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How long the Ipad Air 2 will last
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It depends what you mean by last, my wife just retired her original ipad, worked fine, it stopped getting updates long ago stopped at IOS 5 I think.
Here is an interesting graph on past products
http://graphics.wsj.com/the-ios-cutoff/
No problems at all with mine. For you that spotted more than normal lag,try shutting down all active apps (double-click home button,sweep apps up),clean browser history in ALL browsers installed,clean up your mailboxes and permanently remove everything you don't need,turn off iPads power switch,wait for one or two minutes,restart,and you might find that it works a lot better.
The Air 2 runs iOS 11 awesomely even better then iOS 10, it'll start to slow on iOS 12 and then iOS 13 or iOS 14 will be its last. It depends on how much Apple is going to really add to iOS in the coming years. If they do another iOS 10 update with little features for iPad's I would expect the Air to last till iOS 14 but if they keep at this pace like iOS 11, then they would probably cut off the Air 2 at iOS 13. The big question for the Air 2 is will it be the first iOS device to get 6 years of updates or will it receive the classic 5 years with the iPad Pro+ getting 6 years support.
IOS 9 - focus on Ipad
IOS 10-Iphone
IOS 11- Ipad
ios 12- Iphone
[doublepost=1498773574][/doublepost]I think the Ipad Air 2 will receive IOS 12,13,14.
A8X is pretty powerful . Its very close to A9.
IMO, as long as the 2017 iPad since performance is very similar, 64 bit and has the key of 2 gig of RAM. Hopefully we get to the point where they last 5-10 years. I'm on a 2009 desktop with an i7 processor that is chugging along more than fine with windows 10.
Unfortunately when we get to that point, sales will tumble for the iPad even more than they have.
Even though I bought the ipp 10.5, my Air 2 is going to be fine for a couple more years for sure. For what it's used for, it might kick longer. My iPad 4 and original Mini are all being used just fine.
My guess is 2GB RAM will be a cut off point for Apple. Now that they are differentiating between iOS versions Now there are True IPhone and iPad versions with Unique features. So while iPhones with 2GB RAM will see support. 2GB RAM will start to drop Features on iPad iOS by iOS 12 imo
I Think the one misconception iPad users tend to believe in (From some readings in the iPad forum) , is there iPad is rendered no longer useful if it's not receiving the latest iOS updates. It still will perform as it always has, there are just certain applications that won't receive updates and it will not receive the latest iOS update. But the iPad itself will Function completely normal as it has before and some appear to believe that there iPad will be non-functional, when that's completely untrue.
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