The iPad Air Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 29, 2013 9:00 PM ESTDisplay
In building the iPad Air Apple shrunk all elements of the tablet’s design, including the thickness of the display. We’re still dealing with a 9.7-inch 4:3 2048 x 1536 IPS LCD panel with true RGB stripe rather than some weird subpixel structure. Viewing angles are still great, and overall the display remains the best you can get at this size.
The iPad Air continues Apple’s recent history of shipping color calibrated displays. Color accuracy on my iPad Air review sample is better than on any previous iPad I’ve ever tested, in fact it’s more accurate than any other tablet I’ve ever tested. The numbers are easily backed up by images that show a vibrant and, more importantly, accurate display.
The iPad Air gets pretty bright at 426 nits, although black levels aren’t all that impressive at 0.44 nits. Overall contrast ratio is in line with what we’ve seen from previous iPads. My only complaint on the display front is I would like to see Apple laminate the cover glass to the LCD display. Reducing reflections would go a long way towards improving the usability of the device, not to mention the impact that would have on improving display quality in dark movie scenes.
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GFYantiAppleZealots - Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - link
I signed up just to tell you what a stupid f$&king moron you are.zeagus - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
Seriously, just go away.darwinosx - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
No you are just a moron.pdjblum - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
You must feel very threatened and scared to have to resort to name calling. He is entitled to his opinion.abazigal - Saturday, November 2, 2013 - link
As are we. He wants to post his comments here, he has to be prepared for the negative feedback he knows will surely follow.AceMcLoud - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
Agreed. Especially take those benchmarks with a gran of salt. Apple is known to cheat on benchmarks. Oh wait …Da W - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
FUCK YOUmichal1980 - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
How true. Anand has turned into an iSheep. Anything apple gets 10x the amount of coverage as anything else.Wheres the windows 8.1 review? naw, that product that will be used by tens, if not hundreds of millions of people is ignored. But look a new shiny iShit. time to write a novel
dugbug - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
You dying for another power supply roundup? WTF is wrong with some of you.Homeles - Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - link
They did a pretty extensive review of WIndows 8 preview. But uh, let's ignore that and raise our pitchforks, shall we?