PC: Windows 7; Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
  • Download iTunes at www.itunes.com/download

In the box

• iPad with Retina display
• Lightning to USB Cable
• USB Power Adapter

Built-in Apps

• Safari
• Photos
• App Store
• Photo Booth
• Reminders
• Camera
• Facetime
• iTunes
• Music
• Clock
• Calendar
• Messages
• Newsstand
• Videos
• Game Center
• Contacts
• Notes

iPad and the Environment

Apple takes a complete product life cycle approach to determining our environmental impact. Learn more

iPad embodies Apple's continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

• Mercury-free LCD display
• Arsenic-free display glass
• BFR-free
• PVC-free
• Recyclable aluminum enclosure

1. Actual size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
2. 1GB \u003d 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
3. Cellular data plan is sold separately. The model you purchase is configured to work with a particular cellular network technology. Check with your carrier for compatibility and cellular data plan availability.
4. FaceTime video calling requires a FaceTime-enabled device for the caller and recipient and a Wi-Fi connection. Availability over a cellular network depends on carrier policies; data charges may apply.
5. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2012 using preproduction iPad (4th generation) units and software. Testing consisted of full battery discharge while performing each of the following tasks: video playback, audio playback, and Internet browsing using Wi-Fi or cellular data network. Video content was a repeated 2-hour 23-minute movie purchased from the iTunes Store. Audio content was a playlist of 358 unique songs, consisting of a combination of songs imported from CDs using iTunes (128-Kbps AAC encoding) and songs purchased from the iTunes Store (256-Kbps AAC encoding). Internet over Wi-Fi and cellular data network tests were conducted using dedicated web and mail servers, browsing snapshot versions of 20 popular web pages, and receiving mail once an hour. All settings were default except: Wi-Fi was associated with a network (except for Internet browsing over cellular data network); the Wi-Fi feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto-Brightness were turned off. Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific iPad units; actual results may vary.
6. Wireless broadband recommended; fees may apply.