It was not just the new iPad mini that Apple announced at its special event in San Jose, California on October 23. The company also introduced its new 4th generation iPad which is a revised version of the previous iPad and comes with improved internals.
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Like all the previous generation iPads the fourth generation iPad has a 9.7-inch display and retains the high resolution Retina Display which was introduced with the third generation iPad. It has a 5 megapixel iSight camera and it is powered by a new A6X processor which has twice the graphics performance compared to the A5X processor. Needless to say Apple has also retained the battery life and it is still rated at 10 hours.

One major change is that the 30-pin dock connector has been replaced by the new Lightning port which first appeared with the iPhone 5. The Lightning port has a much smaller connector which can be used in any orientation. If you upgrade to the new iPad it means that would will have to get a new set of accessories as your previous one’s will not be compatible with the new connector.

The fourth generation iPad will also support LTE connectivity and of course it will have a Wi-Fi only variant available as well. This new iPad will cost the same as the previous generation iPad starting at $499 for the Wi-Fi only 16GB version and the LTE capable model will start from $629 for the 16GB version.  The pre-orders for the fourth generation iPad will start from this Friday and the Wi-fi only models will start shipping from November 2nd. Apple has announced that the cellular version will start shipping few weeks later.