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iPad Air Benchmarks Reveal 1.4 GHz A7 Processor, 2x Performance Gain Over iPad 4
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I was hoping to get one of these, but since I plan on using it along side my macbook air at work I really need the touch ID sensor. Looks like I'll wait and hope that it's on the next update in the Spring.
All this shows how awesomely superior Apple is to the competition.
Now it is only a matter of time before the Wall Street Journal says it again:
Apple is doomed.
Now it is only a matter of time before the Wall Street Journal says it again:
Apple is doomed.
That's the useless 16 GB version without LTE. More like $700 for 2 years.
And after those 2 years your iPad is really old and slow. Unlike a car.
Hahaha. No. I still use the iPad 1 for media consumption and some work (SSH client into Enterprise UNIX boxes). I check email, surf the Net, Netflix, games (my kids love it), take notes (when in class), use every banking app out there, watch tv (FiOS), write/record songs in Garageband, etc. It works. And not having iOS 7 is a blessing for me (I don't like a lot, not all, of it).
Apple nailed it the first time. Well, OK. The second time (once they put cameras in and made it a lot lighter).
This new iPad just makes everything way faster, is much more portable, and has way longer legs than the original iPad did. That is significant.
I wonder what the scores would be if they turned off "Hardware Acceleration" on performance monitoring apps..... oh wait......never mind 
Agreed. That is the most frustrating thing about Apple. They give you just enough to make performance acceptable (and enjoyable, to be honest), but it is easy to see what they could've done but didn't.
It's like the perfect machine is just-ever-so-slightly-out-of-reach....
Still, this is so nice and impressive I can live with the shortcomings I see, esp. coming from an iPad 1. Taking the plunge.
My 5s is reporting low memory all the time, if its confirmed that the ipad air is the same spec then that is very disapointing and gives more credit to ipad pro predictions.
I disagree. A technological improvement is innovation when you do not use the same process to get to the same (or improved) end result.
So, making a new chip is innovation. Perhaps making the same chip faster (overclocking) is not.
This iPad is damn near all new: new form factor, new chips architecture, etc., all while maintaining the functionality of previous versions. This is a vastly different iPad that does the same things, albeit faster and more efficiently and in a more comfortable package. So, it "does something in a new way". And what it took to get there is also innovative.
But can it multi-task.....
Faster also does not mean better.
I'm sure this version of iPad will crash on Apps like the current and past generations.
Faster also does not mean better.
I'm sure this version of iPad will crash on Apps like the current and past generations.
I'm not happy at how fast these expensive devices become outdated.
get real. my ipad1 is still in use. nothing is stopping your current gear from functioning.
I imagine all the usual sources will once they have the rMini in hand. My bet? They’re identically spec’ed (though some thermal variance could cause a slightly difference in actual performance)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7460/apple-ipad-air-review
Specifically page 4:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7460/apple-ipad-air-review/4
let me understand -- are you claiming all tablet computing is now "fast enough", and the industry should freeze all improvements and increases to performance? is that *really* what youre advocating?
the faster the browser, the faster & more complex the web apps.
the faster the CPU/GPU, the faster & more complex the apps. maybe not Facebook, but games and more intensive apps for sure.
id like to see a comparison between apple, samsung, and MS tablets. I think one thing that fandroids and windows users always like to boast is specs (more core cores this, high clock speed that), without paying attention to how those specs translate into actual performance.
Really? The iPad Air has a "larger battery" in "a larger chassis"?
Then how can it be 28% lighter and have a 27% smaller internal volume?
241mm x 186mm x 9.4mm = 421cc, 650 grams (iPad 4th gen)
240mm x 170mm x 7.5mm = 306cc, 469 grams (iPad Air)
(650g - 469g) / 650g = 0.278 (i.e. 27.8% lighter)
(421cc - 306cc) / 421cc = 0.273 (i.e. 27.3% smaller internal volume)
Source: Anandtech http://www.anandtech.com/show/7460/apple-ipad-air-review
I guess we'll need to wait for some serious teardowns for specific component details. But in the meantime, I'll speculate that Apple has either 1. improved their battery technology so a physically smaller battery can provide more watt-hours, and/or 2. reduced the energy consumption of the Retina screen somehow. Maybe with the long-awaited IGZO conductor technology. Because as good as the A7 is, I don't think the A7 alone could reduce energy consumption by that much.
I still have a day one iPad 1st generation that I won't part with for the sake of nostalgia. I've had the 2, 3rd gen and 4th gen, and a mini too that I'm using now, but they all have gone or will go.
Also, that 1st generation iPad still runs exceptionally well for it's age. The new ones blow it away in the speed department, but when you pick the thing up and use it, it still provides a great experience for many things.
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He meant relative to the A7 in the iPhone. And yes, I think the iPad Air has a larger chassis and battery than the iPhone 5s.
if it's that much faster than a G5 1.6, how about a OS swap function to use full OS X when it's plugged in?
A guy can dream.
A guy can dream.
Geekbench (at least for computers) has a 32-bit test and a 64-bit test. If they applied the 64-bit test, probably it's not so fair to previous iPad generation. An iPad 32-bit doing 64-bit computing would have to do more calculations and memory readings/writings to make the same task.
Geekbench 32-bit, however, would give a more real-life scenario.
Geekbench 32-bit, however, would give a more real-life scenario.
Useless for you maybe, not for others. In any case, you are ONLY paying a few hundred, why would you get 10 years out of it? Seriously. But original point, the tablets don't go bad when a new one comes out. Just saying.