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The bad stuff is all iOS related and not hardware related, which means that it can improve. Sounds like it's a beast and should be future proofed for a little while.
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Apple Special Event - 10.16.14 - "It's been way too long"
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The bad stuff is all iOS related and not hardware related, which means that it can improve. Sounds like it's a beast and should be future proofed for a little while.
nhlducks35
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TheDrowningMan
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I remember a lot of iPad 2 reviews suggesting that it was a solid yet relatively small upgrade. In the end, the hardware was such a leap over its predecessor that it lasted a very long time - I could see this having a similar place in the iPad Air line-up. I think this one will be good enough to handle software updates for some time; if split-screen multi-tasking does arrive, I suspect this will eventually come to handle it in some form or other (albeit after the mooted 'iPad Pro').
Air2 arrived.
Initial impressions from opening (compared to an ipad3).
1. Slippery
2. Don't like the thinner side bezels. I'd put my thumbs there to hold the thing.
3. No orientation lock makes me sad.
4. The screen seems quite a bit better.
5. The last screen is almost full of rubbishwear I can't get rid of. Apple really needs to have an app drawer.
Initial impressions from opening (compared to an ipad3).
1. Slippery
2. Don't like the thinner side bezels. I'd put my thumbs there to hold the thing.
3. No orientation lock makes me sad.
4. The screen seems quite a bit better.
5. The last screen is almost full of rubbishwear I can't get rid of. Apple really needs to have an app drawer.
TheDrowningMan
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Orientation lock is in Control Centre, or it will be if you set it as such in the options.
Yeah. But an actual physical switch was much nicer/easier.
Pretty funny if the reduced depth becomes a downgrade for some people.
The poster was talking about the front bezels that got slimmer when the original Air was released, not the overall thickness of the device. The thinner body seems to be universally praised.
Yeah. As for the thinness, well I probably would be happier with slightly thicker with more battery life device. And
I think compared to the thicker ipad3 it's a bit harder to pick up from a flat table as there is less of a tapered edge to grab onto.
I wouldn't call the iPad 2 has lasted a long time.
Should never have got the ios7 upgrade. Runs like shit since then.
Jedeye Sniv
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I'm on my iPad 2 now (at least until my air 2 comes today) and I think it's still fairly great, good enough that I can give it to my wife without feeling guilty. Newer games take a bit of a crap on it, but it's still much more usable than something like iPhone 4 which is now unbearably chuggy.
Lana Del Rey
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You can rest your fingers on the screen, the OS will ignore it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKMCE6oMLj4
which does have the side effect of sometimes making mobile GAF tricky to navigate with the buttons to return to the top of the forum/thread being so close to the edge of the screen.
I'd use the normal desktop version but mobile GAF with inline youtube and GIFs turned off is too good.
DOWN
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Since there is no public release date and a lot of pre-orders have already been delivered today, any chance Best Buy will give it to me before Friday since I've paid?
Assuming they have it in the back, I would love to spend Thursday with it. Fat chance since their site said release day is Friday.
Assuming they have it in the back, I would love to spend Thursday with it. Fat chance since their site said release day is Friday.
Jedeye Sniv
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Air 2 has just arrived. It's beautiful. It's tiny, it feels like a mini compared the the iPad 2. The non reflective screen is apparent right away and my old iPad already looks like blurry shit in comparison. Happy happy. But I'm not sure about this iOS 8 yet, I don't like the new autocorrect.
Now to test some music apps to see what the ram is like!
Ask me anything and I'll try to answer.
Now to test some music apps to see what the ram is like!
Ask me anything and I'll try to answer.
A few folks have said the screen's white balance is noticeably colder than the Air and some of the older iPads. Do you notice that?
Jedeye Sniv
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I'd say it's probably about the same, but tbh looking at the same images on both devices is just showing me how awesome the retina screen is, I may not be able to be impartial on that that. But nothing leaps out at me immediately as being wrong or different.
Really wish I had the Smart Cover already though, damn thing is slidey on my iPad pillow (tm).
Jedeye Sniv
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Comes with 8.1 installed too. Boo, no emulators for me!
Jedeye Sniv
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Audio through the speaker is noticeably crappier - maybe it's to do with how light the device is, but the whole unit throbs with the bass and it comes out fairly muffled. Also on the iPad 2 the speaker was placed so that when you had your hand around it you'd get a nice volume boost but that's not the case here, or at least it's not so pronounced.
Also getting some weirdness with safari but I'll know more after more use - pinging back to the top of the page on GAF sometimes causes a white windows. The page comes back when you nudge it though.
Also getting some weirdness with safari but I'll know more after more use - pinging back to the top of the page on GAF sometimes causes a white windows. The page comes back when you nudge it though.
I think the most notable thing for me is that the antireflection coating gives the screen a purple tint in comparison with the old model. You see the same thing on professional lenses but it is a weird and frankly annoying thing to see on a high end display
Jedeye Sniv
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It's noticably more purple in direct sunlight for sure. Not so bad indoors though.
TheDrowningMan
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I just got mine.
The purple hue is negligible in normal iPad usage; certainly preferable to having the screen obscured by another light source. I may be imagining this, but the screen feels different to the touch, something I assume is a result of the coating.
Super thin & light, things which are immediately noticeable even when held up to a first-gen Air.
No Safari weirdness here so far. Faster wifi is apparent. I've currently got eight tabs open and there's no reloading as I flick between them.
The purple hue is negligible in normal iPad usage; certainly preferable to having the screen obscured by another light source. I may be imagining this, but the screen feels different to the touch, something I assume is a result of the coating.
Super thin & light, things which are immediately noticeable even when held up to a first-gen Air.
No Safari weirdness here so far. Faster wifi is apparent. I've currently got eight tabs open and there's no reloading as I flick between them.
TheDrowningMan
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Also, this is probably old news but Control Centre has mute and lock to compensate for the lack of a switch. I probably wasn't paying enough attention to the unveiling, but I'm glad it's not necessary to make a choice as to which is on display.
how about if you enter data in one of them? Eg type a reply to this thread, then go to a few other tabs and come back - is the text still there?
TheDrowningMan
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I just left a GAF reply box open, it didn't reload. I did have my first reload in the process (CNET) but I now have ten tabs open and that's the only one that has reloaded. I went through all the rest and the text survived.
TheDrowningMan
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Went through twice more, CNET reloaded once. Must just be a more intensive site. GAF pulled through reply intact.
Jedeye Sniv
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Oh nice, looks like the 8.1 jailbreak has just released too.
Ugh any chance I can grab one at retail Thursday? I wanted to wait to confirm that it has 2 gb of ram before buying it so I didn't preorder. I work Friday night-Sunday night so no Friday pickup for me (if it's in stores then). I guess Thursday is out of the question? Yes I know, first world problems, but I'd love to play around with it tomorrow before I work all weekend.
maybe. I've had emails from both John Lewis and Stormfront stores in the UK saying they have the Air 2 in stock. Probably mail order but their stores will probably have them tomorrow or Friday
TheDrowningMan
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John Lewis offer collect in store next day after 2PM (free) or next day delivery (£6.95) but they're currently out of stock of everything bar the 16GB wifi.
Edit: they've got one gold 64GB wifi on the website.
Edit: they've got one gold 64GB wifi on the website.
Jedeye Sniv
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Ew gold.
Ken Masters
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That's a pretty huge difference in screen quality
Those with the iPad Air 2, please give some Safari impressions on how many tabs you can keep open without refreshing
friskykillface
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Just bought a 10% off best buy coupon so I'm gonna trade my ipad today or tomorrow to get $200 off an iPad 2 x coupon 
Hyped for Friday , still deciding between 16 gb and 64 gb, im cheap :3
Hyped for Friday , still deciding between 16 gb and 64 gb, im cheap :3
Just bought a 10% off best buy coupon so I'm gonna trade my ipad today or tomorrow to get $200 off an iPad 2 x coupon
Hyped for Friday , still deciding between 16 gb and 64 gb, im cheap :3
Get a 64GB. 16 will get painful if you aren't very careful with what you load onto it. And the 65 will have better resale value later on too.
Ken Masters
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Just bought a 10% off best buy coupon so I'm gonna trade my ipad today or tomorrow to get $200 off an iPad 2 x coupon
Hyped for Friday , still deciding between 16 gb and 64 gb, im cheap :3
iOS 8 update took up half the HD of 16GB iPad and iPhones, think about that when getting a 16GB
Curious, how does Apple preinstall iPad's with 8.1 as it was released just on Monday and the iPad's had to ship from China?
How does it work?
Thanks.
Ken Masters
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Also I'd like to see how many intensive sites like Verge can be opened at once before refreshing, not just simple text sites like GAF
Jedeye Sniv
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Maybe they've had 8.1 ready for a little while and only rolled it out publically now that the new iPads are releasing? Is definitely weird for the new hardware to have such a new os on it for sure.
345triangle
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absolutely do not get a 16GB ipad.
my air 2 has shipped, hopefully here tomorrow! upgrading from a 16GB 3, and went for 64GB gold.
my air 2 has shipped, hopefully here tomorrow! upgrading from a 16GB 3, and went for 64GB gold.
Stiflers Mom
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We had one Macbook already updated with Yosemite here at work, and I cannot get over how ridiculously bad it looks.
I mean, come on... That must be a joke, isn't it?
Looks like a bad Linux distro desktop skin to me.
I'd never thought I'd ever say this, but I seriously think even Windows 10 looks better than this.
I mean, come on... That must be a joke, isn't it?
Looks like a bad Linux distro desktop skin to me.
I'd never thought I'd ever say this, but I seriously think even Windows 10 looks better than this.
Most people seem to like the new look in Yosemite. Safari and iTunes certainly look far better.
TheDrowningMan
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Just been out for an hour or so and none of these sites had reloaded when I picked up the iPad a minute or two ago: http://abload.de/img/imagetpsgn.jpg
I have more refreshing going on when I had GarageBand open in the background, but after killing that it reverted to previous form.
BFIB
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Because thinness.
Erebus
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Ridiculous. What's next? Removing the volume buttons altogether?
They could make the home button a volume dial.
TheDrowningMan
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To be honest, the mute switch is no big deal. I was skeptical about its removal, but it just has both mute and rotation lock permanently in Control Centre so I can't really find good reason to complain.
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