I'm much more likely to buy one if they add Apple Pencil support. I don't need four speakers. The iPad Air 2 vibrates enough just from the current two. It doesn't often bother me, and I often use headphones, but just imagine four speakers! I hope they are able to address that problem first. Second of all, speakers take up a lot of internal space, so I hope this doesn't impact battery life.
They're going to have to do more than just extra speakers and an LED flash. Those seem gimmicky to me. They should also put the new, faster Touch ID in it. I'm used to my 6s now, so I often take my finger off too early on my iPad Air 2. But again, that's a small, gimmicky thing in the scheme of things. Or perhaps that new accessory/keyboard port connector thing. Or faster charging since it takes a while. I mean, MAYBE a lot of gimmicks equals a solid update, but just those two things won't make it happen for me and most people I know. But it will make the Air 2 cheaper, and I know a few people who are looking to upgrade that I would definitely recommend a cheap Air 2 to. The Air 2 is still blazing fast.
My main thing is that the iPad Air 2 is already really great. I just want to do more productive things on it, like drawing. I've been disappointed with the bluetooth stylus on the market. I'd also like for it to support more accessories, or have a better file system for moving things from external drives. I know they want to rely on the cloud for all that stuff. But seriously, professionals need to download 50MP RAW files. That's not going to easily happen over the cloud any time soon. I'm not sure if physical connections will ever go away entirely—mostly because at the same technology pace, they always outperform the fastest wireless by several orders of magnitude. That might change someday with quantum communications but I doubt it will be anytime soon.
Or maybe I'll just wait for the iPad Pro 2. Or 3? My Air 2 is great. Just want to draw.
They're going to have to do more than just extra speakers and an LED flash. Those seem gimmicky to me. They should also put the new, faster Touch ID in it. I'm used to my 6s now, so I often take my finger off too early on my iPad Air 2. But again, that's a small, gimmicky thing in the scheme of things. Or perhaps that new accessory/keyboard port connector thing. Or faster charging since it takes a while. I mean, MAYBE a lot of gimmicks equals a solid update, but just those two things won't make it happen for me and most people I know. But it will make the Air 2 cheaper, and I know a few people who are looking to upgrade that I would definitely recommend a cheap Air 2 to. The Air 2 is still blazing fast.
My main thing is that the iPad Air 2 is already really great. I just want to do more productive things on it, like drawing. I've been disappointed with the bluetooth stylus on the market. I'd also like for it to support more accessories, or have a better file system for moving things from external drives. I know they want to rely on the cloud for all that stuff. But seriously, professionals need to download 50MP RAW files. That's not going to easily happen over the cloud any time soon. I'm not sure if physical connections will ever go away entirely—mostly because at the same technology pace, they always outperform the fastest wireless by several orders of magnitude. That might change someday with quantum communications but I doubt it will be anytime soon.
Or maybe I'll just wait for the iPad Pro 2. Or 3? My Air 2 is great. Just want to draw.
