The Apple iPad Air 2 Review
by Joshua Ho on November 7, 2014 9:30 AM EST- Posted in
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- Apple
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- ipad Air 2
GNSS
While it's tough to tell what GPS solution is in the iPad Air 2, it's likely that the cellular version leverages the Qualcomm modem. Once again, it isn't quite possible to test cold starts on iOS devices as airplane mode disables location entirely. Given these restrictions, it's still possible to test general performance. In the case of the iPad Air 2, I measured around 15 seconds to first lock, and it seems that in general the GNSS solution is more than capable.
Misc.
Unfortunately, it seems that for now it isn't quite possible to do a controlled test of wifi performance on iOS as all available options are nonfunctional for the forseeable future. While I don't have the equipment to test speaker loudness or quality in general, subjectively it seems that the speakers are quite loud and can make the entire tablet resonate. I've also noticed at times that the orientation sensor doesn't seem to be active at times as I've had cases where the tablet won't rotate the view until I change the orientation again or check the control center and toggle the rotation lock.
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KoolAidMan1 - Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - link
And because iOS is where the technical userbase is.Professional applications flourish on iOS. Android apps are categorically limited and low end. The ones that aren't are ports from iOS that took months or years to come over.
Also, people talking about Android usage being "technical" is hilarious. There is nothing technical about tinkering with your tablet. Next you'll be saying that messing around with your game console is "technical".
techconc - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
That's a rather ignorant assumption. Many highly technical people prefer iOS. There are many legitimate reasons for this choice including the hardware, the software, the overall ecosystem, etc. Claiming technical people prefer Android is just as ignorant as claiming you prefer Android because you're poor. Though stereotypes do exist, these generalized claims never hold up.sonicmerlin - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
To be fair iOS's lack of a file system makes something as simple as e-mail attachments a headache.ws3 - Saturday, November 8, 2014 - link
Of course iOS has a file system, it's just not available to the user.carloshehe - Sunday, November 9, 2014 - link
I don't know what you mean by file system and attachments.Are you having issues finding documents in your iPad?
I have Documents 5 installed. It is a complete file browser for iPad. Works like Explorer on windows. And you can add Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.
NEDM64 - Sunday, November 9, 2014 - link
Ftp, sftp, and with now with iOS 8 additions, is unstoppable...akdj - Monday, November 10, 2014 - link
What can't you attach to an email?Usually directly from the app you can email, post, tweet, message or FB
Hold your finger down while composing an email and you can insert what you need (native iOS mail app, but I like Mailbox for other reasons, and that's the cool thing, if the ios native app doesn't do want you want there's doxens, hundred or thousands of choices from developers ...not the case in the Play Store). It's been an option for a while and continues to get better
If you need different results look around The App Store for a third party option. They're abundant
tralalalalalala40 - Thursday, November 13, 2014 - link
Any file can be emailed. Dropbox/onedrive/box etc. you just email a link to a file. It's all very easy, takes 5 min to learn.robinthakur - Monday, November 10, 2014 - link
I'm technical, I develop in SharePoint and Drupal and support Applications and I use a Macbook Pro and an iPhone 6 Plus, as do most people in my team, so no, you are way wrong there. I also own an HTC One M8 which is fun to play around with and customise, but for a day to day phone I rely on for business, it has to be the iPhone and by extension the iPad.melgross - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link
Too bad you can't get any really good serious apps for Android.