Ipad Air 2 - review and specs

Ipad Air 2


NETWORK Technology
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2014, October
Status Available. Released 2014, October
BODY Dimensions 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
Weight 437 g (Wi-Fi) / 444 g (3G/LTE) (15.41 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM/ Apple SIM (US & UK)
- Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)
DISPLAY Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches (~71.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
PLATFORM OS iOS 8.1, upgradable to iOS 8.1.3
Chipset Apple A8X
CPU Triple-core 1.5 GHz
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, check quality
Features 1.12µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., check quality
Secondary 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
SOUND Alert types N/A
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only)
Radio No
USB v2.0, reversible connector
FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Java No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- iCloud Keychain
- TV-out
- Maps
- Audio/video player/editor
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Po battery (27.3 Wh)
Stand-by
Talk time Up to 10 h (multimedia)
MISC Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Price group About 400 EUR
TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 1937 / Basemark X: 29753
Display Contrast ratio: 1048 (nominal)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 75dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 78dB
Audio quality Noise -93.9dB / Crosstalk -83.9dB