Test results Apple iPad Air
Materials and design
The shape of the new Apple iPad Air has become more like the iPad Mini . The case has become a iPad, but not at the expense of the display, and due to the side frames. This iPad Air is much thinner than its predecessor. There is one important change - instead of "rocker" is now two separate buttons change the volume. iPad is finally equipped with stereo sound, the housing has a pair of speakers that are not very well - on the bottom side of the device. The sound will go away from you down or even muted your hands, stomach or stand. iPad traditionally clad in aluminum body, assembled a very high quality, and the display oleophobic coating is applied. On the market there are versions of Apple iPad Air with 16/32/64/128 GB of internal memory. A slot for external memory card no. We bought a sample to test silver, Sales also has a darker gray housing option.
Dimensions and weight
Weight Apple iPad Air is significantly below the average for 9-10 inch tablet - 475 grams. iPad has lost much weight and thickness measured at the thickest point of the body was 76 mm.
Ports and interfaces
Traditionally, the iPad has a single original Lightning port supports USB for charging and connecting to different devices, which may require adapters. Besides it, the housing has a slot for Nano-SIM cards and audio jack. Well, that Apple has not yet occurred to declare a standard 3.5 mm audio jack obsolete and to invent something of their own. The package includes one cable - Lightning-USB slot and key of a Nano-SIM card. Tablet PC Apple iPad Air is also equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 module with support for A2DP profile for audio, Wi-Fi-adapter (a / b / g / n), and A-GPS-receiver with the GLONASS. In addition, there are chips as a gyro sensor, a compass and an accelerometer. As usual, there are commercially available version with 4G-modem without it.
Performance
Tablet Apple iPad Air showed the best at the end of 2013 results in synthetic tests and in everyday use. All applications and videos running smoothly and seamlessly. If, for example, open the page with the animation program at the Samsung Galaxy Note in 2014 and iPad Air, it will be seen that on the iPad animation is smooth, while on the Galaxy Note in 2014 , they moved in spurts. iPad Air is equipped with a powerful dual-core processor A7 (based on the ARM v8), clocked at 1.3 GHz and a graphics chip PowerVR G6430. All synthetic tests were us five times, then the average values of the five iterations. So, in the Geekbench benchmark 3 iPad Air was one of the best points: Single-Core Score 1477 and Multi-Core Score 2689. The benchmark SunSpider tablet showed a great time - 387 milliseconds. In the best graphics chip at the end of 2013 results among the tested models - 21 fps in the test T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 benchmark by GFX Benchmark. Although "only" 2 cores, and the seemingly low clock speed, iPad Air shows better results at the end of 2013.
Display
Screen with a diagonal of 9.7 inches with a resolution of 2048 × 1536, a high density of pixels per inch - 264 glossy finish and is equipped with IPS-matrix, it is certainly not deter those wishing to buy Apple iPad Air. This display was one of the best we tested. Touchscreen tablet accurate, easy to control, and the display is difficult to scratch, although it collects stains and fingerprints. At the iPad Air excellent color rendition and wide viewing angles, enabling to watch a movie in a small company. Maximum brightness measured in our tests amounted 427 cd / m2 (significantly higher than the iPad 4 337 cd / m2). Distribution of brightness below average - 85%, the contrast is one of the highest among those that we have seen - in 1068: 1.
Battery
Battery iPad Air showed one of the best results - an average of 4 hours 32 minutes. three tests under load, 2 hours 22 minutes. minimum load mode and 11 h 58 min. - Average of the three tests of video playback. The batteries will be enough to see several films in the aircraft, play games more than 4 hours and long to sit on the Internet.
Software
Tablet iPad Air works on iOS 7.0.4, as usual, everything works smoothly and smoothly integrated applications is not so much: iTunes and the App Store for the purchase of multimedia and a variety of applications, Photo Booth - a program that allows you to take pictures with various effects, FaceTime for video, Safari browser and a series of application notes, games, messages, etc.
Cams
Camera iPad Air is not better than the iPad 4 , the same average camera. At the front camera of 1.2 megapixel resolution lets you record video in 720p. The rear camera has a resolution of 5 megapixels, autofocus, face detection and can record Full HD video. Photo quality for a tablet average, the recorded video - at a decent level for video calls. It is not possible to shoot in the dark, so there is no flash.
Temperature
The maximum surface temperature at rest - 29 degrees, in the loading condition - 40.4 degrees. These are good results compared with other tested models, especially given the powerful stuffing tablet.
The maximum surface temperature of the Apple iPad 4 in comparison with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 in 2014 and the iPad mini Retina
| The maximum surface temperature of the Apple iPad Air, compared to the other models of its size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Apple iPad mini Retina | Apple iPad Air | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 in 2014 |
| Temperature | 37,6 ° C | 40,4 ° C | 40,8 ° C |
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