It's usually the simplest things which irritate me - closing/opening an app. Typing on the keyboard. Scrolling down the screen. These things all start to suffer the older a device is. I've got an iPad 2 on iOS7 still for work and it's an absolute nightmare when using numbers etc to view a spreadsheet.
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In that case, surely the iPad Air 2 would be more than sufficient, and it will still be useable and relevant in 2-4 years in my opinion.
It's the stereo speakers and improved screen which I'm wanting. I had a nexus 9 which had front facing speakers. Was a dream to watch shows on
I'd like those things too, but for me it was something I could do without and at the same time saving £215
God damn you! That £215 just sounds so nice. Where did you get your air 2? I want to stare at the price before I decide.I'd like those things too, but for me it was something I could do without and at the same time saving £215
My wife and I both ordered up Apple refurbished IPA2's last night. It's a $300 difference each (128GB LTE) from the IPP9.7. We're coming from Mini 2's and we never had a complaint about them (except we grew out of the small screens). If we didn't grow out of the small screen, we probably would stay with the Mini. They get the newest iOS so we're good with that. We never even had complaint with iOS 9.3 on the iPad Mini 2. It's good for us. The IPP9.7 is definitely nice but we won't use the pencil, we don't use keyboards and our use is browsing (for her) and gaming, browsing, etc. for me. We don't take pics on the iPads and the Safari page caching never bothered us.
For us, the iPhones are a more important upgrade since we always carry them around (and we still have 6 and 6 Plus). We use that for pictures, texts, the phone, etc.
For us, the iPhones are a more important upgrade since we always carry them around (and we still have 6 and 6 Plus). We use that for pictures, texts, the phone, etc.
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I think that's probably due to the price drop on the iPad Air 2, and for people who've decided the iPad Pro 9.7" isn't a good deal for the money.
I was holding out for the 9.7 but will likely go for the Air2. The upgrades of the 9.7 are nice, but to me aren't worth the upcharge over the Air2 for my usage. If I could have gotten the 9.7 with 64gb for $100 less I would, but the additional cost for 128gb plus not having 4gb of RAM for future proofing turned me away.
On a smartphone very few apps are multithreaded....That is a bit misleading as the iPad Air 2 is 3 core where the 9.7" Pro is 2 core. So on multi-threaded applications, which they should all be now
Source? Even so then that is bad/lazy programming since apple makes it pretty easy using GCD.
If I was in the market for a new iPad at the moment I would seriously be considering the Air 2 over the Pro as it seems like a much better deal. Unless you really want the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard (for extra $$) the other differences don't see like enough to warrant an extra $200-250 (depending on how much storage you want). Yes, the A9x is clearly a more powerful CPU (in single threaded performance at least, multi-threaded performance difference is much smaller) but the A8x is still a solid chip and I suspect we've reached a point where high end mobile chips are "good enough" for what most people use them for and most people won't notice a difference in everyday use with newer CPUs. I this case I suspect RAM will become the limiting factor a few years down the road and both have 2 GB.
I think the only other big decision factor is Apple support for the latest iOS version, for which the Pro will likely get an extra year of support over the Air 2.
I think the only other big decision factor is Apple support for the latest iOS version, for which the Pro will likely get an extra year of support over the Air 2.