To call something "pencil-thin" is an old cliché, and Apple played on that last year by saying the iPad Air was as thin as a pencil.
But now, the company wants you to know that its latest tablet is even thinner.
During Thursday's keynote, Apple officially revealed the iPad Air 2. To showcase just how slender the new device is, Apple showed a video of a laser vaporizing the top third of a pencil lying on its side. Its point: The iPad Air 2 is even svelter than a partially destroyed writing utensil.
That's pretty thin, and the original iPad Air was already slight. In fact, the iPad Air 2 is 18% thinner than its predecessor, clocking in at just 6.1 mm thick. The device weighs 15 ounces.
Despite having a frame even narrower than the iPhone 6, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he isn't worried about any sort of bending.
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