Apple, next event on October 16th for the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3

Apple is expected to hold its next event on October 16 to announce the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 tablets. Here are the first specifications.

It is rumored that the next Apple event will be held on October 16th and that the new iPads will be presented at this event, including the new iPad Air 2 and the new iPad mini 3. In the meantime, leaks have been leaked from a factory that is allegedly building the components for the next iPads the specifications of the tablets to be announced imminently.

As for the new iPad Air 2, it is expected to be 0.5mm thicker than the current model: this means that if the iPad Air is currently 7.5mm thick, then the next generation tablet will be 7mm thick . If so, then iPad Air 2 will be the thinnest tablet on the market.

In order to make the thinnest thickness possible, the display and glass will be combined into a single piece. However, the thinner thickness of the tablet should have made Apple decide to remove the mute/vibrate button, while the volume rocker buttons will be more integrated into the chassis.

Also according to rumors, the new iPad Air 2 will be equipped with a main camera with an 8 megapixel sensor, while the front camera will be able to record in HD at 720p resolution.

As for the chipset, Apple's A8 chip will power the iPad Air 2 with 2GB of RAM. Furthermore, the Home button with TouchID, the fingerprint reader that debuted in the iPhone 5s last year, should not be missing.

The tablet is expected to be available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB of onboard storage variants.

Also at the event on September 16th, Apple is expected to unveil the iPad mini 3 (which should be a smaller version of the iPad Air 2 but with all the specifications unchanged) as well as an update to the iMac computer line-up. Finally, Apple will begin shipping OS