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October 2014
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The editors liked
Sleek design
Great power
Nice screen upgrade
Pro 9.7 adds Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil compatibility
Pro is faster
It's an iPad. Seriously
That sounds funny
But it does come as a mark of a certain quality. It means it's a very finely crafted tablet with an app store filled to bursting with the latest mobile games and utilities. And this one is more powerful
Thinner
When I saw this getting unveiled onstage
I was nonplussed. Better screen? A bit thinner? I needed to be convinced. Then I held it
And I really was
It's not just lighter
It's perceptibly lighter. I'll regret writing this in a year's time
But I think t
Nippy performance
Anti-reflective screen
Slim profile
Good battery life
Touch ID sensor
Thinner than ever
Turbo powered processor
Touch ID
Stunning build
Powerful
The iPad Air 2 has a great balance of size and weight. Crisp
Improved screen with richer colours and deeper blacks
Greater contrast
Smoother graphics
Superb build
Better cameras
Design as well crafted as ever
Impressively lightweight and thin
Power/unfailing responsiveness
TouchID fingerprint scanner works well
Nearly perfect screen with excellent antiglare coating
Closer links with other Apple products (Continuity
Handoff)
Exceptionally fast (laptoplike in processing speed)
Beautiful build quality
Amazingly slim
Improved camera features
Firmer screen than iPad Air 1
Unbelievably slim and light
Great design
Flawless responsiveness
Fast
Useful Continuity features
Slim and light
Beautiful classic Apple design
Fabulous screen
Performance still stands up in 2017
Thinner than any other Apple device
Screen brighter than iPad Air
Powerful new processor is a step up
IPads have best app selection of any tablet
Improved rear camera
Touch ID added
Screen doesn't reflect much
Great performance
Ultra-slim design
Improved camera
Incredible thin and sleek design with new gold color option (which I really like
By the way!)
Touch ID fingerprint sensor provides added security
Improved abundance of apps
Decent battery life
Improved processing performance
WiFi and cellular model
Thinner and lighter than last model
Tricore CPU screams
Double RAM of last model
Long battery life
Excellent photography for a tablet
Fingerprint recognition
Excellent selection of apps
Still easy to use
Beautifully slim design
Improved display
Phenomenal A8X chip
Impressive tablet camera
The editors didn't like
No volume silencer
Not a lot new
Pro 9.7in is very expensive
Is it possible to make a tablet too beautiful? Maybe we're neurotic
But these are versatile
Multi-tasking devices – is that always best served all dressed up in your Sunday best? We do feel like we have to smother its waif-like aluminium in a chunky cas
The 16GB option is still too small for Retina HD apps
As they'll munch through your capacity in no time at all
Add to that the increased space a 64-bit app will take and if you're thinking of nabbing a load of high-power apps (which you should want to
The 16GB option was too small
But Apple has now ditched that giving you 32GB and 128GB models which suit this slate much better and makes the entry level option far more approachable
The dislikes are beyond nitpicking
The slow motion video is capped at
Camera still struggles in poor lighting
Not many signifcant changes over the original iPad Air
Hardware mute button missing
Not enough upgrades?
Some will want new design
Too similar to the iPad Air
No microSD card slot
Expensive for larger storage sizes
Priced relatively high for a tablet
Single speaker isn't that loud compared to iPad Pro
No NFC
Battery is smaller than previous generation (not that you'll notice)
Very small hit to battery life
16GB is a little low on space
No mute switch
No curved glass from the iPhone 6 range
Camera could be better still
Lock/rotation switch absent
Original iPad Air remains strong
Speaker could be better
Restrictive
Sound from the speakers resonates a little in the shell
Storage isn't expandable/no 32 GB version
Mute button has gone
Slender frame makes us worry about robustness (although we've experienced no problems so far)
Sound quality is thin and speaker placement is wasteful
Expensive
ICloud sharing has some problems
No waterproofing
ICloud features have some problems
The iPad Pro 9.7in is even better
Can't take advantage of split screen view
16GB model does not have enough storage
Speaker quality worse than Air 1
IPad Air 1 is $100 cheaper
Not water resistant
No MicroSD storage options
Battery life a little lower
16GB version storage too low
Camera still struggles in poor light
Doesn't feel that different to the original iPad Air
Absence of the mute switch on the chassis
Antireflective coating on the display is subtle and hardly noticeable
The device can be quite pricey depending upon the model you choose
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Published: 2014-11-06, Author: Michael , review by: Pocketnow.com
One of the thinnest tablets in the world, Allday endurance (and then some), Beautiful design, Powerful hardware with classleading ecosystem
Power users may find UX inflexible, Cameras are only soso, Display resolution is nothing special
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Published: 2014-11-05, Author: Bob , review by: macobserver.com
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Somehow, even thinner than ever, Very snappy performance, thanks to A8X chip upgrade, Fingerprint login, Better cameras
The familiar iPad-family gripes (no MicroSD card slot, reliance on iTunes), Rear camera lacks a flash, Physical mute/orientation-lock switch has been eliminated
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Published: 2014-11-04, Author: Michael , review by: networkworld.com
Fast, Continuity feature allows seamless integration with other Apple devices, Touch ID feature, builtin encryption
No LED flash support for photos and movies, camera specs lag behind iPhone 6 models, cannot use Apple Pay via NFC
When the iPad was first released in 2010, I described it as a leap ahead for computing -- a tool that simplified interaction in a way that I thought would make computing accessible to even more people. And when I looked at last year's iPad Air, I said...
Fast, Continuity feature allows seamless integration with other Apple devices, Touch ID feature, builtin encryption
No LED flash support for photos and movies, camera specs lag behind iPhone 6 models, cannot use Apple Pay via NFC
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