Apple iPad 5 "iPad Air" Release Date News and Rumors: Did Apple Drop the Ball With the New iPad 5? [VIDEO]

The new Apple iPad 5 was announced on Tuesday and will be available for purchase on November 1^st, 2013. It was announced at the company's annual unveiling event in San Francisco along with an iPad Mini 2. Critics are saying that Apple missed a few important opportunities to wow the audience with new iPad features and designs, such as a fingerprint scanner and a larger, higher-resolution screen.

Reviews.Cnet.com wrote, "At the very least, this was Apple's chance to recapture its spirit of innovation and give us something different, rather than what amounts to a polished iteration of what we already had. For instance, there's no gold-hued version as with the iPhone 5S, and Apple mentioned nothing about incorporating the Touch ID fingerprint sensor that uses biometric data to unlock the phone and approve purchases. Also, by keeping many key specs on pat with last year's model, Apple's full-size iPad and iPad Mini are now more similar than ever, except that the Mini costs $100 less."

The question is, should consumers purchase the iPad Air or the iPad Mini? Some critics think that Apple is cannibalizing sales by having the iPad Air and iPad Mini both available for around the same price. Are you willing to pay more for a slightly larger screen?

Check out this new video detailing all of the features of the brand new iPad Air to help you decide if you will be purchasing on this holiday season!