numbers are kinda low?
my iPhone 5s is 1417/2563
The iPad Air uses the same chip clocked 100Mhz higher...about a 7/8% increase over the 5s. The OP's tests compared to yours (his initial results) seem about perfect and what would be expected from such a bump in clock speed.
Anandtech reported still lag and stutters.
No...he reported it 'occasionally' dropped below 30fps during a transition or pulling the multitasking tray up. I don't recall him ever using the word stutters. And I'm not so sure 'lag' was appropriate either...as he did mention the considerable .0X improvements have made to iOS 7---now iOS 7.03
For what it's worth...as another person mentioned, I've been on mine all day while it's downloading almost 60GB of apps and magazines, music and information.....nary a stutter or frame drop. I've tried the 5 finger pinch to home screen, the home button, the multi tasking via 4 fingers up, app switching side to side...I'm impressed. And I've got the iPad 4...but it was time for my wife to move up to retina from her iPad 2.
Does it stutter when going from portrait to landscape orientation (and vice versa) on the home screen? What about when going to multitasking windows and going back and forth on apps?
I have these 'issues' on my 4th gen ipad. There is no lag but more like stutter/ frame drop.
Oh and also swiping down on home screen (spotlight search ) drops frame from time to time
I think I mentioned everything in my earlier reasponse except the portrait/landscape motion. Pure elegance. No delay or frame drops. It's instantaneous.
Eh.. waiting for the next one... seriously these updates are getting really stale .
As an owner of each I can't tell you how much I disagree. Just the weight alone. Forget the speed...and the display....and the incredible performance right outta the box! Each iteration has doubled the performance of the previous generation. And the first mobile 64bit mobile chip in a tablet? Stale? Bad choice of adjective.
I think the Air is a no go. Even though CPU power is plenty, it still can't hide the fact that ram is not enough. Wait up for 2 or 3 gigs of ram. Or get the Air and sell it by then. But of course, do not expect no lag on this device. That is how I see it. Air-lightness and 64 bit fast processor removes focus from what is still a problem.
I'm not sure I'm following you. As an owner, I can honestly say you're wrong. Entirely. If 2GB of RAM happens to show up in the next version, one can easily sell their current tablet for 70-80% of its retail value and replace it. This entire RAM thing has been tiresome. As a 5s and now Air owner...it's really hard to explain what a problem it is absolutely NOT! Keep in mind the development community is just now starting to optimize their apps for the A6. And transitioning their 64bit instructions. Primary focus is STILL on the A5 and the massive population of folks using A5 based iOS devices. That's where the money is. Developers for iOS, unlike PCs only have specific devices to program for. There won't be an app developed for quite some time that won't run slicker than snot on the iPad Air. Same can't be said for the competition. As an Android owner myself, it's very disheartening to attempt to buy an app and get the dreaded 'this device is not supported' message.
Point is...you can wait til the cows come home for Apple to add what
you deem necessary but until THEY feel it's needed you'll continue to wait and use inferior hardware. If you're choosing other tablets on the market based on specs or more specifically, RAM. Apple, regardless if it's iOS or OSx has always maintained better memory management than other folks in the hard/software business. Something to be said when you build the software, help refine the SoC and low level programming packages and are able to capitalize on that optimization.
JMHO....and as always, YMMV
But after playing on this baby for almost 9 hours straight, I'm incredibly impressed. That's from an owner of each iPad iteration. Fanboy? Yep....of technology. And a very satisfied Apple customer. I find it pretty cool my phone and tablet share the same DNA
J
right? man my iPad 3 was so slow. typing had so much lag.
