Apple drops iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad mini 2 prices by $100

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https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/61622/500572/8de6nEaF7GwRB8c/201401apple512bk.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-drops-ipad-prices/)Now that Apple has introduced the iPad Air 2 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-ipad-air-2/) and iPad mini 3 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-ipad-mini-3-official/), it's time for some of the older models to get a price cut. After announcing the new tablets (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-ipad-2014-event-liveblog/#!post=73351), Phil Schiller, Apple's senior VP of worldwide marketing, also revealed that the original iPad Air (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/ipad-air-review/), iPad mini (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/30/apple-ipad-mini-review/) andiPad mini with Retina display (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/15/ipad-mini-retina-display-review/), will be sticking around once the newer versions start to ship at "the end of next week." As a result, the iPad mini, iPad mini 2 and iPad Air now start off at $249/£199, $299/£239 and $399/£319, respectively, for the 16GB (WiFi) versions. On the other hand, the newly unveiled iPad mini 3 will cost $399/£319, while the iPad Air 2 is going to be $499/£399 -- both with 16GB of storage and WiFi-only. Like always, if you want to add a 4G/LTE to that, you'll have to shell out $130/£100 extra per iPad.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/16/apple-drops-ipad-prices/