I upgraded from my air 2 in July to the 10.5 iOS Pro. However the Air was running very well still and I’d had it for 2.5 years. It was a great tablet.
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I had no idea Air 2 was so underpowered
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I charge my iPad less often than I need to charge my iPhone. Specially so for the iPad 3 and 4. My iPad 4 has 14% battery wear after ~5 years. Meanwhile, the Pro 9.7 already has 11% battery wear after less than 2 years.
My mom's comment when I replaced her iPad 3 with a Pro 9.7 was that the newer iPad has shorter battery life compared to her older one.
Me and my daughter both have Air2s on the latest version of iOS and they are still performing great.
I use mine for email, browsing, reading magazines/books and playing games etc.
Not had any issues with either of them and I would say they are going to be fine for a while yet.
I use mine for email, browsing, reading magazines/books and playing games etc.
Not had any issues with either of them and I would say they are going to be fine for a while yet.
Still great battery life, excellent to answer emails, see websites, reviewing PDF files, having chat clients (slack, discord, skype) all open at same time , max Wi-Fi class and the wonderful screen.
I honestly can't understand what's this whine about, then i read other comments and i see other people in my same situation.
Really, what's your point here?
I honestly can't understand what's this whine about, then i read other comments and i see other people in my same situation.
Really, what's your point here?
I still use my iPad Air 2 as my main computer at home. I would still love to have upgraded hardware, but I still cannot believe how well this thing held up this entire time.
Same here, I cannot find an excuse to upgrade after 3 years of ownership. If I upgraded to the Pro I would barely use the pencil and rarely need to use an external keyboard (when I do I have a Logitech Keys to Go). Maybe next year I'll upgrade...
I’m an air 2 user who plans to use it another two years. It’s one of the best iPads ever made. Of course it will be passed up on benchmarks by 2-Years-newer iPads.
In fairness, the 2017 iPad is only newer by one year based on chipset generation. Still, in terms of multi-core and graphics, the Air 2 and 2017 iPad are fairly even. The Air 2 really is the first longevity model for the iPad. While the iPad 2 may have enjoyed over 4 years of firmware updates, it became really slow past iOS 6/7.
Still happily using my iPad Air 2. I am using it to type meeting notes with a Bluetooth connected keyboard. I use it for email and Netflix video watching. I also use it for affinity photo. I am even using LumaFusion video editor with multiple track editing. No problems with any applications. Don’t need to buy new device.
Saving money is not a crime and the Apple executives don’t need any more.
Saving money is not a crime and the Apple executives don’t need any more.
Also the iPad 4 had longevity, I just retired one 7 months ago when I got a 12.9 Pro.
The iPad 4 didn't handle firmware updates anywhere near as gracefully as the iPad Air 2 did. I reckon a big part of the issue is the A6X wasn't really designed with iOS 7+ eye candy and multitasking in mind. Heck, even the iPad Air had a pretty anemic GPU (guessing an A7X would've been too hot and power hungry in the reduced form factor).
It's not. Still using mine since launch and until the next round of iPad Pro update see no reason to upgrade.
I have a 3 year old iPad Air 2 and it’s still a great machine, I don’t use it for anything taxing... just for Notes, Internet, Music, Audiobooks... pretty light things and the Air 2 is snappy fast. I’ll possibly upgrade to a newer iPad Pro, depending on how much Apple is going to hit us for the FaceiD and bezelless design, if it’s iPhone X crazy pricing I’ll stick to the 10.5” Pro.
The air2 was the first iPad to get it right in terms of longevity imo. The first to combine 2gb ram with a 64bit architecture which should see that machine comfortably age at least another 2+ years. The only caveat would be battery degradation & wether Apple decide to implement throttling, if they haven’t already done so.