Apple is one of the front-runners in the manufacturers of premium mobile devices in the modern and highly diversified society of consumers.
The iPad Air series came in some few years ago and with this series of mobile gadgets, Apple has been able to capture a huge market. However, the first of its nature, the Apple iPad Air is almost losing its ground to the latest iPad Air 2 which has some amazing features and capabilities. If you are looking to get yourself one of the Air series products, it is definitely the one you should be going for.
If you are still using the old iPad Air tablet, then it is time for you to upgrade to the latest iPad Air 2 and if you don’t have any reasons as to why you should, here are a number of them that will make you crave for this Apple gadget. Despite the many positive reviews for the iPad Air, there are still reasons enough to make you jump to the Air 2 bandwagon. Here’s a closer look at what you get with the latest iPad Air 2 as opposed to its predecessor.
Design and display
In order to start the distinguishing process, the design and display of the two devices will be the best place to start from. The iPad Air has dimensions of 240 by 169.5 by 7.5 mm and its weight is 469 grams. The size of screen on this Apple device is immense, standing at 9.7 inches and is supported by the IPS LCD as well as LED-backlit technologies, giving users a resolution of 2038 by 1536 pixels and a pixel density of 264ppi.
The iPad Air 2 on the other hand comes with a few changes when it comes to the display size, featuring a 9.7 inch screen and with dimensions of 240 by 169.5 by 6.1 mm and a weight of 437 grams, which is slightly lighter than what the Air weighs. It is also thinner than the Air and the pixel density you get on the latest Air 2 is no different from what its predecessor offers. In essence, there are very minimal differences when it comes to the design and display of these two devices.
Hardware and Performance
When talking about the hardware package of the iPad Air, this device comes with an older A7 chipset and a dual-core Cyclone processor clocking a speed of 1.3 GHz. This amazing processor is backed up by a quad-core graphics processor in the shape of PowerVR G6430 and a RAM of 1 GB, which is basically enough for its functionalities.
The iPad Air 2 is installed with the newer A8X triple-core processor that clocks a speed of 1.5 GHz and is supported with a RAM of 2 GB, which much is better than what owners of the previous iPad Air have.
Just like with the usual Apple flagships, this device has no expandable memory. However, it comes with three variants where the lowest has an internal storage of 16 GB, followed by 64 GB and another has 128 GB. According to experts, the exclusion of an extended SD card slot on all Apple products is aimed at promoting the company’s iCloud services.
There are no differences when it comes to storage options. Just as with the previous version, the iPad Air 2 comes with three variants that are distinguished by the size of their internal memory. You can get the 16 GB variant, the 64 GB one or go for the 128 GB model. One thing you should expect with these variants is a huge difference in pricing.
Camera
The camera of the Air comes with a mere 5-MP on the rear and 1.2-MP on the front. However, the rear camera has some amazing capabilities including the ability to record videos with resolutions of up to 2592 by 1944 pixels while the front-facing camera can record 720p videos at 30 frames per second.
The new iPad Air 2 is better placed when it comes to camera matters as this amazing creation from Apple features an 8-MP camera on the rear that supports a resolution of 3264 by 2448 pixels. On the front of the device, there is no improvement from the previous model as the Air 2 also has a 1.2-MP camera.
Battery unit and pricing
The battery unit of the Air is an 8600mAH unit which offers users with total talk time of 10 hours. The iPad Air is priced in the region of $380 for the 16 GB variant. The battery of the iPad Air 2 is no different from its predecessor. However, the pricing of the new Air 2 is different, with the lowest price for the lower variant starting at $540 on Amazon.
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