Enjoy it while it lasts.
A few iOS upgrades will kill any snappy performance glee.
A few iOS upgrades will kill any snappy performance glee.
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iPad Air 2 Up to 55% Faster Than iPhone 6, Up to 68% Faster Than iPad Air
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The iPad 3 is the red-headed stepchild of the iPad line.
It had a gorgeous retina display but lacked the internal horsepower to adequately drive said display. The end result has been that starting with iOS 6 and definitely continuing to iOS 7 and beyond, the iPad 3 struggles to do basic things like fluid scrolling and it lacks responsiveness in general. I have an iPad 3 on iOS 7 and honestly, it feels at times like I'm using an Android device. I don't think I'm going to chance it with iOS 8.
I hope the iPhone 6/6+ doesn't have the same fate.
Very nice. Was thinking about getting Nexus 9, but looks like the iPad blows this thing out of the water!
So my apps would launch in less than a blink an an eye now on the iPad Air 2? Will I even notice the zoom effect anymore?
Most surprising to me is how little difference there is between the 6 and the 5s.
I guess it really is Form over Function.
I guess it really is Form over Function.
Dual-core Tegra K1 in the Nexus 9 seems to edge this in single-core performance (which is an impressive accomplishment) but A8X kicks it in multi-core. I don't know how the K1 compares in other ways (e.g., power consumption). The K1 is of course clocked much higher than the A8X's 1.5 GHz to achieve those numbers.
The race stays interesting.
The race stays interesting.
Not necessarily. Apple could very well stick with 2 cores in the phones to conserve power. I expect side-by-side multitasking to come to the iPads to take advantage of the extra multi-core performance.
Single core performance of the A9 might match or exceed this, though.
Design and software cycle this year.
Next year the A8X (repackaged) will probably come to the iPhones and be rebranded as the A9. The current A8 will go to the mini.
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Am glad i decided to wait for the 6S Plus
Well I'll get the 7 the year after you and that will be even better!
To be fair, given the quantum leap in performance and memory, it's probably the most future-proof iPad we've had.
Of course, nothing is guaranteed.
Very cool.
Now, time to make iOS more capable.
And with all this computing power, I'm hoping it can hold 3 whole tabs in memory without having to reload.
Now, time to make iOS more capable.
And with all this computing power, I'm hoping it can hold 3 whole tabs in memory without having to reload.
Because the A8 processor is built on a 20nm process and the A7 is based on a 28nm process. For non techincal people: this is called die-shrinking and it shrinks the size of the processor. The benefits are less power consumption and better performance. Thats how processors continue to get better performance with same battery power.
Lmao omg thank you I hadn't laughed that hard in a long time
Btw my Air 2 can't get here soon enough this is awesome
I can think of literally no reason to assume that would take place.
Could still be the A8X, but hard to say what Apple's plans are for the mini after the perplexing upgrade this year. A8 is a reasonable guess.
