Eerie dimensional changes are afoot: the Air is 20% thinner, 28% lighter, and 24% reduced in volume from the 4th-gen iPad. And there are more good scares lurking under its otherworldly skin:

9.7-inch, in-plane-switching LCD with 2,048 x 1,536 resolution at 264 ppi

Dual-core A7 CPU with 64-bit architecture

M7 motion-tracking coprocessor

5-megapixel rear iSight camera capable of recording 1080p video; 1.2-megapixel 720p front-facing camera

802.11n dual-antenna MIMO Wi-Fi

Support for 14 LTE bands, DC-HSPA+, UMTS, GSM/EDGE, CDMA, and EVDO

16, 32, 64, or 128 GB storage