Just to confirm, I think it's possible that it will have 2GB RAM, I'm just saying it isn't confirmed.
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iPad iPad Air or iPad Air 2
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Go for the 2, what's $100
I'll tell you $100 of regret you don't have the faster, thinner, Touch ID model, that's whats $100.
But that's me, I ride that ladder all the time, what's 100 bucks might as well get the 64gb, ehhh what's another 100 for 128gb, how about LTE, ah what's another 130, pretty soon I'm broke
Apple knows me.
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Yeah, maybe this could end up being the second worse update, when we see the higher resolution screen of the 12.9 pro with 2gb ram and multitasking.
Especially if it comes in just 5 months.
I'll tell you $100 of regret you don't have the faster, thinner, Touch ID model, that's whats $100.But that's me, I ride that ladder all the time, what's 100 bucks might as well get the 64gb, ehhh what's another 100 for 128gb, how about LTE, ah what's another 130, pretty soon I'm broke
Apple knows me.
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Yeah, maybe this could end up being the second worse update
, when we see the higher resolution screen of the 12.9 pro with 2gb ram and multitasking.Especially if it comes in just 5 months.
I think I'll get a 64GB cellular one. I have a 64GB 5s and have half of the space remaining, and I load music onto my iPhone which I won't load onto my iPad. I should therefore need less space on my iPad than my iPhone, but 16GB isn't enough.
Go for the 2, what's $100
But that's me, I ride that ladder all the time, what's 100 bucks might as well get the 64gb, ehhh what's another 100 for 128gb, how about LTE, ah what's another 130, pretty soon I'm broke
Apple knows me.
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Yeah, maybe this could end up being the second worse update
Especially if it comes in just 5 months.
Depends on your perspective. I was almost considering a Mini, but gonna stick with the Air 2 now because of specs. 12.9 would be too big for me IMO, have a 13" MBPr for that. However, to each his/her own.
Not on my Air it didn't. It ran crap. Got Apple to exchange it for a new one a couple of weeks ago and luckily it came with 7.0.1 and now runs a treat, just like my old one did before I was stupid enough to install 8.
8 may run great on the new Air 2 but I wouldn't let it near my current Air!
Going to buy a 2 so guess I'll find out soon.
Sure, just open up Siri, rotate the iPad while its keyboard is up (say in Messages), or scroll through the "today" view in the notification center with a lot of loaded widgets. Then tell me if those run at fluid 60 frames per second.
Yes, it will. When you have big processor boosts the device will run faster longer. The 4S lasted longer than the 4, and the same will be true for the 5S vs the 5. The iPad Air's GPU is not very much faster than the A6X before it, while the GPU this time has additional cores and per Apple's numbers is literally 150% faster (they said 2.5x performance).
Just look at the jump in performance on the graphs in this thread.
So on GPU alone it will handle upgrades better. And if it is 2 GB of RAM (which I fully expect since the modules themselves have leaked along with the motherboard) then the primary performance bottleneck of the past 3 years will have been lifted which is a major change. And no, that circuit board is not for the iPad Pro, the iPad Pro is not already in mass production and it would not yet experience multiple leaks.
I did as you suggested, opened up messages in landscape view and my Air scrolls just fine and isn't jerky at all. This is under ios 8.02
Obviously more RAM and a faster processor will make everything run that bit faster and more fluid but numbers and graphs aren't everything, it's about the overall user experience and in no way can the Air be described as a slouch, you're wildly exaggerating things IMHO and giving the wrong impression.
Obviously more RAM and a faster processor will make everything run that bit faster and more fluid but numbers and graphs aren't everything, it's about the overall user experience and in no way can the Air be described as a slouch, you're wildly exaggerating things IMHO and giving the wrong impression.
I agree. For every user with these "issues" there are thousands of us that simply don't experience the at all. My Air has been screaming along just fine with every OS update. I must have just got a good one LOL.
People make these kinds of arguments every time an iDevice is released and it still runs the next major version of iOS like crap.
Wait and see I guess...
Nothing to feel bad about. I still have two iPad 3rd Generation and they have served me well. Updated one with iOS8, lags badly. The other one clean installed iOS8, almost buttery smooth. No noticeable lag.
Will sell one of them and buy iPad Air 2. Just waiting for confirmation on 2GB Ram, if not will wait for another year.
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My only iPad experience has been with an iPad 3rd gen. I've loved every second with it. It has a crack in the screen now, plus some of the lights on the left have gone out, thanks to my children.
I'm getting me the new Air 2.... If the store ever opens back up. My kids will get the old one until it gives out.
Now I'm wondering what I've been missing?
I'm getting me the new Air 2.... If the store ever opens back up. My kids will get the old one until it gives out.
Now I'm wondering what I've been missing?