Description of . The first customer in line, Rami Shamis, holds up his new iPad Air at the Apple Store on November 1, 2013 in New York City. The new iPad, which will also come in a mini version, is 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the current fourth-generation iPad. It has the same 9.7-inch screen as previous iPads and uses the same A7 processing chip that's in the iPhone 5S. The iPad Air, which went on sale today, will start at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi-only model and go up to $629 for a 16GB with 4G LTE connectivity. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)