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In the tablet world, there's only one significant name that stands unchallenged in the space – the iPad. Yes, Apple's tablet continues to have a firm stranglehold of the tablet market, mainly because it's so versatile in many ways. Last year, the company...
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It boasts an even thinner design than its predecessor, Continues to exude a premium, solid finish, Triplecore processor shows it's capable of handling any task, Camera produces sharp images and videos, as long as lighting is ample, Fantastic for multimedi...
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Battery life is less than last year's model, Softer quality with low lighting photo & video capture...
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Apple certainly hits it on the mark with the iPad Air 2, seeing that it receives all the incremental upgrades we'd commonly expect to find on any successive device. It's thinner, lighter, and more powerful than ever before, while still being treated to an...
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It is here! The new iPad Air. We want to give you our initial impressions of the review sample before the in-depth review follows in a couple of days. The big changes are happening on the inside. The predecessor is still the tablet reference and we expect...
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The iPad Air 2 The Apple iPad Air 2 leaves a great first impression with small drawbacks, even though this is complaining on a very high level. We don't expect any bad surprises during the review, but the latest device from Cupertino won't surpass the di...
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Apple's latest iPad update includes a redesigned iPad Air, just one year after the device was first introduced. Typically, Apple keeps the outside case design on mobile gadgets around for two years before switching things up, so the new slimmer Air is a r...
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Apple's iPad is a category that in some ways is trying to define itself, now that it's moving into its relative young adulthood. Larger phones mean that it will mean different things for users than it did when it was introduced four years ago. The iPad Ai...
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Holding the original iPad in one hand and Apple's new iPad Air 2 in the other, one can only marvel at the tablet progress Apple has made in a little more than four years.The first iPad was a sturdily built, half-inch-thick, 1.5-pound device. In 2010, I th...
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Beautiful, light and powerful, Incredible screen, Touch ID fingerprint sensor adds convenience...
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Pricey, No lock/mute switch...
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Apple is bullish on tablets and, for all it may be the slimmest and lightest of its breed, the iPad Air 2 is undeniably its new heavyweight champion. Dropping weight and bulk while simultaneously gaining power, the iPad Air 2 also dips into the best-selli...
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After a year tied with the iPad mini, the iPad Air 2 has reclaimed the 9.7-inch iPad's spot as the flagship of Apple's tablet range. Easier to hold, faster, with a better display, and yet with no noticeable penalty in battery life, the iPad Air 2 takes wh...
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The Apple iPad is fading away, so it can make iOS apps even more visible. Apple's obsession with making its iPads thinner and thinner, lighter and lighter every year is a philosophical statement. The computer should disappear; all that should be left...
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Very thin and light. Extremely fast processor. Best app design and selection of any platform. Cellular models can be switched between wireless carriers in software.
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Expensive. Battery life is just okay...
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The iPad Air 2 balances seamless ease of use, app abundance, and raw power in its ever-so-slender frame, continuing Apple's reign atop the tablet heap...
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There's no longer a question as to which tablet is Apple's flagship. While the new iPad mini 3 gets a Touch ID sensor and now comes in gold, the iPad Air 2 ($499 for 16GB, $828 as tested with 128GB and LTE) offers those goodies and a whole lot more. The A...
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Gorgeous display, Superthin design, Faster A8X chip, Sharper camera, Best app selection, Very long battery life...
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Multitasking could be better, No camera flash...
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Apple has updated its full-size Apple iPad Air, and its replacement is known as the iPad Air 2. The new model keeps the same essential form – the same height and width, screen size and resolution – but includes some changes that raise it above the origina...
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We will update this first-look with a full review and a verdict when we've tested this model...
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ReviewApple's latest iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 incorporate Touch ID and support for Apple Pay within apps, with the same 10 hour battery life of previous models. The full size iPad Air 2 is also now 18 percent slimmer with an improved, antireflective dis...
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bgr.com
Updated: 2014-10-30 05:59:12
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The first iPad Air 2 and Retina iMac reviews are in and man publications are generally praising Apple's newest products, although many say that things can still be improved, especially for the tablet. The iPad Air 2 is slimmer, lighter and more powerful t...
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Last year Apple wanted you to think of the iPad Air as the next revolutionary creative tool after the pencil . This year they've shaved down the bodywork and given it a new ticker.But is this the next major step in the iPad story or just a thinner, sharpe...
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Beautiful, thin design, Best-in-class display, Excellent battery life, Fantastic user experience...
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Lacks innovation, Expensive, No expandable storage...
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Balancing act Every year Apple has to tread a fine line, by trying to offer consumers enough of an upgrade over last year's product without over-promising one year only to under deliver the next. The 4th generation iPad was a misstep in this regards a...
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You could say that the 2013 iPad Air was the first mature tablet. So how is Apple going to sell a new model when the last one left no big gaps to fill? Join Gizmag, as we review Apple's bigger-than-you-might-think update, the iPad Air 2.Going by the stand...
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Most are in agreement that Apple's iPad Air 2 is one of the finest tablets ever produced, if not the best out there, period. Certainly, it's not difficult to make that case -- after all, the latest 9.7-inch iPad is thinner than its predecessor at just 6.1...
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Slimmer than a shaved pencil, lighter than a pound, Sleek design and now comes in gold, Fast A8X SoC, 2GB of RAM, and new storage tiers, Upgraded cameras are finally worth talking about, Lots of little upgrades, such as the Touch ID sensor and barometer...
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While battery life is as advertised, it's less than the previous iPad Air...
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Let's be careful not to pigeonhole the iPad Air 2 as a glorified web browsing device, it's also adept at playing games. It gave NVIDIA's SHIELD tablet a run for its money by posting a higher average framerate in the offscreen T-Rex test in GFXBench, and t...
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examiner.com Updated: 2014-11-05 06:54:26
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PreviousConclusionThe iPad Air 2 is more of an upgrade than critics originally had claimed. It might look identical to the original iPad Air at first from a short distance, but you will notice the difference once you pick up the unit. It is not only light...
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PreviousLA Gadgets ExaminerConclusionThe iPad Air 2 is more of an upgrade than critics originally had claimed. It might look identical to the original iPad Air at first from a short distance, but you will notice the difference once you pick up the unit. I...
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Apple continues to dominate the tablet market with good reason -- its pace of innovation since launching the original iPad just four years ago must have its competitors reeling. The iPad Air 2 is the six-generation iPad, although the product line is only...
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Ultra thin, Ultra light, Ultra fast, Excellent OS, Outstanding ecosystem, Industryleading support...
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Battery life still the same...
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The iPad Air 2 represents a full generational leap over the 2013 iPad Air, even though that model is still more than a match for the latest 2014 models from the competition. Apple is simply blitzing its tablet competitors by making the absolute best flags...
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The Apple iPad Air 2 does not really differ from its predecessor in terms of design, it is only a bit thinner . However, there are big changes inside the case: The communication modules are faster and the processor as well as the graphics solution also sh...
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Great design, High-quality materials, Fast components, Great display, Excellent GPS module, Covers many frequencies, Good camera in daylight, Good viewing angle stability, Decent speakers, Finally 2 GB memory...
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Pressure-sensitive case, Configurable toggle was removed, Problems with iOS 8.1, Throttling of the CPU and GPU, Only LTE Cat. 4, No Bluetooth 4.1, NFC without antennas can only be used in combination with Apple Pay, Signal noise of the Bluetooth connectio...
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In Review Apple iPad Air 2The Apple iPad Air 2 is still a really good tablet that is pleasing with its even slimmer construction and high-quality materials. Unfortunately, the slim construction also results in some drawbacks since the tablet is more sensi...
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If you liked last year's iPad Air, you'll almost certainly like this year's version, unveiled early last month (along with the 5K Retina iMac) by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The iPad Air 2 features Touch ID, a (much) faster system architecture and an aluminum enc...
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Fast, Continuity feature allows seamless integration with other Apple devices, Touch ID feature, builtin encryption...
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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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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...
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The Apple iPad Air 2 review is here! Does the iPad Air 2 deserve the "Best iPad Ever" title? Find out in our full review above!The iPad Air 2 is 1.4mm thinner than the first iPad Air. It measures just 6.1mm thick, making it the thinnest tablet in the worl...
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computershopper.com Updated: 2014-11-07 12:53:13
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Is that a bad thing? By no means. Messing around all that much with an icon seldom ends well. The iPad Air 2 does nothing to change the status quo, which is to say: It's the best mainstream consumer tablet you can buy, just like the iPad Air before it. (A...
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Somehow, even thinner than ever, Very snappy performance, thanks to A8X chip upgrade, Fingerprint login, Better cameras...
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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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The iPad Air 2 takes the title (from Apple's original Air) of Best Tablet You Can Buy. The updates aren't enough to force an upgrade from a 2013 Air, but it'll feel like a tablet from another planet if you're still using an original iPad or iPad 2, or an...
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Apple has firmly established the iPad Air 2 ($499-$829) as the definitive flagship of its tablet line. Last year, there was ambiguity — some were justifiably willing to sacrifice screen size and color accuracy for comfort in the iPad mini with Retina disp...
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A thinner, slightly lighter version of Apple's 9.7” iPad, which was already impressively thin and light in last year's iPad Air. New 8MP rear iSight camera also adds burst mode shooting and slomo video recording. New display with antireflective coating im...
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Smaller battery causes a significant drop in battery life, falling hours behind the previous iPad Air (and earlier iPads) in certain tests. Rear camera, though improved, lags behind iPhone 6/6 Plus. Though thinner, the footprint may still feel too large f...
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Pros: A thinner, slightly lighter version of Apple's 9.7” iPad, which was already impressively thin and light in last year's iPad Air. New 8MP rear iSight camera also adds burst mode shooting and slo-mo video recording. New display with anti-reflective co...
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It is here! The new iPad Air. We want to give you our initial impressions of the review sample before the in-depth review follows in a couple of days. The big changes are happening on the inside. The predecessor is still the tablet reference and we expect...
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The iPad Air 2The Apple iPad Air 2 leaves a great first impression with small drawbacks, even though this is complaining on a very high level. We don't expect any bad surprises during the review, but the latest device from Cupertino won't surpass the disp...
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Magical, not revolutionaryWhat is an iPad?When Steve Jobs introduced Apple's tablet in January 2010, he delivered an unequivocal answer. “The iPad, if you were to sum it up, is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbel...
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Terrific display, So very thin, Great battery life, Super fast...
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No multiuser support, No multitasking, Safari icon still objectively terrible...
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More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
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Today, as promised, Apple has released the iOS 8.1 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch . With the iOS 8.1 release date finally here, we want to take a look at how the iOS 8.1 update is performing on the iPad Air. This is our early iOS 8.1 review on iPa...
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Apple announced the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 at their press event on Thursday with a few new features, but not enough for some long time fans of the iPad to fork over at least $499 for an iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi only model. For the first time since 2010, t...
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In late September, Apple released an iOS 8.0.2 update for iPhone and iPad that was supposed to eliminate several iOS 8 problems. And while it did tackle some, the update also delivered some problems of its own. With that in mind, we want to offer an updat...
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Not as many people are buying iPads anymore. For the past few quarters now, the company has faced a noticeable decline in sales, highlighting a worrying trend for a device that was once ubiquitous with the tablet market. More affordable Android competitor...
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Consumers looking for a new tablet in time for Christmas are going to be spoiled for choice this year. In the space of just two days we've seen the launch of the new high-end Nexus 9 , iPad Mini 3, and iPad Air 2 . So let's break down exactly what each ta...
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Built-in mic and stereo speakers, 3.5mm stereo headphone jack. Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1), AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audibl...
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Insanely thin and light, lovely design and impeccable build quality, less display glare, Touch ID is a useful addition...
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We'd love to see Apple do more with multitasking in iOS for the big tablet...
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The iPad Air 2 is Apple's best tablet yet--of course, we'd be shocked if they released a next generation product that wasn't improved, but that sometimes happens: the iPad mini 3 is one of the few that disappoints thanks to lacks of improvements. The Air...
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Apple single-handedly created what we know to be the tablet category. Before the iPhone was even a darling of the world, Steve Jobs had a vision to create a tablet computer. Of course, as we all know now, Jobs decided to put what would eventually become t...
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Without question, the iPad Air is Apple's best full-sized (9.7-inch) iPad ever. With every generation, Apple has iterated its tablet without fail, slimming it down, improving its display, increasing its CPU and GPU performance. The list goes on and on. Th...
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But after a few days of playing with it, I am, well, a bit confused. This tablet clearly has the potential to be great, and yet, it isn't. Not yet at least.While I don't feel like I've been able to spend enough time with the Nexus 9 to give it the full re...
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It's hard to review an iPad these days.The last Apple products to cross our review desk, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, were significant upgrades that catapulted the company into the realm of the large-format smartphone, while maintaining the ease-of-use and re...
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One of the thinnest tablets in the world, Allday endurance (and then some), Beautiful design, Powerful hardware with classleading ecosystem...
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Power users may find UX inflexible, Cameras are only soso, Display resolution is nothing special...
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iPads are typically not the most surprising tablets, and this edition is no exception. Iteration is never as exciting as revolution, but this an iteration on a tablet that was already near –if not at– the top of the pile for quality and capability. Again...
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The holidays are just right around the corner, so consumers will no doubt be in full force shopping for the best of the best for their loved loves. In the tablet space, we've been fortunate to see the arrival of two spectacular offerings very recently –...
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These two couldn't be any more different on the outside, as one impressively stands out for its premium design and svelte construction – while the other follows a more humble and modest path. Mainly due to that disparity, it makes perfect sense why the iP...
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Apple, in standard fashion, introduced its two new tablets, the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, to the public not too long ago – both of which, naturally, are expected to compete in the upcoming holiday season. Generally speaking, Apple intends for them to g...
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Separated by only $100, it's really tough for us to recommend going with the iPad mini 3 – even though it's the cheaper of the two models, at $399. It's even tougher to swallow knowing that it doesn't see any major improvements, or differences, with its o...
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As we approach the holidays, Apple has launched a new iPad as expected. As one might expect from the name, the iPad Air 2 is more of an evolution of the original iPad Air than a clean-sheet design. This doesn't mean that there's little to talk about thoug...
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Overall, there's a lot to go over on the iPad Air 2. While the name suggests that it's an iterative update in nature, in practice these updates add a lot of compelling hardware to the high-end iPad line. One of the first areas worth looking at here is the...
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bgr.com
Updated: 2014-11-14 02:55:16
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Often times when we see outspoken fans of one mobile platform share thoughts on another platform publicly, the result isn't objective enough to even bother with. Sometimes, however, when the author manages to remain objective, they surprise us with intere...
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It's a little thinner. It's a little lighter. It's a whole lot faster. All of this makes the iPad Air 2 both more of the same and better than ever. The form-factor didn't change since last year's redesign, but even though the iPad Air 2 is slimmer than it...
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All of Apple's tablets are great performers. Having five different models—in various sizes, both Wi-Fi only and with cellular—makes them more accessible than ever, since the price points range from $249 for the original iPad mini all the way to $829 for...
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macworld.com Updated: 2014-11-15 06:02:26
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I always get excited when Apple announces new products, but I'll admit the latest iPad announcements left me a bit disappointed. As you know if you've read any of my reviews, I love my iPad mini with Retina display. I planned to update to the newest mini...
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Thinner and lighter than any previous fullsized iPad, Improved camera, NFC chip lets you use Apple Pay for online purchases, Faster than previous iPads, Better sound than previous iPads, Thumbprint reader for increased security and for use with Apple Pay...
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Incremental updates may not seem worth the purchase to people with the iPad Air...
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consumersearch.com Updated: 2014-11-26 14:54:29
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Silky smooth and super to look at. Thanks to a powerful A8X processor, the iPad Air 2 promises the fastest performance of any tablet ever, and reviews say that it largely delivers. That's something that serious gamers and others who need that level of per...
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Vast tabletoptimized app selection, Powerful performance, Intuitive interface, Good battery life, Incredibly thin and light...
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Little user customization...
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Reviewers say that the iPad Air 2 is the best iPad ever, and the best tablet available, bar none. The battery lasts forever, performance is among the best of any tablet, and the huge number of tablet-optimized apps can't be beat.Breaking it downPerforman...
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Apple has trained us pretty well about what to expect from alternating years of iDevice launches. The year of the Big Upgrade is routinely followed by the year of an extra letter tacked to the end of the name.Traditionally, Apple devotes its so-called "of...
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Reduced weight and thickness make this easy enough to use with one hand, let alone held normally with two, Triple-core processor and 2GB of RAM can be felt in basic apps like heavy-duty browsing and video exporting, Touch ID is a welcome home-button upgra...
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Apps, games, and iOS in general all have yet to catch up to the boosted specs, It's hard to call the gorgeous screen "bad" by any measure, but anyone expecting a major improvement to last year's model will be disappointed, especially in terms of a relativ...
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Most are in agreement that Apple's iPad Air 2 is one of the finest tablets ever produced, if not the best out there, period. Certainly, it's not difficult to make that case -- after all, the latest 9.7-inch iPad is thinner than its predecessor at just 6.1...
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Slimmer than a shaved pencil, lighter than a pound, Sleek design and now comes in gold, Fast A8X SoC, 2GB of RAM, and new storage tiers, Upgraded cameras are finally worth talking about, Lots of little upgrades, such as the Touch ID sensor and barometer...
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While battery life is as advertised, it's less than the previous iPad Air...
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Let's be careful not to pigeonhole the iPad Air 2 as a glorified web browsing device, it's also adept at playing games. It gave NVIDIA's SHIELD tablet a run for its money by posting a higher average framerate in the offscreen T-Rex test in GFXBench, and t...
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The iPad Air 2 is the latest Apple flagship slate, a 9.7 inch device, that was announced on October 16th and it's priced at $499, in the 16 GB version, $599 in the 64 GB one and $699 in the 128 GB one. We've tested the iPad Air 1 about 11 months ago, so t...
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slim, but solid, very light, less glare than many tablets, good battery, loud speakers, good display, good cameras, ultra fast browser, excellent hardware, fast rendering, good productivity, And the...
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big bezel, long charging, back vibrates a lot, UI getting old...
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Gadgets get thinner every year. That's a given. But the iPad Air 2 crosses a threshold where thin makes a difference.AdvertisementI bought my first iPad in the summer of 2012, under the pretense that it would be a really killer digital photo frame at my w...
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It's an iPad, which means it's a finely crafted tablet with an app store filled to bursting with the latest mobile games and utilities. This one is better than ever before, I love that I can now lift a 10-inch screen above my head in bed and watch movies...
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I don't give a damn about Touch ID until Apple trusts my fingerprint enough not to require a password ever again, and until Apple lets me use it to buy things at brick and mortar stores with Apple Pay, Advertisement, It's expensive: I paid $730 for the mo...
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If you dont have an iPad and want an iPad, this is the best iPad there is. Its meaningfully better in terms of portability (light, thin, rigid, glare-resistant) than the previous iPad Air, and thats about it. But for $450, the previous 32GB iPad Air wi...
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Thinner than a pencil! More powerful than an original iPad Air! Able to tell your identity from a single fingerprint! The iPad Air 2 is here, and early reviews agree that it's better than ever. Not necessarily good enough to upgrade from a previous iPad...
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Many Apple fans were hoping for an iPad Pro this year, but it didn't happen. What they did get was a successor to the iPad Air. Here we compare the iPad Air 2 with Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 so you know which is the best device to buy.The only facet the Su...
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Which is best all comes down to what you want to do with a tablet. For entertainment, web browsing, email, social networks, games, photography and video, the iPad wins. It's also a lot cheaper than the Surface Pro 3. A lot. If you need a tablet that's als...
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The iPad Air 2 took Apple's thinnest and lightest full-sized tablet ever and made it even thinner and lighter. It also laminated the screen to make the pixels look like they were floating inside the glass, added Touch ID, and 8 megapixel iSight camera, an...
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Rene: Extensions are great, handoff is great, Workflow is genius, and Pixelmator is fantastic. Three months later, however, I'm anxious for more apps like Pixelmator. I feel like the iPad Air 2 architecture offers so much potential and we don't have enoug...
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At first we would like to thank BAPCo for supplying us an Apple iPad Air 2 16GB Tablet for testing and reviewing.“A non-profit consortium, BAPCo's charter is to develop and distribute a set of objective performance benchmarks based on popular computer app...
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While we were a bit skeptical at first mostly driven by the sale price of the 16GB Wi-Fi only iPad Air 2 tablet, our impression has changed quite dramatically after using the tablet extensively on a two-week period. Compared to what we have seen with the...
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The iPad stands on its own as a platform, it's very branding synonymous with “tablet” – a Xerox or Kleenex of the consumer electronics world. Apple's latest iteration is the iPad Air 2 ( from $499 for 16gb), a revised and slightly-more-slender version of...
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It's a conflicting time for Apple. On one hand, it's a joyous occasion for the company because its latest iPhones, which come in larger screen sizes than the last, set new sales records worldwide; but on the other hand, its lineup of iPads just experience...
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The iPad mini 3 is just as good as its predecessor, but its lack of feature upgrades doesn't justify its price and places it behind the Air 2 in specs. Unless you love Apple's fingerprint sensor and Apple Pay, you may want to opt for last year's model in...
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The iOS 8.1.3 update is a small one overall and especially so for the iPad Air 2 that is only a few months old. Our iPad Air 2 iOS 8.1.3 review focuses on the performance of the update and bugs that it fixes for users of the newest iPad in Apple's lineup...
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The iPad Air 2 looks like the iPad Air, but it includes improvements and refinements that come together to deliver a vastly improved experience that is hard to completely understand until you make the switch.On paper it seems like such a small upgrade, bu...
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The iPad Air 2 is thin and light, with blazing fast speed, a screen that is easier to use in bright light and finally supports Touch ID...
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The iPad Air 2 should start with 32GB of storage and it would be great to see Apple deliver better sound...
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Learn how the iPad Air 2 iOS 8.2 update performs in this in-depth iOS 8.2 review specific to the newest iPad. In early March Apple announced the iOS 8.2 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Although part of this update focuses on the Apple Watch app an...
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The iPad Air 2 is often described as the best tablet money can buy, but people also love the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 because it works like a laptop and runs full Windows software and it works like a tablet. However, if you just forked over between $500 an...
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Proof the Apple SIM exists!My friends at Apple took pity on me and sent me one to play with. The best I can tell, they're now available at a handful of Apple Stores and are trickling into the rest. For the sake of those who got burned by greedy wireless o...
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Editor's note: this comparison has originally been published on our sister site TabTimes , your resource for tablets and convertibles running all operating systems.Both the Apple iPad Air 2 and the HTC built Google Nexus 9 have been on the market for a sh...
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maclife.com Updated: 2015-04-16 08:02:35
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Squeezing down the slender iPad Air from 7.5mm to 6.1mm wowed folks watching the iPad Air 2's launch event last October and the difference is obvious when you hold it. That's not the biggest boon when it comes to the increasingly compact full-size iPad, t...
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Even thinner and lighter. Amazing performance. Touch ID, finally! Antireflective screen.
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Lacks some of the photo capabilities of iPhone 6 Plus...
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Smartphone and tablet vendors seem to be locked in an arms race to build the thinnest possible devices at the moment, with the current thinnest smartphone — the Oppo R5 — being so skeletal at 4.85mm that it can't even accommodate a 3.5mm audio jack. Apple...
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If you're an Android fan, there are plenty of alternative tablets to choose from. Prominent among these are Samsung's excellent SuperAMOLEDequipped Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (which also comes in an 8.4inch model), and Sony's slimline (6.4mm) 10.1inch Xperia Z2 Ta...
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So, if you're in the market for an iPad, should you buy the Air or the Air 2? The answer largely depends on how much you value the latest model's 6.1mm thinness, how much you need the A8X's extra processing and graphics speed and extra 1GB of RAM, whether...
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If you liked last year's iPad Air, you'll almost certainly like this year's version, unveiled early last month (along with the 5K Retina iMac) by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The iPad Air 2 features Touch ID, a (much) faster system architecture and an aluminum enc...
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Fast, Continuity feature allows seamless integration with other Apple devices, Touch ID feature, builtin encryption...
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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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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...
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I've owned an iPad Air since the original model came out last year (my first iPad), and when the Air 2 came out late last month, I dove right in and bought another. Why? My biggest issue with the original Air was speed: occasional stutters and lackluster...
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There are useful changes inside, too. The iPad Air is powered by the same new chip (called the A7) that makes the iPhone 5s so fast. And it's a 64-bit chip, which, according to Apple, means smoother animation in 3-D games. All told, Apple says that the ne...
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This is it: The new iPad Air 2 (Deanne Fitzmaurice/Yahoo Tech)But to be fair, what else is there with the annual tablet refresh? You can make it faster, make its camera better, make its battery life longer, fool with the screen sizes. Then what?In any cas...
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SHOOTOUT: iPad Air 2 versusiPad Air and iPhone 6 PlusPosted Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientistIn addition to comparing the the iPad Air 2 to the iPad Air, we have added the iPhone 6 Plus.Geekbench 3 simulates real-world workloa...
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The latest full-size tablet from Apple is a moderately improved version of last year's model, which is why it has been dubbed the iPad Air 2. Like its predecessor, this is 9.7-inch device that runs the latest version of iOS, but it is even thinner and lig...
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Quite slim and light, Very good screen, Huge selection of third-party apps, Long battery life, Fingerprint scanner...
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No microSD card slot, No USB ports...
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The name iPad Air 2 indicates that Apple knew it was taking last year's model and making incremental improvements to it. These enhancements are welcome, but they are not gamechangers.Apple iPad Air 2That said, the increase in processor speed will help kee...
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Following Apple's October 16 event that saw the debut of the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3, Apple provided multiple publications with review units. The embargo has now lifted on review posts, so we've gathered some of the relevant excerpts from each site...
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topnewreview.com Updated: 2018-04-05 11:04:58
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The iPad Air 2 is the sixth version of Apple 's 10in tablet in four years, so it's easy to become blasé about what is still a technical marvel. A computer, camera and camcorder in a metal casing that weighs just 437g and is connected to the internet wirel...
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Each of the iPad Air 2's new features seem minor on paper, but taken together they all add up to make it one of the best tablets available – it's simply a joy to use. If you want the longest possible battery life though, or if you want a waterproof tablet...
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Think of the new $499 iPad Air less as Apple's midrange tablet and more as its low-cost laptop. The 2019 Air is light, smooth, fast, and runs a wide range of entertainment and office apps. It suffers from a bit of middle-child syndrome, though. It's neith...
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Fast performance, Slim, light design, Nice display, Works with Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard case...
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Camera could be better, There are a lot of other iPad choices right now...
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The new iPad Air is a tablet that works best with a keyboard case as a pseduo-laptop for anyone who wants a basic PC with Apple's software elegance...
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