Apple iPad Air 2 Advantages, Disadvantages, Specifications and Price

Apple iPad Air 2

Before you to buy Apple iPad Air 2 should first check the advantages, disadvantages, price and specifications below.

Advantages of iPad Air 2:

iPad Air 2 comes with 9.7″ LED-backlit IPS LCD touchscreen, 1536 x 2048 pixels and Loaded with latest iOS 8.1.
It is powered by A8X 64-bit chipset with an M8 motion coprocessor with a barometer, 2GB of RAM and available in 16/64/128GB of inbuilt storage.
Display quality is great and best in the market for 10 inch Tablet.
iOS 8.1 with Continuity allows you to take iPhone calls and messages on your iPad.
It offers 8MP auto-focus camera, 1080p video recording at 30fps, Burst mode, Panorama and 1.2MP 720p front camera with a larger f/2.2 aperture.
Supports connectives like 3G, 4G, bluetooth, Wifi and USB.
It is very Thinner with 6.1 mm and lighter at 437g when compared to other tablets in market.
Dedicated secondary noise reduction microphone for FaceTime calls.
It comes with additional features like TouchID fingerprint sensor, Four and five-finger gestures, Stereo speakers.
Comes with premium set of free Apple apps – Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, Garage Band, etc.
Available in Gold color option for the first time and comes with beautiful design with premium look.
Battery back up is excellent which lasts for long time.
Audio quality is great.

Disadvantages of iPad Air 2:

As like other Apple gadgets it also won’t support microSD slot.
If you want to upgrade your storage it is very Pricey , only 32GB version comes with acceptable price .
No liquid and dust resistance while other competitors have these features.
Tied up with iTunes for transferring most of the content ,it irritates you most of the time.
iOS UI lacks proper screen size optimizations and looks the same on phones and tablets.
iPad Air 2 USB is not standard USB port.
It won’t support NFC and Apple Pay.
GPS receiver is not available for iPad Air 2 Wifi version

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Specifications Apple iPad Air 2

NETWORK Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

LAUNCH Announced 2014, October
Status Available. Released 2014, October

BODY Dimensions 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
Weight 437 g (Wi-Fi) / 444 g (3G/LTE) (15.41 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM/ Apple SIM (US & UK)
- Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)

DISPLAY Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches (~71.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

PLATFORM OS iOS 8.1, upgradable to iOS 9.0.2
Chipset Apple A8X
CPU Triple-core 1.5 GHz Typhoon
GPU PowerVR GXA6850 (octa-core graphics)

MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus,
Features 1.12µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Secondary 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular

SOUND Alert types N/A
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only)
Radio No
USB v2.0, reversible connector

FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Java No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- iCloud Keychain
- TV-out
- Maps
- Audio/video player/editor
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input

BATTERY Non-removable Li-Po battery (27.3 Wh)
Stand-by Talk time Up to 10 h (multimedia)

MISC Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Price group 7/10 (About 400 EUR)

TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 1937 / Basemark X: 29753
Display Contrast ratio: 1048 (nominal)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 75dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 78dB
Audio quality Noise -93.9dB / Crosstalk -83.9dB