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Apple iPad Air 2 Review

16 GB Wi-Fi Only     See other variants reviews Score: 74.2 / 100

Apple iPad Air 2 is an absolutely great portable tablet released in October 2014, which counts with a big size 9.7-inches multi touch display, a great 1.5 GHz 64 bits processing unit, and 2 cameras, an 8 MP back-facing camera and a 1.2 megapixels front-facing camera.

The Apple iPad Air 2 has an amazing design, with a thickness of just 0.24 inches. While the Apple iPad Air 2 just has 9.45 inches long and 6.67" wide, it's still able to fit a a 9.7" display. Apple has made a very good job making this tablet weight only 15.41 oz. Apple sells the Apple iPad Air 2 in 2 different color options: gray and gold. About its construction materials, this device is mostly manufactured with Aluminium, which gives it a top level finish.

This device is equipped with a very good 9.7" display with a 2048 x 1536 resolution, which makes everything look very good. Its display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.

This tablet ships with a Apple A8X chip, holding a high-tech 1.5 GHz 64-bit CPU and a big 2 GB RAM memory. A good point of the iPad Air 2 is its quite large 16 GB internal storage memory and whereas it doesn't have an SD memory slot, it is enough to install a couple hundred games and applications, but it may not be enough if you are fan of the largest games currently available.

This device features two cameras, an 8 MP back-facing camera and a 1.2 MP front camera. It can also film Full HD 1920x1080 videos at 30 fps, and HD 1280x720 slow motion videos at 120 frames per second. The camera also has a high number of great features: auto-focus, digital image stabilization, fast burst mode, face detection shooting, time lapse video, HDR mode and geo tagging.

The iPad Air 2 comes with a 7340 mAh long lasting non-removable battery, enough to provide the iPad Air 2 with an impressive battery duration. An issue to take into account is that this device's battery isn't replaceable so you won't be able to replace it when it begins to get older, while having 7340 mAh you will probably discard this device before that happens.

This device includes wi-fi connectivity (which it can share with other devices acting as a wireless router or modem), 4G (LTE) high speed internet connection and the fastest 3G connection type, over HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B and EDGE technologies. This tablet works with a Nano SIM card to use GSM services and it works with both CDMA and GSM carriers.

The iPad Air 2 also includes some useful characteristics as Fingerprint Reader, Bluetooth (provides communication with other tablets, computers and accessories) and GPS Localization, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This tablet might not be such a good choice considering it costs $ 221, and other similar tablet devices are being sold for less than that. It doesn't matter whether you you love taking photographs, are looking for a tablet for work, want a social tablet or will use it as a gaming tablet, this tablet device is definitely very appropiate . Apple packs this tablet with Lightning to USB Cable and USB Power Adapter.



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Specifications

Device Type:Tablet
Brand:Apple
Operating System (OS):iOS 8.x
Variant:16 GB Wi-Fi Only
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Dimensions:9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inchesMetric24 x 16.94 x 0.61 cmImperial
Weight:15.41 ouncesMetric436.87 gImperial
Colors:Gold and Gray
Materials:Aluminium
Accessories:Lightning to USB Cable, USB Power Adapter
Release date:2014-10-16
Price:$ 221.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD (16M colors)
Size:9.7 inchesMetric24.6 cmImperial
Resolution:1536 x 2048 pixels
Pixel density:264 pixels per inchMetric103.94 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Apple A8X
Processor:Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB (1600 MHz)
Graphics Processor:PowerVR GXA6850
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:No SD card slot

Battery

Removable:No
Capacity:7340 mAh

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.40
    Focal length:31mm (35mm equivalence)
Front camera:1.2 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Max slow motion video:1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting, Fast Burst Mode, Geo Tagging, HDR Mode, Slow Motion Video (4 times slower) and Time Lapse Video

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 13), 700 (band 17), 800 (band 18), 800 (band 19), 800 (band 20), 850 (band 5), 850 (band 26), 900 (band 8), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1800 (band 3), 1900 (band 2), 1900 (band 25), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA Bands:800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
Fingerprint ID:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor