Apple has just quietly unveiled two brand new iPads: the long-awaited refresh to the iPad mini and the new iPad Air, which borrows many of the great features from the iPad Pro, including a 10.5-inch screen with True Tone, a thin and lightweight design, and top-tier performance at a much more affordable, $500 price.

And in case you are wondering, neither of these two new iPads has Face ID, the secure identification system that Apple uses on its latest iPhones. Instead, the new iPads use the familiar Touch ID fingerprint recognition. Both new tablets also do support the Apple Pencil, ...