Apple Unveils New iPad mini with OLED Screen
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Apple has a new tablet. It is called the iPad mini.
The new iPad mini is very thin. It is only 5.4mm thick.
The screen uses OLED technology. OLED screens show very good colors.
Apple says this is the biggest update for the iPad mini ever.
The price starts at 119,800 yen.
Apple may also show a new MacBook Pro soon. People say it will come on October 29.
This MacBook Pro may let people touch the screen. This is new for MacBook computers.
The UI, or screen design, may also change for touch.
Vocabulary15 words
- iPad mini
- a small tablet computer made by Apple
- OLED
- a type of screen with very good colors
- update
- a new and better version of something
- MacBook Pro
- a laptop computer made by Apple
- UI
- the way a screen looks and works for users
- tablet
- a flat computer you can hold
- thin
- not thick; very flat
- screen
- the flat part you look at on a device
- price
- how much money something costs
- announce
- to tell people new information
- touch
- to use your finger on something
- device
- a small machine, like a phone or tablet
- design
- how something looks or is made
- technology
- new tools or machines made with science
- yen
- the money used in Japan
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1. 5.4mm 2. OLED 3. True
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Apple has a new tablet. It is called the _____.
The new iPad mini is very thin. It is only _____ thick.
The screen uses _____ technology. OLED screens show very good colors.
Apple says this is the biggest _____ for the iPad mini ever.
The price starts at _____ yen.
Apple may also show a new _____ soon. People say it will come on October 29.
This MacBook Pro may let people _____ the screen. This is new for MacBook computers.
The _____, or screen design, may also change for touch.
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