Tablet Pad: iPad Air

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Construction		class=”r” Equipment
Dimensions	240 mm × 169.5 mm × 7.5 mm	3G Modem	optional
Weight	469 g	GPS	only in LTE
Screen	9.7-inch, 2048 × 1536	Bluetooth	Yes
SoC (CPU + GPU)	Apple A7: 2 × 1.4 GHz 64-bit PowerVR G6430	HDMI	Yes ( Special adapter required)
RAM	1 GB (976 MB for application)	USB Host	No
Built-in Memory	16/32/64/128 GB no slot for an SD card	Camera	back: 5 MP, autofocus, video recording 1080p Front: 1.2 MP, 720p video recording
Battery	8820 mAh	Additives	charger, USB cable

Build quality

shape of the housing Air iPad at first glance very similar to that known from the iPad mini. The equipment has an aspect ratio of 4:3, so was designed to hold vertical and so too will be our point of reference. Side (longer) frames are much thinner than the top and bottom, but this does not prevent the use of the device and even if our unruly thumb “falls” us on display, the software ignores this fact. At the bottom is known to all the Home button, no fingerprint reader known from the iPhone 5S.

Back and sides are made of aluminum, with the right for the Apple attention to detail. At the bottom of the connector have Lightning speakers and for its two sides. The upper right corner hides the volume buttons and a switch, which could act as a screen rotation lock switch or sound. In the upper right corner we find the eye camera.

After taking the device in your hand hits its low weight, especially compared to the previous two version. iPad Air has also been slimmed down considerably, from 9.4 mm to 7.5. Hence the name Air seems to be the most on the spot.

Operating System

Air iPad Apple has placed the iOS version 7, after the April 2014 WWDC we can not be sure that iOS with number 8 is available for this device, if only completes its beta phase. A short presentation of its features can be found below.

It is also worth noting that Apple with the new iPad made available for free your office suite for editing Office documents. It also introduces two drawers, which allow access to the basic settings without digging through the settings.

Display

Retina is certainly one of the strongest elements of the new Apple tablet. Resolution 2048 × 1536 pixels satisfy any fanatic hardware. Air iPad is the first tablet with energy-efficient IGZO LCD matrix. Fixed a digitizer and front glass layer is slightly thinner, which not only has an impact on the weight and thickness of the entire system, but also helped improve the clarity of the image outside of the buildings.

Performance

source of the performance of the new iPad is not the number of cores or gigahertz, a 64-bit processor A7 coupled with a well-optimized software. Certainly we can not say that iPadowi Air lacks power , which can be seen especially when the speed of opening web pages. Apple’owe Safari has no competitors in this regard. Little, however, feels no more memory. Despite smoothly running system 1 GB of RAM does not provide such a comfortable multi-tasking, as if they expected the device of this class. Little in common with this probably has more resource hungry software 64-bit.

Battery

battery with a capacity of almost 9000 mAh provides iPadowi Air unbeatable uptime . Several hours watching movies, which is the result of almost unattainable for most Android tablets are for Aira’s normal. The only 10-inch tablet that could stand up to him in the reins is YOGA Tablet 10 from Lenovo.

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battery tests Author class=”c4″> ( Click on the test name in the table to open the chart)
time surfing over Wi-Fi	time watching the movie

Speakers

It is quite a” problem “element of the new iPad, they were placed at the bottom, because for such use has been designed the iPad. Unfortunately, at a time when we need them most, ie when viewing multimedia, placing them on one of the sides makes that they are not able to provide sufficient stereo effect.

Camera

module installed in the new iPad is a device known predecessors. The only difference is the addition of a second microphone so you recorded movies have slightly better sound. However, despite all filmmaking is shooting 10-inch tablet is not the best idea.

Opinion and price

iPad Air is a typical example of the evolution, not revolution. Apple is holding on tightly tactics non major changes to the equipment, which really does not much can be criticized. Unfortunately, it reflects the results of tablet sales company. The results of the Apple tablet segment for the first quarter of 2014 years is another drop, both quantitative and percentage market share.

This is due to several factors: first, the life cycle of the tablet is much longer than in the case of smartphones , and besides, the differences between iPadami 3rd and 4th generation and Air’em are not so large as to encourage users to interchange quite costly.

This does not detract However, the fact that the iPad Air is probably the best tablet that can currently find on the market. Great screen and unrivaled performance are distinguishing features that can not be ignored. Competition, of course, does not give the premium segment, and although android tablet as Xpreria With Tablet, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 PRO has its advantages, it is hard to deny that distinction just iPadowi Air. The only tablet that could compromise in some ways is the new Surface Pro 3 , but it’s hard to resist the impression that the closer to a computer than a tablet.

Air iPad is available in Poland in versions with different amounts of memory (16 – 128 GB) and a variety of communication options (4G LTE). The cheapest version of the 16 GB is still spending about 1900 zł, and most expensive hotel dates back to 4000 zł. On the question whether it is worth, you should have to answer subjectively