iPad So...am I the first?

[papashango9]

Negative: I have 3 safari tabs open and after a couple of mins of inactivity on a certain tab will force a refresh when u click on it. Not as bad as before because it's super quick but this is ridiculous. Also battery life appears to be average. My only negatives

 

[addictzz]

TS, can I check on the hollow screen issue? Are you experiencing tht problem?

 

[mokeiko]

Here you go. I've got a white desk, and took it next to my MacBook, so hopefully it'll give you a good perspective.

Congrats OP! That looks great. I'm getting this for my wife in that color.

Thanks for the photo.

 

[adamthomasjones]

TS, can I check on the hollow screen issue? Are you experiencing tht problem?

Hollow screen issue? What's this?

----------

Congrats OP! That looks great. I'm getting this for my wife in that color.

Thanks for the photo.

No problem at all. Hope she enjoys it!

 

[Markiie]

the LTE gold is absolutely UGLY. That white bar for the LTE just looks so out of place...

 

[Bako-MacAddict]

The first with an iPad Air 2? Not by a long shot.

The first to make a silly thread about it. Most definitely.

LMAO ...oh boy, you seriously had me laughing

----------

Just picked my iPad Air 2 128gb Gold up after ordering yesterday via Click & Collect at John Lewis. Not seen many other posts on here from user experiences so far, how are we enjoying it?

Looks good to me!

Congrats !

 

[awests]

8.1. Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iMovie and Garageband were all older versions so had to be updated.

Thanks!

 

[addictzz]

Can iPad use reachability? I know that feature is for iPhone 6 mainly but I think it's cool if iPad can use it too. It improves one-hand usage greatly.

 

[Donoban]

So I've had a good go at different tasks now, so can comment a bit more constructively.

Safari
What a difference 2gb of RAM has made here. You can switch back and forth from various apps to Safari, and no reloading, even with multiple tabs. Smooth to say the least.

Screen
A great improvement - not that there was much wrong in the first place (I moved from Retina Mini). This is a dream for me as a hobbyist photographer. There simply isn't a better tablet screen anywhere else. It will also be even better than before for showing photos. Next step for iPad can only be to 4K - my tiny mind can't fathom how they could possibly improve the clarity of the picture any further! I've no concerns with yellowing/distortion etc (to date any way!)

Audio Playback
Here comes a slight negative for me - music playback, there is quite a bit of vibration in the device, both on screen side and back, when playing music - starting at around 50% volume level. No distortion to sound itself, but a touch irritating to hold the device or place in your lap when listening to audio. I played a bit of Republique, and you can literally feel the footsteps by the guards in one scene. Unintentional haptic feedback? I guess it's the price of thinness - not sure I heard many reports of this with last year's Air though? I've certainly noticed the difference between the iPad Mini and Air 2 in this respect.

Gaming
As good as you'd expect. Smooth, fast, graphics slightly improved over the Mini Retina, but then again, this was in playing games nearly a year old. There must be potential for more apps to unlock the graphical capabilities (I'm not much of an iPad gamer so can't test any recent games to be honest). I tested Republique, can't say I noticed any exceptional difference in this device compared to last years.

Still to test cameras - I think we know where we stand with those though!

----------



I concur! Only slight negative is the 'feel' of audio through the device. No sound distortion, but definite vibration around the speakers on front and back of the device. Have you noticed this?

Speakers might need some time to break in. But don't quote me on that.

 

[xmichaelp]

Can iPad use reachability? I know that feature is for iPhone 6 mainly but I think it's cool if iPad can use it too. It improves one-hand usage greatly.

I can't even fathom using a tablet with one hand. Why would you want this? Sounds so clunky and prone to drops.

 

[flyinmac]

Silly? It's launch day. What's silly about it? Silly is posting your tracking info, as you seem to have done in the past.

Mine's still in China... they haven't assembled it yet. The parts for mine are in the very bottom of the box, in the left hand corner. It will probably be the last one assembled, cause I know they have to build all the other ones first before the parts for mine get uncovered. But, I'll be monitoring it's progress daily. No, not in a hurry, I just like to track the progress. I already know I'll be the last one to buy one.

Hey, OP, glad you got yours and are happy with it