I'm confused. Apple promises 10 hours of battery life and the Air 2 gets over 11 hours and people are still complaining? When will you guys ever be happy? I'm just amazed that this device is faster than my freaking iMac and MacBook Pro. That's amazing.
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First iPad Air 2 Reviews: 'Ridiculously Fast', 'Vibrant Display', Thinner Profile Comes at the Cost of Battery Life
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David Pogue's reviews & video reviews are the best!
Cute, witty, irreverent("the velvet handcuffs").... Hadn't watched them before.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/hey-kids-its-time-to-play-apple-announcement-100629550179.html
Cute, witty, irreverent("the velvet handcuffs").... Hadn't watched them before.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/hey-kids-its-time-to-play-apple-announcement-100629550179.html
It actually makes a big difference to the overall size, it's 20% smaller than the Air 1 in terms of volume.
There's a site called Anandtech. It usually releases its review a bit later but in terms of depth and objectivity, it's unsurpasssed.
"Apple is not listening to you" does not equal "Apple is not listening to customers".
If Apple were designing products that "the customers" hate, then "the customers" would not be buying them anymore. A religious core of fanboys that will buy anything with an Apple on it only gets you that far.
And no, I am not happy with every decision Apple takes. I still can't believe how they crippled Pages, and I am foaming at the mouth over the lack of a quad core Mac Mini option. I am just saying that "the customers" are obviously happy, or else there wouldn't be record revenues and profits.
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So are you complaining about the fact that I used a "90% sentence" or are you actually disputing the fact that 90% of all users don't mind going from 12 to 10 hours of battery life as long as they get a device that is easier to hold?
I don't know a lot of people who are trekking through the Sahara with the iPad in their backpack or who are crossing the Atlantic in a canoe with their iPad, so that is where my "90%" statement originated.
This comment made my day!
I have to be honest us Aussies have the good life, first on the release list for
products and also have one of the best LTE networks - I consistently pull above 70mpbs/30mbps in Perth, usually much more though. I feel for the Americans raving about 10-20mbps download rates like they are a true breakthrough in technology, which I was superseding on my iPad 3 on 3G HSPA+.
So they make it thinner so we can more comfortably hold and use it for a longer period if time...but at the same time the battery won't last as long... Apple logic. :/
And you get to pay a sweet premium price tooThis comment made my day!
I have to be honest us Aussies have the good life, first on the release list for
I read this three hours ago, and still my rage knows no bounds.
Someone gets a review version of a quite expensive device that a lot of people would like to have and actually breaks it by putting it "down for a second on a bench". And then comments on this by saying "Sure, I'm to blame, but actually, Apple is to blame."
If I get a device from my employer and I break it, I will have a non-enjoyable conversation with my boss. Apparently, the WSJ is a bit more relaxed when it comes to breaking items provided to their employees.
I've got mine
I never had an Air (I'm coming from a 3rd Gen) so I'm primarily loving how thin and light it is, but I can safely say that yes, this time Safari really is snappier! So far I have six tabs open (most very picture heavy too) and have had no reloading!
I never had an Air (I'm coming from a 3rd Gen) so I'm primarily loving how thin and light it is, but I can safely say that yes, this time Safari really is snappier! So far I have six tabs open (most very picture heavy too) and have had no reloading!
Not last weeks keynote, but you get the idea. Apple DO get technical in their conferences...stop moving goal posts
I have to agree with most of the sentiment in here. Really dissapointed in the thinness vs battery life, in addition, as a new iPhone 6 Plus user, the 2GB of RAM is disappointing. I am constantly having refreshes in Safari, sometimes with only 3 tabs open, and multiple apps running out of memory and restarting e.g. iPlayer app losing my location in a video
With removing the mute button, soldering on RAM in the mini, I am struggling to see where Apple is going with some of these decisions
It's worth noting that iPad Air 2 comes second out of all iPads under Mossberg's test conditions. You'll almost certainly see better battery life than you would with the fourth gen.
That's what you say.
There will be plenty of people looking at a competitor's tablet, and then looking at an iPad, and the iPad is thinner and lighter so they buy that one. It's obviously not the only reason, but if X people buy tablet A and Y people buy an iPad, then some percentage of the X will now buy an iPad instead.
You don't see battery life when you are in the store. Even if you go to an Apple Store and try out the iPad, you can't see the battery life, so it doesn't change most people's buying decision. The battery life of their _previous_ tablet may change their buying decision (to avoid that brand, or to stay with it).
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That was WWDC. That's a conference for software developers. It's absolutely something that you say on a software developer conference, but not something that you advertise to the buying public.
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Reading Joanna Sterns review: I don't think Apple wants you to climb any mountains with only an iPad. I think Apple would prefer if you stayed at home, and safely put away all sharp objects, so you don't hurt yourself. All the other reviewers can say "no iPads were hurt in the making of this review".
Yep. You'll just never please some people.
You get good battery life in the Air 2 and somewhere in that body are components that make it, as you said, faster than some computers.
The Air 2 is an amazing device.
Probably correct. Mossberg even states in his review that the iPad Air 2 had the best battery life he had ever seen. So in essence, there is no "downwards trend", but they basically went back to what they had offered on all previous product iterations and what was sufficient for most customers. At least I don't remember a large number of complaints about iPad 1/2/3/4 battery life.
My god the MacRumors title is so misleading. From every reviewer, the iPad Air 2 still stays powered more than the advertised 10-hours of battery life, at 11 hours or so, but just a little lower than the original Air's 13 hours of battery. You people just want to find anything to complain about!
My Air 2 is on the way, and hopefully will get delivered today
My Air 2 is on the way, and hopefully will get delivered today
Does that mean if you drop it into a bucket of water it takes up less space.
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I'll bet you got the Gold one.My god the MacRumors title is so misleading. From every reviewer, the iPad Air 2 still stays powered more than the advertised 10-hours of battery life, at 11 hours or so, but just a little lower than the original Air's 13 hours of battery. You people just want to find anything to complain about!
My Air 2 is on the way, and hopefully will get delivered today
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Read the comments on here, heaps of people want more battery life.
It means that it takes up less space no matter where it is. In your hand, in a bucket of water or in a vacuum, for example.
You never had to do this in the first place. Apps are being killed off if there are no resources free for new apps you want to open.
So tiring watching people manually closing apps. Get windows or android if you like these obsolete habits.
Killing apps manually reduces your battery life rather than saving you battery life.
No, what I see are people who complain that the battery life is lower on the Air 2 than on the Air 1, even though hardly anyone ever complained about the battery life on previous iPads. How many of the people who complain about battery life now complained that their iPad 1/2/3/4 didn't have sufficient battery life? And is it really so cumbersome to charge an iPad ten times a month as opposed to charging it eight times a month?
But in any case, there are always people who want more battery life. There are also heaps of people who want a higher resolution screen, split-screen multitasking, a stylus, a 13 inch iPad, an SD card slot, 4GB of RAM, two USB ports, a keyboard, a mouse, an FM receiver, etc. "Heaps of people" often translates to "10 people on some forum".
Not lying.
And iPad sales numbers have already been speaking. Slumped is the magic word.
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