New Apple iPad Air Tablet 2. Apple iPad Tablets

FINISH.

Silver
Space Gray.

Capacity 1.

128GB.

Size and Weight 2

Wi-Fi
- Height: 9.4 Inches (240 mm)
- Width: 6.6 Inches (169.5 mm)
- Depth: 0.24 Inch (6.1 mm)
- WEIGHT: 0.96 POUND (437 g)
Wi-Fi + Cellular
- Height: 9.4 Inches (240 mm)
- Width: 6.6 Inches (169.5 mm)
- Depth: 0.24 Inch (6.1 mm)
- Weight: 0.98 Pound (444 g)

Buttons and Connectors.

Home / Touch ID SENSOR
BUILT-IN STEREO SPEAKERS
Lightning Connector
3.5 mm Headphone Jack
Dual Microphones.
ON / OFF - SLEEP / WAKE
VOLUME UP / DOWN
Nano-Sim Tray (Cellular Models)

Connector

Lightning.

In The Box

iPad Air 2.
Lightning to USB Cable
USB Power Adapter.

Display

Retina Display.
9.7-Inch (Diagonal) LED-Backlit Multi-Touch Display With IPS Technology
2048-BY-1536-PIXEL RESOLUTION AT 264 PPI
FingerPrint-Resistant Oleophobic Coating
FULLY LAMINATED DISPLAY.
Antireflective Coating

Chip.

A8X CHIP WITH 64-BIT Architecture
M8 Motion Coprocessor.

isight Camera.

8mp Isight Camera.
Autofocus.
Panorama (UP TO 43MP)
AUTO HDR FOR PHOTOS
Exposure Control
Burst Mode.
Tap to Focus
Timer Mode.
ƒ / 2.4 aperture
Five-Element Lens
Hybrid IR FI LTER
Backside Illumination
AUTO Image Stabilization
Face Detection.
Photo Geotagging.

Video Recording.

1080p HD Video Recording (30 FPS)
SLO-MO (120 FPS)
Time-Lapse Video with Stabilization
Video Image Stabilization
Improved Face Detection.
3X Video Zoom
Video geotagging.

Facetime HD Camera.

1.2mp photos.
ƒ / 2.2 aperture
720p HD Video Recording
Backside Illumination
Auto HDR Photos and Videos
Improved Face Detection.
Burst Mode.
Exposure Control
Timer Mode.

Video Calling 3.

Wi-Fi
- FaceTime Video.
Wi-Fi + Cellular
- FaceTime Video.

Audio Calling 3.

Wi-Fi
- Facetime Audio.
- iPad Air to Any FaceTime-Enabled Device Over Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi + Cellular
- Facetime Audio.
- iPad Air to Any FaceTime-Enabled Device Over Wi-Fi Or Cellular

Cellular and Wireless.

Wi-Fi Model
- Bluetooth 4.2 TECHNOLOGY.
Wi-Fi + Cellular Model
- Wi-Fi (802.11a / B / G / N / AC); Dual Band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with Mimo.
- Bluetooth 4.2 TECHNOLOGY.
- UMTS / HSPA / HSPA + / DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900 MHz)
- LTE (Bands 1, 2nd, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41) 4
- Data Only 5.
- Wi-Fi Calling 4
- Includes Apple Sim.
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SIM card

Nano-SIM (Supports Apple SIM)

Location

Wi-Fi
- Digital Compass.
- Wi-Fi
- ibeacon microLocation
Wi-Fi + Cellular
- Digital Compass.
- Wi-Fi
- Assisted GPS and Glonass
- Cellular
- ibeacon microLocation

Sensors.

Touch ID
Three-Axis Gyro
Accelerometer.
Barometer.
AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR

Touch ID

Fingerprint Identity Sensor Built Into The Home Button

Apple Pay.

Pay with Your iPad Using Touch ID WITHIN Apps and On The Web

Siri 6.

Siri - Use Your Voice to Send Messages, Set Reminders, and More
Use Hands-Free
Listen and Identify Songs

POWER AND BATTERY 7

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi + Cellular
- Built-in 27.3-Watt-Hour Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer Battery
- Up to 10 Hours of Sur Fi NG The Web On Wi-Fi, Watching Video, OR Listening to Music
- Up to 9 Hours of Sur Fi NG The Web using Cellular Data Network
- CHARGING VIA POWER ADAPTER OR USB TO COMPUTER SYSTEM

Operating System

iOS 10.
With An All-New Design and All-New Features, iOS 10 is the World's Most Advanced Mobile OS. IT Brings Your iPad to Life in more Intelligent and Expressive Ways Than Ever. See What's New In iOS 10

iOS 10 Includes:

Airdrop.
Airplay
AirPrint.
Control Center.
Notification Center.
Spotlight Search.
Apple Music.
Family Sharing
iCloud Drive.
Multitasking.
QuickType Keyboard.
Night Shift.

Accessibility

Accessibility Features Help People with Disability Get The Most Out of their New iPad Air 2. With Built-in Support for Vision, Hearing, Physical and Motor Skills, And Learning and Literacy, You Can Create and Do Amazing Things. Learn More.

Features Include:

VoiceOver
Magnifier
Siri and Dictation
Switch Control
Closed Captions.
AssistiveTouch.
SPEAK SCREEN.

Built-in Apps

Built-in Apps ARE An Essential Part of Your iPad Experience and Are Efficiently Designed to Use Less Than 200mb of Storage.

Camera.
Photos.
Messages.
FaceTime.
Music.
Safari.
Calendar
iTunes Store.
App Store.
Notes.
Contacts.
iBooks.
Reminders.
CLOCK.
Photo Booth
Podcasts.
Find My iPhone.
Find My Friends.
iCloud Drive.

FREE Apps from Apple 8

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, and iTunes u Are Preinstalled on iPad Models with a Capacity of 32GB or Higher.

Pages
Numbers.
Keynote.
iMovie.
GarageBand.
iTunes U.
Apple Store.
Trailers
iTunes Remote.
Music Memos.

System Requirements.

Apple ID (Required for some Features)
Internet Access 9.

Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC Requires:

Mac: OS X v10.8.5 or Later
PC: Windows 7 or Later
iTunes 12.3 or Later (Free Download From www.itunes.com/download)

Languages.

Language Support
English (Australia, Canada, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
QuickType Keyboard Support
English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), ChinaSe - Simplified (handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinase - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), FRENCH (Belgium, Canada, France , Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Transliteration), Hinglish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Tamil (Script, Transliteration), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
QuickType Keyboard Support WITH PREDICTIVE INPUT 10
English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, US), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, RUSSIAN, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Thai, Turkish
Siri Languages.
English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany , Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China Mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China Mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium , Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Turkish (Turkey), Thai (Thailand), Portuguese (Brazil)
Dictation Languages.
English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Uae, UK, US), Spanish (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, US), French (Belgium, Canada , France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (ITALY, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China Mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Arabic (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar , Uae), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Swedish, Turkish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
DE FI NITION DIFTIONARY SUPPORT
English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Bilingual Dictionary Support
Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
Spell Check.
English (Australia, Canada, Uk, U.S.), FRENCH, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Turkish

Audio Playback

Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio Formats Supported: AAC (8 to 320 kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), He-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 kbps), MP3 VBR, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC -3), Audible (Formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, AND AAX +), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
USER-CON FI GURABLE MAXIMUM VOLUME LIMIT

TV and Video.

Airplay Mirroring, Photos, Audio, and Video Out to Apple TV (2nd Generation or Later)
Video Mirroring and Video Out Support: Up to 1080p Through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (Adapters Sold Separately)
Video Formats Supported: H.264 Video Up to 4k, 30 Frames Per Second, High Profile Level 4.2 with AAC-LC Audio Up to 160 Kbps, 48Khz, Stereo Audio or Dolby Audio Up to 1008 Kbps, 48KHZ, STEREO OR MULTICHANNEL AUDIO, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov File Formats; MPEG-4 Video Up to 2.5 MBPS, 640 BY 480 Pixels, 30 Frames Per Second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC Audio Up to 160 Kbps Per Channel, 48Khz, Stereo Audio or Dolby Audio Up to 1008 Kbps, 48Khz, STEEO O MULTICHANNEL Audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov File Formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) Up to 35 MBPS, 1280 BY 720 PIXELS, 30 Frames Per Second, Audio in Ulaw, PCM STEREO Audio in .avi File Format

Mail Attachment Support

Viewable Document Types.
.jpg, .ti ff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (Web Pages); .Key (KeyNote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (Rich Text Format); .vcf (Contact Information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics.

Environmental Requirements

Operating Ambient Temperature: 32 ° to 95 ° F (0 ° to 35 ° C)
Nonoperating Temperature: -4 ° to 113 ° F (-20 to 45 ° C)
Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% NonCondensing
Operating Altitude: Tested Up to 10,000 Feet (3000 m)

iPad Air 2 May Ship with iOS 9. iOS 10 Will Be Available As A Free Download Beginning September 13.

Available Space Is Less and Varies Due to Many Factors. A STANDARD CONFIGURATION USES APPROXIMATEL 4GB TO 6GB OF SPACE (INCLUDING IOS AND BUILT-IN APPS) DEPETIONING ON THE MODEL AND SETTINGS.
Size and Weight Vary by Con Fi Grating and Manufacturing Process.
Facetime Calling Requires a FaceTime-Enabled Device for the Caller and Recipient and A Wi-Fi Connection. Availability Over A Cellular Network Depends on Carrier Policies; Data Charges May Apply.
Data Plan Required. LTE and Wi-Fi Calling Are Available in Select Markets and Through Select Carriers. Speeds Are Based on theoretic Throughput and Vary Based on Site Conditions and Carrier. For details on LTE Support, Contact Your Carrier and See www.apple.com/ipad/lte.
Cellular Data Plan Is Sold Separately. The Model You Purchase Is Con Fi Gured To Work With A Particular Cellular Network Technology. Check With Your Carrier for Compatibility and Cellular Data Plan Availability.
Siri May Not Be Available in All Languages \u200b\u200bor in All Area, And Features May Vary by Area. Internet Access Required. Cellular Data Charges May Apply.
Testing Conducted by Apple in October 2014 using preproduction iPad Air 2 Units and Software. Testing Consisted of Full Battery Discharge WHILE PERFORMING EACH OF THE FOLLOWING TASKS: Video Playback, Audio Playback, and Internet Browsing using Wi-Fi or Cellular Data Network. Video CONTENT WAS A REPEATED 2-HOUR 23-MINUTE MOVIE PURCHASED FROM THE ITUNES STORE. Audio Content Was a PlayList of 358 Unique Audio Tracks Purchased from the iTunes Store. Internet Over Wi-Fi and Cellular Data Network Tests Were Conducted using Dedicated Web and Mail Servers, Browsing Snapshot Versions of 20 Popular Web Pages, and Receiving Mail Once An Hour. All Settings Were Default Except: Wi-Fi WAS Associated with A Network (Except For Internet Browsing Over Cellular Data Network); The Wi-Fi Feature Ask to Join Networks and Auto Brightness Were Turned Off; BRIGHTNESS WAS SET TO 50%; And WPA2 Encryption Was Enabled. Battery Life Depends ON DEVICE SETTINGS, USAGE, AND MANY OTHER FACTORS. Battery Tests Are Conducted Using Specific iPad Units; Actual Results May Vary.
iMovie, Pages, Numbers, and KeyNote Are Free On The App Store for Qualifying Devices with Initial Activation On or After September 1, 2013. GarageBand IS Free On The App Store for Qualifying Devices with Initial Activation On or After September 1, 2014. Downloading Apps Requires An Apple ID and A Device That Is Compatible with the iOS Version Required for Each App.
Wireless Broadband Recommended; Fees may apply.
Customized Suggestions Based On Recipient and App Are Not Available for China (Simplified, Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and Thai.

Some Features May Not Be Available for All Countries or All Areas. .

We all remember how last year the iPad Air for "became thinner and easier than their predecessors." Who would have thought that the same words would be applied to the next generation? And now, two weeks after the announcement, Apple's new tablet reached our office. Meet! iPad Air 2 is one of the most subtle tablets in the world.

Appearance

Yes, you can say that when creating an iPad Air 2, I forgot to show the designer, and in general, it feels that the tablet "was blocked" into the case from the previous version. But it is worth only to take a device in the hands (carefully, then there will be a lot of "apple puree") and you understand that it was not very much to change the appearance of a special point, but those minor changes that developers have contributed to the construction of the hull, they made it even better.

At the time of the presentation of the iPad Air 2 proudly weared the title of the finest tablet in the world, its thickness, so that you understand it is 6.1 mm, and it is even less than in the iPhone 6 (there must be a joke about what it bends). In this case, the width and height of the hull did not change, which is quite logical, because the diagonal remains 9.7 inches. Compared with the last generation, the weight was reduced, now the device is 32 grams easier - 437 grams.

As I wrote above, there are not many changes in the tablet, but in Apple it was still decided on a very responsible step - removed the lever from the right end, which was responsible for the transition to a silent mode. There is nothing critical in this, because many of the owners of Android-tablets did not even know that they were and calmly lived without him. Apparently this control element was "the weakest link", which had to be sacrificed for the sake of such thickness. At the same time, a slightly changed the view of the volume control keys.

Fans of the Home HOME key will now have to be not easy, because in the iPad Air 2, it was replaced by the Touch ID. Does this technology need a tablet? Of course. This not only increases the safety level of the device, but also speeds up the process of performing some tasks (for example, it is possible to quickly make purchases). By the way, now you can boast your friends to noschaboders that you have a sapphire button "home" on the tablet. It practically does not affect anything when used, but it raises the self-esteem of the owner and all that.

As for the lower end, manufacturers of various accessories (especially docking stations) are simply obliged to thank Apple for not changing the familiar lightning connector on something more "innovative." But due to the reduction of the thickness of the compatibility of Czechs from the iPad Air can forget. By the way, the dynamics lattices changed a little, as for me, they became even more beautiful.

About the quality of the assembly do not even have to say - everything is done at the highest level. The case, as always, metal, but now Cupertinovsky decided to slightly diversify the color series, and to gray (SPACE GRAY) and silver (Silver) added the option "Under Gold" (Gold).

Screen

Despite the fact that the screen remained with a diagonal of 9.7-inches and a resolution of 1536 x 2048 (Retina, 264 PPI), some changes have suffered some changes. On the presentation we were told that the air layer was removed between the IPS matrix and the protected glass. This, of course, is very cool, but the problem is that during the announcement of the iPad Air of the last generation, we also spoke that. It is possible that before displaying a new product, the layer is returned back to clean it later (here must be meme Genius).

In addition, the anti-reflective coating was improved, which is now 56% better protects the screen from the sun rays (only I do not quite understand how the developers have identified this percentage). But if you go outside and compare the iPad Air first and second generation, then the difference will not be particularly noticeable - the displays are faded, and in very difficult situations it even happens to spend the text. But oleophobic coverage in its place.

This tablet could be forgiven everything, but not one single drawback - divorces remain on the screen. Yes, you understood everything correctly. On the screen. Stay. Divorces. And no effort should be made to this. Take the tablet to hand (most commonly) - and from your fingers who support the tablet for the back of the back, traces appear on the screen. I once had a Chinese Ainol tablet, and even there were no such problems.

Specifications

The new tablet received a 64-bit Apple A8x processor, which is 40% coolest and more powerful than the A7 chip used in the previous generation of iPad Air. The company decided to surprise the IT world a little and made this processor three-core (directly suggests the analogy about the car on three wheels), it works on a clock frequency of 1.4 GHz. In principle, Apple has never been particularly bathed above the "figures", and first of all dealt with optimization. I can safely say that in a pair with 2 GB of RAM, the device allows you to open more tabs in Safari and keep more applications in the background.

For the first time, an additional M8 coprocessor appeared in Apple tablets, which constantly "monitors" and collects data from all sensors (and there is no little in iPad AIR 2): Gyroscope, accelerometer, compass and barometer. Already in all the memorians of Steve Jobs, the old tradition, there are two versions of the iPad: Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + LTE (Apple SIM). As for wireless data transmission technology, it is slightly improved, Wi-Fi AC can transmit data at speeds up to 866 Mbps. If you have chosen a version with LTE, then at your disposal there will be as many as 20 LTE bands. Well, about such little things like Bluetooth and GPS, I will not even remember - they are.

The situation with the built-in memory is the same as in the iPhone 6 - from the version of 32 GB decided to refuse. Now buyers are available versions on 16 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB. They will cost $ 499, 599 dollars and 699 dollars, respectively. The battery in the iPad Air 2 with a capacity of 7340 mA · h, Apple promises that this should be enough for 10 hours of operation in high load mode, that is, in practice, the tablet can freely "live" for several days without recharging.

Full technical specifications look like:

Dimensions: 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm.
Weight: 437
Operating system: iOS 8.1.
Processor: three-core Apple A8X, clock frequency 1.4 GHz.
Display: 9.7 inches, 1536 x 2048 (Retina), 264 PPI.
Memory: 16 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB.
RAM: 2 GB.
Cameras: Basic - 8 MP, frontal - 1.2 megapixel.
Wireless technology: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0.
Interface connectors: 3.5 mm for headphones, Lightning connector.
Battery: 7340 mA · h.

Camera

Those times when people who photographing the tablet watched on mentally ill, long ago passed. In Apple, this is perfectly understood and actively improving the moment in their devices. Thus, the second generation of iPad Air received not only a cool front facetime camera, which can record video in Full HD, but also an improved module on the rear panel - Isight (8 megapixel and F / 2.4). I can not say that the quality of the pictures is comparable to those making iPhone 6 or at least iPhone 5S, but the results are really quite good. Maximum resolution Panorars - 43 Mp! The video is removed in 1080p at 30 k / s, it is also possible to record slowly (SLO-MO, 120 K / s) and Series (Time Lapse).

Eventually

There is such an unwritten rule that if you buy a smartphone, then on Android, and if the tablet is iOS (and here, you understand, without options - iPad). Air 2 certainly deserves good words to his side. But the subtlety that we were praised on the presentation, got out sideways (practically in the literal sense). Divorces that appear on the screen with the most common case case are forced to think about whether it is worth buying a novel? And if you are the owner of the first generation iPad Air, then the question of the update can not even be set. That's really, everything is fine, but such problems with the screen are fighting the desire to use the tablet. I want to believe that this is our defective model, but we have already received several reviews that the problem comes across, most often in versions of 128 GB, as we have. Seriously, with Jobs there was no such thing!

Video review iPad Air 2

In 2013, the world was presented with a new creation from Apple - iPad Air. The tablet won the recognition of millions of users throughout the world. And after a year on the autumn presentation, the company presented the thinnest device in the world - iPad Air 2, who did not make a revolution in the world of mobile technologies, but became no less popular than his predecessor. Despite the release of the novelties, many users did not hurry to change the first generation devices, because they did not see much sense in this. Of course, the iPad Air 2 received several important transformations that made it flagship among tablet computers.

Comparison of the iPad Air and iPad Air 2 will allow you to accurately determine what the advantages of a newer gadget are. However, there is a category of user, which in any case changes its smartphones and apple tablets after the release of a new model. It is rather dictated to not need to use advanced devices functions, and the desire to be one step ahead of the rest. If you value the value for money, functionality, as well as use a rational approach when buying gadgets, a comparison of two popular models will be useful for you and interesting.

Comparison and overview of two models of tablets: iPad Air and iPad Air 2

The differences between the two devices are in the appearance and size of the case. If the length and width of the gadgets remained the same - 240 mm and 169.5 mm, then the iPad Air 2 began at the time of exit the thinnest device in the world. Its thickness was 6.1 mm, which is 1.4 mm less than its predecessor. Many experts concluded that insignificant differences in the sizes of the iPad Air and iPad Air 2 are practically not felt when using gadgets, which cannot be said about their weight.

The new device has become much easier - its weight was only 437 grams, which is 36% less than that of the device of the first generation. Thanks to the reduced weight, with iPad Air 2 is very comfortable. After a long use, the hands and back will not be tired. It became a significant transformation for users who prefer to keep the tablet in their hands, and not to have it on the horizontal surface.

It should be noted that the first generation iPad Air is supplied only in two colors - cosmic gray and silver. The second generation gadget is presented in three colors - even golden was added to the usual silver and cosmic gray. Thanks to this, users have more opportunities to choose. Some prefer to buy smartphones, tablets in one color scheme. Now you can buy a similar device to the golden iPhone.

The tablet of the first generation is supplied to the market with the version of the IOS 7 operating system, and the second - iOS 8. To date, the device characteristics allow you to execute an upgrade to iOS 9.2, in which system performance has been improved and some errors have been improved.

Display Characteristics

The screen resolution of the compaable devices remains the same - 2048 per 1536 pixels. Not changed - it is 9.7 inches, which provides a comfortable job. We believe that such dimensions are optimal for a tablet computer designed for a wide audience of consumers.

At the same time, the second generation gadget is equipped with a completely different level. When it is developed, the technology of complete lamination screen was applied. The developers managed to remove the air layer between the glass and the matrix. This made the device thinner and led to the fact that the image in the iPad Air 2 visually as if lying on the surface of the glass. The device released earlier does not have similar visual effects. Another advantage of the second-generation iPad AIR device was a reliable anti-reflective coating that provided comfortable work with a gadget in bright illumination.

Some users found a minus that in the new tablet, the developers removed the blocking button of the automatic rotation of the image during the change of the gadget position in space. It was on the side panel and was often used by gamers who love to read the lying and at the same time they often change their position. Auto lock allowed the image to fix the image. In the iPad Air 2, this parameter has to be activated using custom settings.

Camera

It is immediately advisable to note that in the second generation iPad AIR substantial changes affected the chamber. The first thing that rushes into the eyes is its resolution increased to 8 megapixels. In the model released in 2013, it is 5 megapixels. At the same time, the ISIGHT camera is equipped with a high-tech sensor and advanced optics, which made it possible to improve the quality of the pictures and video. For many, the presence of new functions has become a pleasant surprise. One of them is Slow Motion. It is designed to slow down the video. Thanks to such a function, you can shoot interesting videos on which it is convenient to make accents using a slowdown. In addition, the camera has other interesting and useful features.

During comparing photos taken on two tablets, it can be noted that the iPad Air 2 allows you to achieve a better quality of photographs. Image has improved color reproduction. At the same time, all colors look natural. The snapshots reduced the noise level and the details of objects are improved. However, such improvements are important only for demanding users. The work of the first generation device chamber is quite satisfactory for the device of this level.

The changes were not affected - its resolution is also 1.2 megapixels. At the same time, it is not equipped with autofocus.

Technical specifications

The 2013 tablet is equipped with the A7 + M7 processor. Gadgets presented in 2014 work on the A8X + M8 processor. The iPad Air 2 has three cores, while its predecessor is two. The clock frequency of gadgets is 1.5 GHz and 1.4 GHz, respectively. According to developers, such changes allowed to increase the performance of the central processor by 40%. The capacity was improved 2.5 times.

The iPad AIR and iPad Air 2 difference lies in the amount of memory. If the first generation tablet, the RAM is 1 GB, then the second generation device is equipped with 2 GB of RAM. At the same time, the model of 2013, the volume of the built-in memory can be 16 and 32 GB. Different modifications of a later gadget allow you to purchase a tablet with 16, 64 or 128 GB of memory. Such an improvement is dictated by the development of a huge number of applications that require not only productivity from a tablet computer, but also enough memory.

Battery life

Battery capacity in the device released at the end of 2014 is 7184 mAh. Its predecessor battery capacity is greater - it equals 8827 mAh. The developer stated that in the search mode of information in the World Wide Web, viewing video and listening to the audio battery of a newer device for 10 hours of continuous operation. At the same time, its predecessor works about 12-13 hours without recharging. In the maximum brightness mode during the HD video viewing process, the time is reduced by 2 hours - these results show test tests.

It can be concluded that Apple had to sacrifice the battery capacity to fit it into a thin iPad Air Case 2. It should be noted that anyone would not have been the battery life of any device, it will always not arrange certain categories of users. I always want a phone or tablet longer. In this regard, Apple found an excellent compromise between the weight of the gadget, its size and duration of work.

The first Apple iPad was not the first tablet in the world, but it was from it that the tablet boom began and the rapid development of a new category of mobile electronic devices. What was the success of Apple? The iPad became a rethinking of a laptop, phone, music player and electronic readers. The combination of simplicity, convenience, the latest technologies with high quality and high, but still acceptable for the market, prices have done their job. However, not all iPad models were equally successful, for example, the iPad 3 received the famous Retina display, but at the same time it was equipped with the same processor as iPad 2. In addition, due to the display, the company had to noticeably increase the volume of the battery, so so that the body was harder and thicker than the previous version. Apple apparently decided to make work on errors and quickly, for 7 months, Apple iPad 4 announced. All iPad from the first to the third presented in March, and starting from the fourth - in the fall.

This fall also without new items. The long-awaited Apple iPad Air 2. It became even thinner and easier, as was said on the tablet presentation, Apple iPad Air 2 is the thinnest in the world. Aluminum case is only 6.1 mm in thickness, weight - 437 and 444 grams (Wi-Fi and LTE versions, respectively). The color palette of the iPad enclosures was replenished with gold, as it happened earlier from the iPhone 5S.

With all the "airiness", the iPad Air 2 is not airy powerful - a new three-core processor in our tests broke the performance records, among tablets is the most powerful tablet that we tested. It can be said that the filling in its performance approached modern laptops, which hides the huge potential and new horizons to apply tablets in general.

As for the cameras, they have noticeably improved: it has the opportunity to shoot a slow video, and the quality of photos is now at about the iPhone 4S level or iPhone 5 - which is very worthy for the tablet. Apple iPad Air 2 Now there is a touch ID fingerprint scanner, the device supports high-speed Wi-Fi 802.11 AC standard, but there is no NFC chip here, and it means that it will not work with the Apple Pay payment system. Well, perhaps it will appear next year.

Many may seem that a small thickness of the hull affected the battery capacity. Yes, indeed, the rechargeable battery has become thinner: it lost 15% of its capacity, but these losses were almost completely compensated by the energy efficiency of the iPad AIR 2. On the one hand, these are good indicators, but on the other, it means that there is no increase in autonomy. Among the deficiencies of the iPad Air 2, you can call the already classic, the only port of Ligthning for charging and connecting to a computer, support for the limited number of audio and video formats and the need to use the intermediary in the form of iTunes so that it would seem just throw video or music from a computer to iPad and vice versa. With all this, the tablet is good, but it is the update of the previous iPad Air. By and large, last year's tablet from Apple can do all the same. Therefore, to move from the first model to the second, in our opinion, it is not necessary at all, only if you want an iPad of gold color. In addition, the first Air is still sold in the company's online store, it has become cheaper, and the games and applications will be written for some time, taking into account the possibilities of more "weak" iPad mini 3 and iPad Air. So enjoy the unprecedented power of the new Apple iPad Air 2 will not be simple.

Materials and Design - 5.0

In the form, the new Apple iPad AIR does not represent anything new, and indeed the appearance of models in the line, as often happens, has changed slightly. Despite this, between the iPad Air and Air 2, there are still differences: the new iPad has become thinner and easier, the gold-colored model appeared, the mode of the mode switch appeared, - the rest of the same thing. The side frames are narrow, but remained the same as on the previous iPad. The control buttons remained there, where they were - the power key at the top, and the volume keys are on the right face, top. The speaker holes are located downstairs around the Lightning connector, which, in our opinion, may not be the most good location, as, for example, when listening to music or watching movies, the sound will leave you down. We note that on the first air there were two rows of speakers and the holes themselves were more - 20 pieces per row, here the case has become thinner, so the second row is no longer climbing, and the holes themselves have become 14. However, I must say that quality The sound did not suffer.

As usual, Apple tablet is made of a solid piece of aluminum. For tests, we took Wi-Fi version of the model, so there is no characteristic plastic insert for the LTE antenna on its back. There are no hoptes in the housing, it does not creak. True, apparently, remembering that the new iPhone 6 bends, many decided to check the strength of the iPad Air case. The network has already appeared video How people from all over the world are trying to experience a novelty: if you take it with both hands and start bending, applying efforts, then it can really deform. To move it, a lot of mind is not necessary, and with normal use, the iPad Air 2 will not bend. In addition, you can drive any thin tablet if you set such a task.

Apple iPad Air 2 tablet can be bought in three colors: gray, silver and gold.

Dimensions and weight - 4.3

Apple iPad Air 2 is the thinnest tablet among the tested by us. The thickness of its housing is only 6.1 mm, it is thinner than Sony Xperia Tablet Z2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. At the same time, the iPad Air 2 is very light - 437 grams (Wi-Fi version) and 444 grams (LTE version). By the way, the 10-inch Tablet Z2 from Sony weighs a little less - 426 (Wi-Fi) and 439 (LTE) grams. However, despite the thickness and weight of the iPad Air 2, it is not very convenient for use with one hand. If you need to constantly carry a tablet in a jacket pocket or a small handbag - it is worth paying attention to a more compact Apple iPad mini.

Ports and Interfaces - 3.4

the iPad has the only one, the original port of Lightning. This does not mean that it does not support USB to charge the battery or connect to various devices, but for this you may need special adapters that need to be purchased separately. In addition to lightning on the case on the top face there is an audio jack, and on the LTE version of the tablet, there is also a slot for the Nano SIM card, which opens with a key or any closure / wire. The package includes one cable - Lightning-USB with charging, in the case of the LTE version, the key-clip from the slot with the Nano SIM card.

Apple iPad AIR 2 tablet computer is equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 modules with A2DP profile support for audio and Wi-Fi adapter transmission (A / B / G / N / AC) and A-GPS receiver with GLONASS support. There are no major changes here, but a high-speed Wi-Fi standard 802.11ac was added, this is a plus, but a year ago it caused a question - why didn't he appear on the first iPad Air?

Many probably expected the appearance of an NFC chip for Apple Pay, but this did not happen (perhaps it will appear in the iPad Air 3?). At least while the Apple payment system will only work on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones. In addition, there are sensors such as a gyroscope, compass, barometer and accelerometer.

As usual, there are versions with a 4G modem (LTE version), with support for LTE frequencies and plastic insert for antennas on the back, as well as without it (Wi-Fi version).

Performance - 5.0

Apple iPad AIR 2 tablet showed the best performance results in our tests at the end of 2014: both in synthetic tests and daily use. The novelty is equipped with a new, powerful stuffing, which is significantly bypassed all its modern competitors. Yes, the difference to the eye between the first iPad Air and the second is not very noticeable: as in the previous model, all applications, video and games are started quickly and go smoothly. However, in the same AIR 2 benchmarks, AIR 2 demonstrates striking results, showing the serious potential of the tablet (perhaps soon on the tablets it will be possible to normally launch serious working applications for calculations, modeling, and so on., Anyway, iPad Air 2 is almost ready for this ).

the iPad Air 2 is equipped with a new A8X three-core processor, operating at 1.5 GHz and M8 coprocessor. Three cores in the processor - an extraordinary solution, only the Phenom brand AMD processors are recalled. For the first time, Apple's tablet received 2 GB of RAM at once! All this should like the fans of technical characteristics. All synthetic tests were carried out by us several times, then the average values \u200b\u200bof five iterations are given.

In Benchmark GEEKBENCH 3 iPad Air 2 received the maximum score from those seen in 2014: Single-Core Score - 1831 and Multi-Core Score - 4523, which is almost twice as much as on the previous iPad AIR and its competitors. In the benchmark Sunspider tablet showed a great time - 356 milliseconds comparable to the first iPad Air. The graphics chip at the end of 2014 the result among the models tested - 52 FPS in the T-REX HD Onscreen C24Z16 and 24 FPS test in the Manhattan test from Benchmark GFX Benchmark. Despite the "small" number of nuclei and not such a huge clock frequency, iPad Air 2 - the leader of 2014 in terms of performance. By the word about the built-in memory - as well as on the iPhone 6, there is a GB to choose from, or a GB version, without the possibility to increase it with memory cards.

Display - 4.9.

Apple iPad AIR 2 tablet is equipped with a 9.7-inch diagonal screen with an IPS matrix and 2048 × 1536 resolution, a high pixel density, but not a record - 264 pixels per inch. The image on the Samsung flagships and on the same Google Nexus 10 is a little clearer, but the difference is not so great. The display is covered with protective glass and has a oleophobic coating, it copes well with its task to protect against fingerprints. The manufacturer declares that the laminated screen has received a new anti-reflective coating, it, of course, did not cope with direct sunlight, but in general on a sunny day the information remains readable.

Apple also stated that the distance between the display glass and its panel was reduced to avoid reflections between these surfaces and make the body a bit thinner. If you say about the display of the device, then it is one of the leaders, among the tested by us. A separate praise deserves the touchscreen, due to its exact and fast work with the tablet easily manage and typing texts.

Ipad Air 2 has excellent color reproduction, color coverage is very close to the SRGB standard, there are color errors, but almost imperceptible to the eye. Corners Reviews are wide, almost maximum. The maximum measured brightness in our tests was 405 cd / m2 (slightly lower than the first iPad Air with 427 cd / m2). The distribution of brightness is good - 89%, the contrast is high - 1027: 1.

Battery - 4.7.

The thin case may cause anxiety when it comes to the time of the autonomous operation of the device. Formally, the battery capacity has decreased from 8600 to 7340 mAh, that is, by 15%. Did the battery life decreased at the same time? Apple promises the same autonomy as on the first iPad AIR due to the energy efficiency of the filling. According to our preliminary data, it is almost the case, the novelty shows the results below than on the previous version of the tablet, but only slightly. In general, the tablets tested by us, the iPad Air 2 battery showed one of the best results among the newest innovations of 2014 - more than 4 hours in load mode, more than 20 hours in the minimum load mode and almost 12 hours in video viewing mode. In the near future, we will get more accurate results after further tests, but now it is clear that Apple iPad Air 2 is enough for a long time.

Software

The iPad Air Tablet works under the IOS 8.1 system. There are no problems with work, everything starts and works quickly and smoothly. Embedded applications are not so much: iTunes and App Store To acquire multimedia and various applications, Safari browser and a number of applications for notes, games, messages, etc. Separately, it is worth noting the appearance of the Touch ID - a fingerprint sensor, like on smartphones Apple, it works quickly: the finger can be applied on any side, however, sometimes it will be necessary to wait. The scanner works to authenticate the owner with unlocking and payment in the App Store and iTunes.

Cameras - 4.2.

Apple iPad Air 2 is equipped with good, on the standards of tablets, cameras. The main chamber of the tablet received an 8 megapixel module against 5 on the first iPad Air. Also, the camera has learned to shoot a slow motion video at a speed of 120 frames per second, with HD permission. In addition, it is possible to shoot Full HD video, autofocus, face recognition, HDR mode, but to a typical smartphone camera still lacking a backlight flash for shooting in the dark.

The front camera has the resolution remains the same - 1.2 megapixel, which allows you to record video in 720p. We also note that the sensitivity of the camera module has increased. The quality of photos for the tablet is good, if compared with smartphones, then it is somewhere at the iPhone 4S camera level.

Temperature - 3.4.

Despite its power and subtlety, Apple iPad Air 2 did not heat up so much in our tests. The maximum surface temperature at rest was 29.4 degrees, in a state of load - up to 40.8 degrees. Such a temperature is felt as warm, places heated body, but it is far from burns and pain. These are good results, given its incredible performance and an extremely thin case.

Large tablets with increasing popularity and falling price of their smaller brothers had to give them a market share. Even Apple surrendered to the fourth generation of the iPad and was forced to release a smaller tablet on the market - iPad mini. At the same time, Apple was well understood that if a full-size iPad remains at the same level of development, then the public interest will be less and less: a simple increase in power and adding any software "chips" here you can not cost. The engineers of the "apple" company had a really difficult task: they needed to make such a full-sized tablet, which would also be convenient to use, as well as his younger fellow. And in Apple it was done.

Last year, the light saw the iPad Air - the tablet, in all respects ahead of its predecessor. What was worth one thing that he lost almost two hundred grams, and its thickness decreased by two millimeters! From the camp tablets on Android compete with him, in fact, only Sony Xperia Tablet Z could - too, it should be noted, a very successful tablet. There were no other analogues at that time.

The first AIR really turned out to be extremely successful, from which side to see it. And on the way to a bright future he had only one problem. Name to her - iPad Mini with Retina Display (now iPad mini 2. The fact is that its technical filling fully copied the "iron" of his older brother, and MINI has been largely more convenient because of the same size. And let us go to Apple It is said that the internal competition is not terrible to them, in the new generation of Apple tablets, clearly decided to eliminate it - Mini left almost unchanged, focusing all efforts on AIR.

Apple iPad Air in comparison with iPad 4 (bottom)

Air 2 received all the newest, all the best, and MINI 3, shown with him in one day, is content with last year's developments. Of course, it is not very good - Apple deprives users the ability to choose, imposing or definitely better or definitely last year.It aggravates the situation that the price difference between Air 2 and Mini 3 is not very large: the modern "Air" costs from 24,490 rubles, and "mini" - from 19,490 rubles. And this, despite the fact that "Iipads" of 2014 turned out to be fundamentally different ...

⇡ Appearance and ergonomics

The exterior of the iPad Air 2 has practically not changed over time of the first "Air". The device forms remained the same, the ratio of the area of \u200b\u200bthe screen and the front panel has not changed. Try to determine the photo where the new AIR is on it.

Apple iPad Air - new and previous

Of course, attentive readers without a shadow of doubt will say that AIR 2 is white, and will be right. Not because it is in the photo from above, but because it is clearly visible for the HOME central key with a dactylconus sensor Touch ID. In the exterior of the device, this is perhaps the most noticeable, but far from the only change.

Apple iPad Air 2 - Home Button with Fingerprint Scanner Touch ID

The new AIR has become a little easier than its predecessor. The gadget weighs only 437 grams in the version without a built-in modem and 444 grams with it. For a ten-wing gadget with a metal case, this is a very small indicator. Even 480 grams of the previous model were considered a breakthrough, but Apple engineers did not stop at the achieved.

Apple iPad Air 2 has been thinner

Perhaps the most significant change in the appearance of the gadget can be considered a reduction in the thickness of the hull from 7.5 millimeters to a record 6.1 mm! At the moment, no ten-wing tablet cannot be boasting such an indicator (recall, the previous record holder is all the same Xperia Z2 Tablet with a thickness of 6.4 mm). It is noteworthy that the length and width of the hull did not change either on the iota. It is probably due to the reduced thickness, the engineers had to abandon the physical switch to the silent mode, located next to the volume keys. By the way, between these buttons was settled the same noncascent glossy smell as in the iPhone 6. He emphasizes the reduced thickness and single (and not double, as before) perforation opposite the external speaker on the lower end.

Nizhnyope Apple iPad Air and iPad Air 2 (from above)

Apple iPad Air 2 - Connectors and Interfaces

Like all modern mobile gadgets from Apple, iPad Air 2 received execution in the gold case. On the subjective view of the author of this article, such a color to the tablet is very much. It is golden, not gold, not saturated, but very soft, with a pleasant metal reflections. AIR 2 looks very pretty. The back panel is a lens of an eight-megapixel camera (the predecessor has only five megapixels).

Apple iPad Air 2 - Rear Panel

We believe that the situation with the exterior of the iPad Air will be the same as with the appearance of the MacBook Air. Apple has not updated the appearance of this laptop for several years simply because the standard can be said to be achieved. Invent something better will be very and very difficult, and it is hardly necessary at this stage of development. The same applies to the exterior of the iPad Air.

Judge for yourself: the thickness of the case at the device is minimal, it will be able to reduce it hardly because of, for example, the audio car. Reduce the thickness of the frame around the display, of course, it is possible, but then it may be inconvenient to work with a gadget - nothing will be crazy. The mass of Air 2 by the standards of 10-inch tablets is very small. In general, Outward iPad Air 2 I liked the lot. And what is he inside?

⇡ Specifications

	Apple iPad Air.	Apple iPad Air 2
Display	9.7 inches, resolution 2048x1536 (Retina Display); IPS technology
Touch screen	Capacitive, up to 10 simultaneous touches
Aerial layer	there is	Not
Oleophobic coating	there is
Polarizing filter	there is
Platform	Apple A7.: two apple cyclone kernels (ARMV8 A32 / A64); Frequency of 1.4 GHz; tEHPROSESS 28 Nm HKMG Apple M7 Soprocessor (NXP LPC 1800):	Apple A8x: Three Apple Modified Cyclone kernels (Armv8 A32 / A64); Frequency of 1.5 GHz; tEhProcess 20 nm Apple M8 Soprocessor (NXP LPC 18B1UK): one Core ARM Cortex-M3 (ArmV7-M)
Graphic controller	Imagination Technologies PowerVR G6430	Imagination Technologies PowerVR GX6650
RAM	1 GB LPDDR3	2 GB LPDDR3
Flash memory	16/32/64/128 GB *	16/64/128 GBIT.
Connectors	1 x Lightning 1 x headset connector 3.5 mm 1 x Nano-SIM (optional)
cellular	External modem Qualcomm MDM9615, Transceiver WTR1605L (optional): 3G: DC-HSPA + (42 Mbps) 850/900/1900/2100 MHz; CDMA EV-DO 800/1900 MHz 4G: LTE CAT. 3 (102 Mbps) Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 26, 19, 20, 25, 26 Nano-Sim.	External modem Qualcomm MDM9625, Transceiver WTR1625L (optional): 2G: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz 3G: DC-HSPA + (42 Mbps) 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz; CDMA EV-DO 800/1900 MHz 4G: LTE Cat. 4 (150 Mbit / s) Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 26, 28, 20, 39, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 20, 2 Nano-Sim.
Wi-Fi	802.11a / b / g / n, 2.4 / 5 GHz Support MIMO 2X2.	802.11a / B / G / N / AC, 2.4 / 5 GHz Support MIMO 2X2.
Bluetooth	4.0
NFC.	Not	There are (NXP 65V10 NFC Controller)
IR port	Not
Navigation	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS (optional)
Sensors	Light sensor, approximation sensor, accelerometer / gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Light sensor, approximation sensor, accelerometer / gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), barometer, fingerprint scanner
Main camera	isight: 5 MP (2592x1936), autofocus, no flash	isight: 8 mp (3264x2448), autofocus, no flash
Front-camera	1.2 megapixel (1280x960), matrix with inverse illumination; without autofocus, no flash
Food	Failure battery 32.4 W · h (8827 mA · h, 3.7 V)	Failure battery 27.3 W · h (7184 mA · h, 3.7 V)
Dimensions	240x170 mm Case thickness 7.5 mm	240x170 mm Case thickness 6.1 mm
Weight	479 g	437 g (without a built-in modem) 444 g (with built-in modem)
Water and dust protection	Not
Operating system	iOS 7 (possible update to iOS 8.1)	iOS 8.1.
Available body colors	"Gray Cosmos", silver	"Gray Cosmos", Silver, Golden
recommended price	From 19 490 rubles	From 24 490 rubles

* Versions iPad Air from 64 and 128 GB officially no longer sold

⇡ Display

Perhaps the screen is one of the few iPad Air 2 elements, which has not been subjected to significant changes compared with the previous model. By and large, its characteristics did not change radically since the IPad 3. However, he, honestly, did not require - everything was not bad. The full-sized iPad is still installed an IPS matrix with a 9.7-inches diagonal resolution of 2048x1536 points. Accordingly, the density of pixels is all the same high - 264 dots per inch. This is enough for comfortable work with a ten-day tablet, and there is no need to increase it absolutely no - the fonts are sharp, the picture at a distance of semi-bent hand does not cut the eye with a fatty pixel.

The viewing angles of the screen are very broad, it is really convenient to watch movies and photos together - here and the size is suitable, and the resolution is high, and there is no color distortion. The capacitive layer supports up to ten simultaneous touches, which can be checked and apply, for example, in the standard Garage Band application.

Apple iPad Air 2 - Separate points on the display at a distance of semi-bent hands seemingly impossible

At the same time in the display of iPad Air 2 there are some changes. For example, aerial layerbetween the protective glass and the screen itself became much less noticeable, but it is still present there. However, she did not stop too much when working with the previous "Eir", and here - it is almost imperceptible. Of course, the polarization filter and the oleophobic (fat-butter) layer at the AIR 2 display are available. The display does not fade even with bright external lighting - partially this is the merit of a new anti-glare filter, a little more efficiently fading reflection.

The reserve of brightness of the screen of the second "Eyra" has grown slightly: the maximum luminosity of the white field rose from 409 to 427.5 kD / m 2. True, perhaps, again, it's all about the manufacturer of the matrix. The minimum level of illumination is only 12 cd / m 2. In the dark, the device is very gentle by the eyes.

The maximum luminosity of the black field with a sufficiently high brightness reserve is small - 0.4 kD / m 2. This means that the black color looks deep even at 100% display illumination. The display is very contrast - without a small 1070: 1, and this is measuring the "honest" way: white and black on the screen are displayed in a ratio of 50/50.

The color temperature of the displays of both iPad AIR is about the same. On average, it is 7000-7100 Kelvin. Recall that the reference is considered to be 6500 K. Deviation is insignificant, at least we did not see any noticeable "cold" shade on both screens. Color temperature is rather natural.

Configured both display very carefully. All sorts of gamma curves - and grayscale gradation, and color components are close to the reference curve. This means that the color reproduction of the screens of natural and plausible. True, on the gamma-curve of the gray display of the iPad Air 2, there was a small failure at somewhere, but he does not change the situation. When using the tablet, no deviations in the transmission of bright shades we have not noticed.

The color coverage of displays is the same - it almost completely coincides with the SRGB color space, which is very good. In general, the display is configured almost that "on the textbook". No wonder for "ipads" there are so many applications for photo editing.

⇡ Iron and performance

From the point of view of the technical filling of the iPad Air 2, the phenomenon is largely unique for Apple and for the industry as a whole. It is worth starting with the fact that this is the first Cupetino gadget, which uses the platform with the number of cores more than two. The device installed a system-on-chip A8X. You might think that this slightly The modified version of the A8 platform, which is installed in the iPhone 6/6 Plus, but it is not quite so. Well, or not at all: it is a fundamentally different SOC - much more powerful.

Apple A8x - Frame from Apple Presentation

The key difference of the version with "XOM", we have already passed you: it uses three modified Cyclone kernels, and not two, as in the usual A8. Their frequency is increased by 100 MHz - from 1.4 to 1.5 GHz. A 64-bit set of ARMV8-A instructions is used, to which Apple has moved since the iPhone 5S times. The chip is made in the Taiwanese TSMC factory along the most modern technological process, on which TSMC is generally capable at the moment, - 20 nm. A thinner technological process contributes to economy of electricity or Increase performance. According to the Presentation, it is easy to guess that Apple preferred to raise the power of the chip.

Another equally important innovation can be safely considered that Apple finally decided to install two gigabytes of RAM into his gadget. We emphasize with your permission, this significant fact: AIR 2 is the first device of the company in which 2 GB of RAM is installed. Of course, the "Fast" memory LPDDR3 is used. The positive effect was not forced to wait a long time - the cross-platform test Sunspider The new "Air" passed in almost three hundred milliseconds - extremely fast. The best result on our memory.

The graphic controller in A8X is also not exactly the same as in the "ordinary" A8, if the Imagination Technologies PowerVR GX6450 is used in the latter, then in A8X - GX6650. The differences, in general, says the only changed dial: if the GX6450 is a gluing of four modules, then GX6650 is a gluing of six of the same modules. Apple herself will be happy to talk about how far the iPad Air 2 has left previous solutions. Let's say, in the graphic tasks of the iPad Air 2 overtakes the very first iPhone (which is 2G) as much as 84 times. The results of benchmarks make it clear that PowerVR GX6650 and Apple A8X as a whole - really very steep.

AIR 2 is noticeably faster than the first "Air", Mini 2/3, iPhone 6/6 Plus. Moreover, the difference in gaming tests is so significant that pulls on a small revolution. Li's joke - three thousand frames "on the screen" in GfxBench 3. This, we admit, we have not seen yet. In general, AIR 2 is openly and places even boldly claims the title of the most powerful tablet of 2014. Yes, we have not yet compared its achievements with the results of Tegra K1 and Qualcomm Adreno 420 as part of Snapdragon 805, but according to foreign colleagues, the new "Air" even in such a contest comes out the winner.

Honestly, watching the iPad Air 2 unscrews the benchmark - this is a real pleasure for Gicks. Both "Air" were tested at the same time, but only the new Apple tablet minted the frame behind the scenes is so clearly, so it is smooth that we have been given a diva and literally applauded standing. The first AIR, we must give him due, was also good. However, he periodically stumbled, allowed himself small slowdowns, whereas for his successor there was nothing similar to. It is not surprising that AIR 2 ended all the tests perceptibly before.

It is clear why the A8X platform did not get new "iPhonam", it is still not too suitable for energy consumption. And it is very good that for running new, really high powers, Apple chose an iPad Air 2. After all, on tablet computers it is required abouthoping power - it is precisely for them that the resource-intensive three-dimensional toys most often launches, keep in memory many open programs and tabs in the browser. So there are two gigabytes "RAM" here, too, as the way. Finally, I would like to notice that Apple iPad Air for the year did not have time to obscure morally - it is enough for multimedia, and for games. But AIR 2 almost all faster, well, and simply possesses a reserve for the future.

⇡ "Continuous work" Aka Continuity

In the iPad MINI 3 review, we started talking about the new software package of Continuity options for iOS 8 (in Russian translation - "continuous operation"), which allows you to synchronize these applications between mobile devices and computers on Mac OS X Yosemite. Recall the essence of this feature: If you have a browser on your mobile device with some downloaded tab or uploaded a certain point on the map, you can open the appropriate application on a laptop or computer with the same contents. This feature is called Handoff.

It is noteworthy that the iPad can be combined not only with Mac, but also with the iPhone. Suppose you are reading an electronic document on the tablet, the smartphone lies somewhere in another room. Suddenly the incoming call entered the iPhone. If the Continuity option is configured on your tablet, you do not have to go behind the smartphone. You can answer the call from the iPad (or computer running Mac) - you do not need to touch the phone.

Apple iPad Air 2 - answer to the iPhone incoming call

To enable this option "Continuous work" package, you need to connect iPhone and iPad (and / or Mac - if you want to respond to calls and from it) to one Wi-Fi network and go to one icloud account. After that, you need to log in to FaceTime through the same ICLOUD account, and then make sure that the "Cell phone" item is activated in the "Settings" menu. If everything is done correctly, the user will be able to call and respond to calls from iPad or Mac using FaceTime.

Apple iPad Air 2 - FaceTime Settings

⇡ Camera

Cupertino did not forget to update the basic iPad Air Camera. In the first Eyre, a five-megapixel sensor was used to which we had quite informed complaints - he was noticeably worse than the camera of his predecessor, iPad 4: due to the fact that Eyra's case was significantly thinner of the "four" housing, his Camera had to cut a little. For a tablet, on our subjective look, the rear camera is not critical at all, but it's still unpleasant when something is worse in a new device than in his predecessor, however?

Apple iPad Air 2 - Main Camera (Official Photo)

And Apple corrects errors. AIR 2 has a new eight-megapixel camera ISIGHT, making pictures with a resolution of 3264x2448 points. We have already rolled the lip that she moved to "Air" from the iPhone 6/6 Plus, but we hurry to upset you: it is not. At the basic camera iPad Air 2, the physical pixel size is significantly less than that of the camera's new "iPhone", 1.12 versus 1.5 microns. This means that it is able to catch less light, that is, it is worse for shooting in low light conditions. In addition, optics at the Air 2 camera is also less light: the maximum relative hole - ƒ / 2.4 against ƒ / 2.2 at the lens iPhone 6. Finally, the AIR 2 camera has not received fast phase support (PDAF - Phase Detection Autofocus) autofocus which boasts "six". The tablet camera is at sharpness in the standard way - in contrast.


		Apple iPad Air 2

Tablet camera is great for text shooting. It copes with this task, in any conditions, of course, in addition to complete darkness. Even in the photo taken with weak lighting, the text can be disassembled. The sharpness is almost uniform throughout the entire field of the frame, except that there is a slight "softness" to the edges. In general, AIR 2 is standard for the standards of 2014, the rear camera is not good and not bad. It does not have flashes. On the front, 1.2-MP webcam, if desired, you can get a decent quality self-portrait. With it, you can call with the video, the main thing is that there is at least some source of lighting. In general, nothing is supernatural, but with its tasks it copes.

⇡ Autonomous work

Surgical operation to reduce the thickness of the housing from 7.5 to 6.1 mm could not go completely without a trace. Something Ipad Air 2 engineers had to donate. After a careful study of the technical characteristics of the device it becomes clear what exactly they had to worsen: as usual in such cases, the battery suffered. In the first "Eyre" there was a battery with 32.4 W · h, and his successor is only 27.3 W · h.

However, the battery life at AIR 2 compared to its predecessor did not change. Moreover, if you believe in our tests, the gadget from one battery charge works even a little longer than the first "Air": this is what the optimization is a life-giving! In the mode of continuous playback of video, with an active Wi-Fi connection and the maximum brightness of the screen, the gadget worked eight hours. For a full-sized tablet, the indicator is not recorded, but very very good. With moderate use of the tablet battery with more than enough for a day of autonomous work. If you use the gadget is not too active, its battery can be enough for three to four days - depending on the script of use.

⇡ Conclusion

In the final of this material there will be no revelations: the new iPad Air 2 turned out to be better than its predecessor in all respects. A thinner and easier housing, a more powerful filling, a more successful camera - even the display has improved, let and not so much. In general, we are truly a new generation of full-size Apple tablets. "Appleers" literally return to us faith in the format of ten-levy tablet computers. The gadget turned out without embellish. Calculate: We did not expect Apple to AIR 2 so attractive.

And this is probably all that we can say about him. She misses him one - the price. There is a lot of device, and in the top configuration - frankly a lot, but in this case the high cost is justified - the buyer really pays for the newest, all the best. Note, finally, that if the iPad mini 3 went up on how much MINI 2 cost it, then in the case of AIR, the price remained unchanged: for AIR 2 asked as much as they wanted for the original air. So, in our opinion, more honest. Well, the fact that the latter has now fell, is a separate question.