 After selling 225 million iPads, Apple announced today the new iPad Air 2. The iPad Air is thinner than a pencil and now comes in gold, perfect for people who like things to be a little decadent, but not too decadent. The device is 6.1 millimeters thick. That's less than a quarter of an inch, 18% thinner than the first iPad Air. Two new iPads stacked on top of each other are actually thinner than the original iPad on its own. Why didn't they keep it larger with the world's best battery? Because lasers! The iPad has a new chip called the A8X. It's 64-bit architecture with 3 billion transistors. The Air had 1 billion. Some apps can achieve two times the performance from the CPU. The chip is 12 times faster than the original and the graphics are 180 times faster. You know those people who take photos with their iPads blocking beautiful panoramic views or the front row of a concert? Apple has them covered. The new Apple Air has an 8 megapixel eye sight camera with a 2.4 aperture. The camera shoots 1080p HD video and the camera can take panoramas up to 43 megapixels. Time-lapse video, slow-mo video, and the iPad finally has burst mode for photography and dual mics for audio. The front camera has also been improved with a new eye sight camera using a 2.2 aperture. The Wi-Fi now uses 802.11ac with MIMO and it's 2.8 times faster. And the Air 2 will have faster LTE with 20 LTE bands, more than any other tablet. And lastly, the iPad Air 2 will have Touch ID. The home button that recognizes a user's touch and unlocks the iPad without requiring an unlock passcode. The Touch ID also works in the App Store, various apps, and online purchasing in apps that support Apple Pay. Prices have stayed about the same as last year with the starting price for the regular 16GB version at $499 and $629 for LTE. Apple also announced the iPad Mini 3 which includes an improved camera, Touch ID, and better Wi-Fi. This price begins at $399. Pre-orders begin tomorrow and the iPads will ship next week.