iPad Air(1st gen.) Internet Issue

[fastlanephil]

I’ve updated to the newest iOS and my iPad Air is still running like molasses in the winter when browsing the internet. The major news sites are almost unusable do to long updating wait times and error messages requiring a refresh. It seems like sites rich in graphics that are the slowest and peak times. Site that are sparse on images are much faster. Flushing out Safari seems to make no difference.

I’m wondering if the graphics processing on the Pad Air is the issue and upgrading to a newer model will make a difference. I’ve read that besides a 40% boost in CPU, Apple upped the graphics processing on the iPad Air 2 2.5 times over the iPad Air 1st plus twice the RAM.

Speedtest.net shows 92mbps up and down so there is no bottleneck there. My old 2009 MacBook Pro still zips right along on all sites requardless of graphics or videos.

 

[steve217]

I’ve updated to the newest iOS and my iPad Air is still running like molasses in the winter when browsing the internet. The major news sites are almost unusable do to long updating wait times and error messages requiring a refresh. It seems like sites rich in graphics that are the slowest and peak times. Site that are sparse on images are much faster. Flushing out Safari seems to make no difference.

I’m wondering if the graphics processing on the Pad Air is the issue and upgrading to a newer model will make a difference. I’ve read that besides a 40% boost in CPU, Apple upped the graphics processing on the iPad Air 2 2.5 times over the iPad Air 1st plus twice the RAM.

Speedtest.net shows 92mbps up and down so there is no bottleneck there. My old 2009 MacBook Pro still zips right along on all sites requardless of graphics or videos.

I would reset my router and network settings on the iPad first and see if that helps. I know your macbook is humming along but my iPad Air was consuming heavy sites just fine up until I traded it in for a new iPad 2017 last week.

Your problems sounds like a network issue between the iPad and the router. Start there ....