Fair, not overpriced or understated. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without "asterisks", it is clear and detailed, where it is technically possible - the most accurate, final.
With the availability of spare parts, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs take much less time. The website lists the approximate duration of any repairs.
Warranty and liability
Any repairs must be guaranteed. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.
Half of the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works with suppliers directly, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven spare parts of current models so that you do not have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a good form for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you should not pay a dime for it, even if you do not repair the device as a result.
Repair in service and delivery
A good service values your time and therefore offers free shipping. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of the service center: correctly and according to technology, it can only be done at a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient so that you can catch up with before and after work. Good service works both on weekends and on holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Age and experience of the company
Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years, and it has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the SC are being restored.
We are trusted and passed on by other service centers for difficult cases.
How many masters in directions
If several engineers are always waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken over immediately.
2. You are giving Macbook repairs to an expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
Technical literacy
If you ask a question, a specialist must answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you have an idea of what exactly you need.
They will try to solve the problem. In most cases, the description tells you what happened and how to fix the problem.
Thinnest and lightest full-format tablet
Global iPad Air sales kicked off on November 1. The new generation of Apple's full-size tablets was unveiled on October 22 (we told you about this event), and this announcement turned out to be sensational in a sense: no one imagined that Apple would rename its tablet by adding the word Air to the name (previously used only in the line of ultra-thin laptops ). The manufacturer explained this by the significantly reduced mass and thickness of the device. And today we have the opportunity to check how revolutionary the changes turned out to be, not only in form, but also in essence (we thank the online store for providing it for testing).
Since all the general information about the new product has already been given in the report from the Apple presentation, we will not repeat ourselves. Let's just note that the previous major update to the iPad design was already two and a half years ago, when the iPad 2 was released. The iPad of the third and fourth generations had no major design differences from the iPad 2. Therefore, the current update is doubly important. Here's a list of the iPad Air's specs.
- Apple A7 SoC 1.4 GHz 64 bits (2 cores, Cyclone architecture based on ARMv8)
- GPU PowerVR G6430
- Apple M7 motion coprocessor including accelerometer, gyroscope and compass
- RAM 1 GB
- Flash memory from 16 to 128 GB
- No memory card support
- Operating system iOS 7.0
- Touch display IPS, 9.7 ″, 2048 × 1536 (264 ppi), capacitive, multitouch
- Cameras: front (1.2 Mp, 720p video via FaceTime) and rear (5 Mp, 1080p video)
- Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n (2.4 and 5 GHz; MIMO support)
- Cellular (optional): UMTS / HSPA / HSPA + / DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), LTE Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26
- Bluetooth 4.0
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack, Lightning dock
- Li-polymer battery 32.4 Wh
- A-GPS (in version with cellular module)
- Dimensions 240 × 170 × 7.5 mm
- Weight 480 g (our measurement of the version with a honeycomb module)
It is necessary to make a separate explanation about the LTE bands. As we know, Russian LTE bands were not supported by hardware in the iPad of previous generations. Now hardware support has appeared: in the specifications above you can find Bands 7 and 20 used by Russian operators. However, this does not mean that the iPad Air will work in LTE from the very first day of purchase. The fact is that Apple has not yet certified Russian LTE networks for its devices. As soon as this happens, devices with hardware support for the respective bands will most likely receive a software update, installing which, it will be possible to connect to the LTE network. However, there is still some possibility that Apple does not certify Russian LTE networks - for example, due to their insufficient coverage. Therefore, if you are interested in using LTE, and not 3G, then buying an iPad Air is a risk, and perhaps you should look at other tablets that definitely have support for Russian LTE networks and already work. A little later, it was confirmed that the iPad Air works without problems in Russian LTE networks, so there are no risks in this part.
Let's compare the iPad Air against the competition, as well as the fourth-generation iPad.
| 4th generation iPad | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) | Asus Transformer Pad Infinity (2013) | ||
| Screen | IPS, 9.7 ″, 2048 × 1536 (264 ppi) | PLS, 10.1 ″, 2560 × 1600 (299 ppi) | IPS, 10.1 ″, 2560 × 1600 (299 ppi) | |
| SoC (processor) | Apple A7 1.4 GHz 64-bit (2 cores, Cyclone architecture based on ARMv8) + M7 coprocessor | Apple A6X @ 1.4 GHz (2 cores of Apple's own architecture based on ARMv7s) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 @ 2.3 GHz (4 cores Krait 400) / Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (4 cores ARM Cortex-A15 @ 1.9 GHz and 4 cores ARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.3 GHz) | NVIDIA Tegra 4 @ 1.8 GHz (4 cores + 1, ARM Cortex-A15) |
| GPU | PowerVR G6430 | PowerVR SGX 554MP4 @ 300 MHz | Adreno 330 / Mali-T628 MP6 | NVIDIA GeForce |
| Flash memory | from 16 to 128 GB | from 16 to 128 GB | from 16 to 64 GB | 32GB + 5GB in Asus Cloud Webstorage |
| Connectors | Lightning dock connector, 3.5mm headphone jack | Micro-USB (with OTG support), 3.5mm headphone jack | dock connector, Micro-USB, Micro-HDMI, 3.5 mm headphone jack | |
| Memory card support | No | No | microSD (up to 64 GB) | microSD |
| RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Cameras | front (1.2 Mp, 720p video via FaceTime) and rear (5 Mp, 1080p video) | front (2 MP, 1080p video transmission) and rear (8 MP, 1080p video) | front (1.2 Mp, support for 720p video calls) and rear (5 Mp, 1080p video) | |
| Internet | Wi-Fi (optional - 3G, as well as 4G LTE) | Wi-Fi (optional - 3G, as well as 4G LTE without support for Russian networks) | Wi-Fi + 3G (optional LTE) | Wi-Fi |
| Battery capacity (mAh) | 8820 | 11560 | 8220 | unknown |
| Operating system | Apple iOS 7.0 | Apple iOS 6.1 | Google Android 4.3 | Google Android 4.2.x |
| Dimensions (mm) * | 240 x 170 x 7.5 | 241 × 186 × 9.4 | 243 × 171 × 7.9 | 263 x 181 x 8.9 |
| Weight (g) | 480 | 652 | 544 | 585* |
| Average price ** (J.Market) | T-10548614 | T-8485661 | T-10498474 | T-10549018 |
* according to the manufacturer's information
** for the version with 32 GB of flash memory and 3G / 4G-module, if available
As you can see, in many respects, the iPad Air is inferior to top-end Android devices. However, since Apple devices exist in their closed software ecosystem, it is impossible to draw any conclusions from the fact that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has three gigabytes of RAM, while the iPad Air has only one. But weight and thickness are undeniable and objective indicators, and they are definitely on the side of Apple. Basically, we can already say that iPad Air is the thinnest and lightest full-format tablet. But let's see how this affects the feel of use.
Packaging and equipment
The packaging of the iPad Air is almost identical to the packaging of the previous generation tablet.
As for the package bundle, everything is similar to the iPad 4 here: leaflets, a charger (12 W, 2.4 A, 5.2 V), a Lightning cable, stickers and a key for removing the SIM card cradle.
Design
But if the package bundle has not changed, then the tablet itself looks significantly different. Most importantly, it has become thinner, lighter and more compact. These are not just numbers on scales and a ruler - these are sensations that you cannot miss if you have used an iPad before.
Firstly, the tablet has become more elongated: this happened due to a strong reduction in the side frames (to the right and left of the screen). In the photo below, this is clearly visible in comparison with the iPad of the previous generation.
And here's another eloquent photo: the iPad Air rests on its predecessor.
The photograph of this couple from a different angle is no less indicative.
Here we can already appreciate not only the reduced edges around the screen, but also the thickness of the iPad Air. True, if in the previous three generations of iPad the edges narrowed almost to the state of "cutting bread with a tablet", then the iPad Air does not have such a narrowing, therefore, at a cursory glance at the edges, it seems that there is almost no difference or it is not even in favor of the new product. But actually it is not.
In general, the iPad Air borrows the design from the iPad mini: it feels like they took the same body and simply increased the length and width. They even have almost identical thickness: iPad mini is three-tenths of a millimeter thinner. But the second iPad mini (announced October 22 along with the iPad Air) is exactly the same thickness as the iPad Air. But while the thickness of the iPad mini doesn't surprise anyone, in the case of the full-size iPad it really makes an impression.
As for the placement of connectors and buttons, everything is identical here to the iPad mini - even the buttons are the same (metal, not plastic, like the iPad 4) and press with the same light effort. In addition to the Home button on the front side, there are two volume control buttons and a lever that by default locks the screen orientation change, located on the right side. On tablets with a cellular module, on the same edge, we see a slot for a SIM card in the Nano-SIM format.
The left side is completely free of buttons and connectors. The Lightning connector is located on the bottom edge and the speakers are on the sides of it.
On the top edge, we see the Power button, a 3.5 mm jack for connecting a stereo headset, and a microphone hole. On tablets with a cellular module, most of the upper edge is covered with a plastic insert (moreover, on light tablets it is white, not dark, as is the case with the iPad 4). To be honest, it spoils the look of the device. But, apparently, it is impossible to provide reliable 3G / LTE reception in an all-metal case.
In general, the design of the iPad Air is, of course, its main advantage, distinguishing the device from all competitors. This almost weightless (compared to previous iPads) and thin glass-metal tablet feels almost the same when you hold it as it did on the first iPad when it first appeared. Perhaps this feeling will gradually dull, but at first you cannot get enough of it: how great is it to read magazines, surf the Internet, play on such a tablet ...
At the same time, I am glad that Apple was able to achieve such outstanding performance, using not plastic, like Samsung in the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, but metal (except for the plastic insert on tablets with a cellular module). Summing up, we can say that at the moment the iPad Air simply has no design competition among full-size tablets.
Screen and software
Like the iPad 3 and iPad 4, the iPad Air features a Retina display with a 2048x1536 resolution. If a year and a half ago this figure was unsurpassed, and a year ago the only tablet with a higher resolution was Google Nexus 10, which never made it to Russia, but now tablets with a resolution of 2560 × 1600 no longer look such a curiosity. In addition, since the launch of the iPad 4, many tablets with great screens have been in our test lab. How does the iPad Air screen look against their background?
Here is a detailed examination of the Retina screen, carried out earlier by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections, Alexei Kudryavtsev.
The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface, resistant to scratches. Judging by the reflection of objects, there is a very effective antiglare filter, which in terms of reducing the brightness of the reflection is approximately equal to the filter of the Google Nexus 7 screen from 2013 (hereinafter we compare it with it).
For clarity, we present photographs in which a white surface is reflected in the turned off screens of both tablets:
Visually, the reflection has about the same brightness, and only statistics from the graphics editor show that the Nexus 7's screen is slightly darker (average brightness 52.73) than the iPad Air (average brightness 59.3).
The reflection in the screen is tripled, which implies the presence of an air gap between the surface of the matrix and the outer glass. From the point of view of image perception, this is a minus, but a screen with a split outer glass (aka a touch panel) is easier and cheaper to repair. On the outer surface of the screen there is a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (effective, but still worse than that of the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are much easier to remove, and appear at a slower rate than in the case of ordinary glass.
With manual brightness control, its maximum value was about 425 cd / m², and the minimum was 7 cd / m². The maximum value is quite high, and given the good anti-glare properties, the image on the screen should be clearly visible in bright daylight. In complete darkness, the brightness can be lowered to a comfortable level. Automatic brightness control works according to the light sensor (it is located to the left of the front camera peephole). At the same time, the brightness can only increase automatically - with a decrease in the level of external illumination, we did not wait for a corresponding decrease in the screen brightness. However, if you put the tablet into sleep mode and turn it on again, then the brightness will be set in accordance with the ambient light level. The minimum and average levels in Auto mode depend on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. So when the slider is set to maximum, the automatic adjustment does not work - the brightness remains maximum regardless of external conditions. If the slider is located approximately in the middle, then in bright light (corresponds to illumination on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight), the maximum brightness is 425 cd / m2, in an office illuminated with artificial light - 145 cd / m2 (normal), in the dark - 38 cd / m² (acceptable). If the slider is at the minimum, then under the above conditions the values are as follows: 425, 14, 7 cd / m². Thus, this function works adequately only at some middle positions of brightness control. At the extreme, the brightness is either always maximum, or decreases too quickly when the ambient light decreases. At any brightness level, there is virtually no backlight modulation, so there is no screen flickering either.
This tablet uses an IPS type matrix. The micrographs show the typical IPS subpixel structure:
The screen has good viewing angles without inverting tints and without significant color shift, even with large gaze deviations from the perpendicular to the screen. For comparison, here are some photos showing the same images on the Nexus 7 and iPad Air screens, with the brightness of both screens set to about 208 cd / m², perpendicular to the screens:
And white box:
Now at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:
It can be seen that the colors did not "float" in both tablets. White box:
The brightness at an angle on both tablets decreased approximately the same (about four times, based on the difference in exposure), but the color tone did not change much.
The black field, when deviated along the diagonal, is lightened weakly and acquires a red-violet tint or remains almost neutral-gray. The photo from the Nexus 7 for comparison shows this (the brightness is the same for both tablets!):
And along the other diagonal:
You can see that the iPad Air has a different black field color tone depending on the diagonal, but its brightness is slightly lower than the brightness of the black Nexus 7 at the same angle anyway.
With a perpendicular view, the uniformity of the black field is good, since in fact, only along the lower edge there are dim areas with increased brightness of the black field (bright points are broken pixels on the camera's matrix):
The black uniformity of the Google Nexus 7 is worse, but it has better black depth in the center of the screen. Indeed, the contrast ratio (approximately in the center of the screen) of the iPad Air is not a record - about 850: 1. The response time for the transition black-white-black is 21 ms (11 ms on + 10 ms off). The transition between gray tones of 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes 34 ms in total. The gamma curve plotted at 32 points did not reveal any blockage in highlights or shadows, and the exponent of the approximating power-law function turned out to be 2.24, which is insignificantly higher than the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve barely deviates from the power-law dependence:
The color gamut is close to sRGB:
Apparently, the matrix filters mix the components to each other to a moderate extent. The spectra confirm this:
As a result, the colors of images - drawings, photographs and films - oriented to the sRGB space (and there are overwhelming majority of them) have natural saturation. The grayscale balance is good, as the color temperature is close to the standard 6500 K, and the deviation from the blackbody spectrum (delta E) is less than 10, which is considered an acceptable indicator for a consumer device. At the same time, the variation in color temperature and delta E is small, which also has a positive effect on the visual perception of color balance. (The dark areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since the color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)
The iPad Air has a wide range of brightness control, and the anti-glare filter is very effective, which allows you to comfortably use the tablet both on a clear day outside and in complete darkness. There is an automatic brightness adjustment, and it works more or less adequately, but only to increase, which will force the user to either set the brightness manually, or force the brightness to go down, putting the tablet into sleep mode and turning it back on. Apparently, such an implementation facilitates the transition from previous versions of the iPad - habits can be preserved. The iPad Air's advantages include an effective oleophobic coating, close-to-sRGB coverage, good color balance and excellent black stability to perpendicular viewing, and good black field uniformity. In general, the quality of the screen is very high.
In terms of software, the iPad Air has nothing fundamentally new, except for the fact that it is sold with iOS 7 preinstalled, while the previous model comes out of the factories with iOS 6. But it can also be upgraded to iOS 7. Note also that iPad users Popular Apple apps Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and GarageBand are available for free on Air.
Performance
Like the iPhone 5s, the iPad Air is powered by Apple's new A7 SoC. Curiously, Apple did not give the original name for the tablet SoC. In the iPad 3 and 4, the SoC name also had the X prefix: Apple A5X and Apple A6X. Now it's just Apple A7.
The main feature of the new SoC is the 64-bit architecture of the "desktop class" (as it was said at the presentation of the iPhone 5s).
It is also worth paying attention to the presence of the Apple M7 motion coprocessor. The idea is this: the gyroscope, compass and accelerometer now transmit data to the M7 coprocessor, which collects and processes this data. Including it allows applications to more efficiently use the information of these modules, and also saves the SoC power (which ultimately saves battery).
We wrote about other characteristics of the Apple A7 in the article about the iPhone 5s. Everything said there is also true for the iPad Air.
Well, let's see what results the new iPad Air demonstrates in benchmarks.
Let's start with browser benchmarks: SunSpider 1.0, Octane Benchmark, and Kraken Benchmark. In all cases, we used the Safari browser from iOS 7 on Apple devices, and Google Chrome on Android.
It is clearly seen that the iPad Air is the undisputed leader. And, of course, the lead over the fourth-generation iPad is particularly impressive.
Now let's see how the iPad Air performs in Geekbench 3, a multi-platform benchmark that measures CPU and RAM performance.
As you can see, the results are generally similar to the previous test. iPad Air overtakes (albeit at the margin of error) even the eight-core Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. Well, in single-processor mode, it is one third faster than the main Android competitor and almost twice as fast as its predecessor, which indicates a significantly more efficient architecture of the Apple A7.
Now let's see the GPU performance. There are two multiplatform benchmarks available here: GFXBench (formerly GLBenchmark 2.7) and 3DMark. Let's start with the GFXBench results.
| Apple iPad Air (Apple A7) | Apple iPhone 5s (Apple A7) | Apple iPad fourth generation (Apple A6X) | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition (Samsung Exynos 5 Octa) | Toshiba Excite Write (NVIDIA Tegra 4) |
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| GFXBench 2.7.2 T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Offscreen) | 27 fps | 25 fps | 16 fps | 23 fps | 16 fps |
| GFXBench 2.7.2 T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Onscreen) | 21 fps | 27 fps | 12 fps | 14 fps | 10 fps |
| GFXBench 2.7.2 T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Offscreen Fixed Timestep) | 25 fps | 23 fps | 16 fps | 21 fps | 15 fps |
| GFXBench 2.7.2 T-Rex HD (C24Z16 Onscreen Fixed Timestep) | 20 fps | 26 fps | 12 fps | 13 fps | 10 fps |
| GFXBench 2.7.2 Egypt HD (C24Z16) | 63 fps | 56 fps | 38 fps | 41 fps | 28 fps |
| GFXBench 2.7.2 Egypt HD (C24Z16 Offscreen) | 49 fps | 48 fps | 50 fps | 60 fps | 43 fps |
As you can see, in Offscreen modes (it displays a scene in Full HD resolution regardless of the tablet screen resolution), the new iPad Air is quite a bit, but still bypasses Android competitors. But in Onscreen mode, which reflects the real "life" performance of games on a particular device, iPad Air takes a strong lead: the super-resolution of Android tablets plays against them.
Once again, the iPad Air shows the best results, overtaking both its predecessors and competitors from the Android camp.
As we can see, Apple, despite the toughened competition, still manages to maintain its leadership in performance. Add to this the fact that all the best games are still coming to iOS in the first place, as well as the fact that they are optimized for iOS in the best way (because there are a limited number of configurations), and we get the obvious conclusion: iPad Air is the best gaming tablet today. Of course, in favor of the same Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition, we can say that it has a higher resolution. But whether you can feel this difference when looking at the screen is a big question. But the decrease in performance due to this resolution in top games can be felt.
Autonomous work
We did not have the tablet for testing for a long time, and we failed to do detailed battery life tests. But, nevertheless, we were able to test the novelty in the most difficult mode, simulating a 3D game. This is Epic Citadel (Guided Tour). With the screen brightness set to 100 cd / m², the tablet lasted just over six hours. The same result was shown by the iPad of the previous generation. Thus, Apple’s claims that the iPad Air’s battery life has not deteriorated compared to the previous generation of Apple tablets can be considered true.
Comparison with other current tablet models is no less interesting. As you can see from the table with the results, both the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the tablets based on NVIDIA Tegra 4 and Intel Atom Z2560 outright lost to the iPad Air. However, here it should be borne in mind that the screen resolution of Samsung and Toshiba devices is higher than that of the iPad. But the fact remains: in high-load scenarios, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition will work less than the iPad Air.
Camera
iPad Air is equipped with two cameras - a front one with a resolution of 1.2 megapixels and a rear one with a resolution of 5 megapixels, similar to the cameras of the iPad 4. This is not very high, especially by modern standards, but on a full-format tablet, the camera should still be taken as an addition. Although many (for example, Japanese tourists) do not think so. In any case, a good camera is a plus, but its quality is not determined by megapixels alone. Therefore, we decided to fully test the iPad Air camera using our smartphone camera test method. The shooting of the stand and comments on the pictures from the street were made by Anton Soloviev.
The iPad Air's camera is pretty good. In general, it copes with shooting in good lighting, but perhaps nothing outstanding, except for excellent macro. The camera manages not only to select the focus well on a close object, but also to give the picture an artistic touch, blurring the background quite well. Macro shooting in the camera is really implemented very well, it feels like this was the focus. On the one hand, this is very reasonable, since a camera in a tablet is often useful for capturing documents; on the other hand - to each his own.
The camera performs slightly better in different lighting conditions than the iPhone 5s camera. Unfortunately, the iPad Air does not come with a flash, which greatly limits the scope of its camera. Also, the camera's capabilities are limited by a small resolution - only 5 megapixels, which does not allow it to be classified as documentary.
The camera can be positioned as an art camera with good macro and document shooting capabilities.
Video
The rear camera can shoot 1080p video at 29.97 fps.
The camera manages to video quite well, with slight ripples, but without significant delays and lags of different parts of the frame from each other.
conclusions
Well, Apple has released a great tablet again, showing all competitors (including the more aggressive ones who have already decided that they are the new leaders) who know how to combine design, functionality and great user experience better than anyone else. It is possible to enumerate for a long time the disadvantages of the Apple platform and, conversely, the advantages of the Android platform, but if we abstract from the "religious wars" and just pick up the iPad Air, it becomes clear that this is really an excellent product. And if your needs do not include those that cannot be realized without, say, connecting an external storage device, the most convenient access to Google services and a pen, then it may be worth making a choice in favor of the iPad.
If you just want to surf the Internet, read books and magazines, watch YouTube videos, play games, check your mail, and you are ready to buy or rent movies from the iTunes Store, then the Apple iPad Air is the clear favorite among purchase candidates. Of course, in this case, we are not considering budget options, since we are talking about top-end devices.
But even those users who have specific preferences that are incompatible with Apple's restrictions should also thank the company created by Steve Jobs and now headed by Tim Cook: thanks to the iPad Air, Android tablets will soon also lose weight and lose weight. , in the meantime, their sellers will have to lose weight: prices for many top models should fall. Otherwise, they are unlikely to be able to compete with the iPad Air.
But who we think is the most formidable competitor to the iPad Air is the new iPad mini, which, at a price of $ 100 lower, has all the same features and qualities (including a screen resolution of 2048 × 1536 and an Apple A7 SoC), but at the same time it is more compact , which can be regarded as a plus by many users (although this is a moot point: after all, the pleasure of reading, watching videos and surfing the web on a 9.7 ″ screen is much higher than on a 7.9 ″ screen). However, the iPad mini and comparing it to the iPad Air is a topic for a new article, which will be released immediately after the appearance of the updated iPad mini on the world market. Stay tuned!
In conclusion of the article, we bring to your attention our video review of the Apple iPad Air tablet:
| 16 GB (+ 3G) | 32 GB (+ 3G) | 64 GB (+ 3G) | 128 GB (+ 3G) |
| Average price according to Yandex.Market data | |||
| T-10548616 (T-10548613) | T-10548618 (T-10548614) | T-10548620 (T-10548615) | T-10548752 (T-10548750) |
| IPad Air 16 GB (+ 3G) offers according to Yandex.Market data | |||
| L-10548616-5 | L-10548613-5 | ||
| IPad Air 32 GB (+ 3G) offers according to Yandex.Market data | |||
| L-10548618-5 | L-10548614-5 | ||
| IPad Air 64 GB (+ 3G) offers according to Yandex.Market data | |||
| L-10548620-5 | L-10548615-5 | ||
| IPad Air 128 GB (+ 3G) offers according to Yandex.Market data | |||
| L-10548752-5 | L-10548750-5 | ||
Hello everyone! This review is for an Apple product - iPad Air.
I'll probably start with the fact that the predecessor of the Air in use was the iPad 3 retina, which suited everything. Separately, I would like to note the battery, which held up perfectly, even after many recharging cycles.
This was once again confirmed by the fact that after the purchase of the iPad Air, the iPad 3 was removed and not used for 42 two days (before the sale), while wi-fi remained on all this time. So, after these 42 two days, the battery still showed 12% charge. This was a pleasant surprise.
So, the question arose of what to buy to replace the retine: iPad 4 or iPad Air. After studying the comparative characteristics of all three models (iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air), watching various video reviews, it was concluded that the 4th generation iPad is not much different from the 3rd. Notable improvements include slightly improved processor and memory frequency. So it was decided to purchase an iPad Air with wi-fi at 32Gb.
The model with wi-fi and without a SIM card was not chosen by chance, since if you need to access the Internet outside the home, you can easily connect it via iPhone, while wi-fi is available at home and at work. So there is no point in overpaying for a model with a SIM card.
And now the impressions of using the iPad Air:
Screen. Although in terms of parameters it remained unchanged, the picture looks more pleasant and saturation.
Weight. It has become much lighter, almost 200 grams. iPad 3 and iPad 4 weighed 652 grams, iPad Air weighs 469. It seems that the difference in weight is not big, but when you hold it in your hands for a long time, it is noticeable. Accordingly, with a decrease in weight, it also became much thinner.
Battery- 8850 mAh versus 11560 in iPad 3 and 4. This did not affect the battery life, one charge is enough for almost a week.
CPU became much faster and in general it became much more comfortable to work. The camera has also been improved.
In general, after a fairly short period of use, they concluded that the choice was correct and good that they did not take the intermediate iPad 4 model.
I would also like to add a little about the iPad Air 2. After studying the characteristics, it was also concluded that it is not worth buying an iPad Air 2 now because of the slightly reduced weight (20 grams difference), a fingerprint scanner and even small chips. Someone, of course, may object, saying that the iPad Air 2 has more RAM and an improved processor, but at the moment this difference is not critical for changing the device, it looks like again iPad 3 and 4. We are waiting for iPad Air 3 and then already you can think of a replacement.
But if you buy your first iPad, then of course you should take the iPad Air 2 right away.
By the way, an interesting fact: the hardware and all the parameters of the iPad Air are one-to-one like the iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 3, or rather the opposite. They have it, the parameters are like the iPad Air, but no matter how they are their latest models.
The conclusion after almost a year and a half of use is this: iPad Air is a great choice!
I am glad again to welcome inquisitive eyes on the pages of our site. In this article, we will consider the yet unannounced device - iPad Air 3. An article on the basic features of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge was successful enough to provoke a chain reaction. At the moment, the network turned out to be an exhaustive number of rumors around and about a new reference tablet from Apple. All because of them - and the psychological portrait of the device has emerged. We look!We will borrow the structure of the text from the next section - in this case, it will be very useful. Screen, specifications, cameras, body and additional features - a top-down drop-down chart for every advanced device. iPad Air 3 is no exception. We will not refer to specific sources of rumors - this will nullify the dynamics of what is happening.
iPad Air 3 - screen
The difference between evolutionary development and revolutionary development is not familiar to everyone. IPad screens are a prime example. The move from iPad 2 to iPad 3 is significant. After that there was nothing interesting. Reducing the air gap between the glass and the screen does not count. In the first case, we are talking about revolution, in the second - about evolution.
(IPad Air 3 screen)
Will there be some kind of qualitative leap in the iPad Air 3. In this case, opinions are divided. Many are confident that the tablet will come with a 4K display. The feasibility of such a permit can be questioned. Equip devices with marketing frills, cutting back on battery life and other things. No, this is not an Apple-wei.
I am confident that the resolution of the iPad Air 3 will not differ from its predecessor. 2048x1536 pixels or 264 PPI. Nothing new. There is a possibility of evolutionary chips, but they will not do the weather. iPad Air 3 is not about screen innovation. So there is no need to wait for Force Touch or 3D Touch either.
iPad Air 3 - Specifications
iPad Air 3 - should be a miniature copy of the iPad Pro. The filling too. Apple A9X processor, 4GB of RAM, and so on. The novelty will be almost twice as productive. If the screen resolution does not change, the tablet will be the fastest iOS device.
(IPad Air 3 Specifications)
There's nothing you can do. But the small body of the iPad Air 3 won't fit a larger battery. All that remains is to rely on new technologies, optimization and Apple logic. Less than 10 hours of battery life should not be - otherwise the main feature of the iPad will sink into oblivion.
iPad Air 3 - cameras
The camera resolution of the new item should not change. 8 megapixels for the main and 1.2 for the front. But the quality of shooting will increase significantly. The basis for this will be the presence of a flash - a first for the iPad. There are a lot of users who fell in love with the large screen of the tablet as a viewfinder. Therefore, this step looks logical.
(IPad Air 3 cameras)
The presence of the flash is indicated by the schematic images of the iPad Air 3, which have recently appeared on the network. They clearly show the "light" window near the camera. There can be no mistake. There will be a flash in tablets. Attention, question! Will a similar solution appear in the next generation of Samsung tablets or through one?
iPad Air 3 - body
The weight and dimensions of the new iPad are unlikely to change. 240x169.5x6.1 mm and 437 g are indicative values. Aluminum is the main body material. Minimum thickness and low weight. This is the essence of "air".
(IPad Air 3 case)
Design features will be subject to change. Insiders report the presence of four speakers at the corners of the device. This will allow you to achieve excellent sound quality in all conditions - games, movies, music, and so on.
iPad Air 3 - additional features
Apple Pencil - where is it? This additional device will now be supported not only for the iPad Pro. As a reminder, this cool stylus is a great tool for an artist or designer. This is how Apple positions it. Many disagree - they say professional software is not enough. There is such a thing.
(Additional features of iPad Air 3)
Smart Connector is another guest. A special contact group for connecting numerous accessories will be transferred to the iPad Air 3. The feasibility of its presence has not yet been revealed even on the iPad Pro. He learned how to update the software of third-party accessories. And without it they lived perfectly.
The price of the iPad Air 3 is unlikely to change compared to the prototype. But it is not exactly. The release of the new device is scheduled for the spring. A little more than a month is left until this most important moment. We have to wait. It is not a fact that insiders were able to guess everything. But I want to believe in it.
As always, Apple fans are eagerly awaiting the launch of a new device. In March, there will be a presentation of a tablet called iPad Air 3. The release date will also be indicated there.
Some people are interested in the new version of Air in terms of buying, others - just out of curiosity. After all, it is always interesting to know how the new product differs from the previous model.
The presentation promises to be grandiose, which is not at all typical for the company. But this time, the developers have been proactive to stimulate their fans. This is probably all due to the crisis and the attendant decline in sales. In addition, speaking of any version of the iPad and the iPhone, they are now not the most expensive devices in the world. The "Apple" company, as you know, gave way to Alphabet.
The release date of the Apple iPad Air 3 is not yet known, but on the Internet you can find a lot of assumptions about its design and "stuffing". You can even find a schematic diagram showing a new gadget. Judging by it, as usual, the device will not receive significant changes in terms of "appearance". For example, the audio jack will remain in its usual place.
But we will not make senseless guesses about when the iPad Air 3 will be released, but let's talk about its expected characteristics. Read on for a detailed review.
The appearance of the gadget, judging by the diagrams on the network, will remain the same. Only with regards to the color scheme, there will be 3 options - white, gray and gold. Perhaps the original color "rose gold" will appear. But so far these are only rumors.
The Air will also be 1.2 cm thinner than the previous model, thus winning the title of the thinnest tablet in the world. Before him, the second device of the same line had the palm. The developers managed to achieve a thickness of 5 mm thanks to a new steel composition, which. Moreover, it is more durable and wear-resistant.
If we consider the category of safety, then here the novelty will be all right. There will definitely be IPX7 moisture protection technology. The grid of stereo speakers will move to the other side (or rather, the elements will be duplicated). Such new items have already been implemented in the Pro version, and they look quite organic.
Probably, the change in the location of the speakers is far from the only chip in the structure of the case, which the iPad Air 3 will take from its predecessor. But one can only speculate about this. There are rumors that the third Air iPad will also have a pencil, already beloved by many.
Display
The trio will most likely be equipped with the familiar 9.7-inch display with 4K resolution. The pixel density indicator will be 401 ppi with an aspect ratio of 4 to 3.
The second tablet of this line had a much lower resolution. So we should expect an improvement in picture quality.
Absolutely, the device will have Forse Touch technology, which allows you to distinguish the power of pressing on the display. In addition, it will expand the range of functions of the gadget and improve work with content.
Performance
Often, the "apple" company gives the name to the processors of its tablets with the X prefix. This was first practiced from the third iPad line, which ran on A5X chips. Only the mini 4 did not have such a detail, which was supposed to be innovative in comparison with others.
To be honest, the main function of a tablet is to absorb all kinds of content. And if this device "hangs" when launching modern games and applications, it is unlikely that anyone will like it. By the way, the A9 chip slowed down a bit when launching games with high system requirements.
However, the developers are unlikely to pay attention to past experience, and, most likely, will equip the Air 3 with an A9 chip. The fact is that if you put a newer chip on a new device, it will become a competitor to the flagship iPad Pro.
Therefore, it seems that at the presentation of the new product the RAM will be touted, the volume of which will double and amount to 4 GB. If such a characteristic were also combined with a better processor, it would have turned out to be an excellent gadget. And so, one can only guess how the model will manifest itself in practice.
Camera
The main camera of the "troika" will remain the same, that is, its resolution will be 8 MP. The selfie camera will improve slightly (up to 2.1 MP). Who does not know - in previous models of tablets this element is practically "none". What good can you shoot with 1.2 MP?
But the most important innovation in the camera, which may be present in this model, is the Led - the flash. It will be placed next to the main camera. Until now, Apple has never implemented such an element in its gadgets, believing that users do not use the camera to take photos.
There is every reason to believe that the Air 3 will be the first device from the Apple company to have an LED flash.
Battery
Alas, in recent years, there has been a tendency to reduce the battery capacity of each subsequent device. According to the developers, this forced measure was taken to optimize the operating system.
Let's say in the fourth mini iPad the battery has significantly lost its capacity. But testing has shown that the battery life has not been reduced.
The capacity of the new tablet is supposed to be up to 6500 mAh, that is, about 1000 units less than in the previous model of a similar line.
More rumors and facts
So, everything that was said above is just an assumption about what the new iPad of the third version will be like. the company itself rarely comments on anything before the official meeting with fans and journalists at the presentation. But some speculation may well turn out to be facts. Below is a list of the most reliable assumptions:
1 It is quite possible that the Pro model will be released instead of the expected device. But with a smaller display (regular sizes). And the Air series will be eliminated altogether. One way or another, something real about the new gadget can be heard this spring. 2 There will be no radical design change. But it was possible not to talk about this much, since this is a common practice of the "apple" company. The device will look exactly the same as all the tablets of the Air line. The dimensions may change, but nothing will change dramatically. 3 Having ignored the issues of changing the "appearance" of the novelty, the developers can concentrate on increasing the protection. The device can be made of a higher quality alloy, have an improved coating for the display, and the like. There will probably be new body shades as well. By analogy with smartphones, the color of rose gold may appear. In theory, moisture protection will be implemented. 4 The display resolution will definitely be increased. But no one can give exact figures yet, there are only assumptions. But Apple is unlikely to follow the standard path and make this parameter equal to 4K 3840 × 2160 pixels. Most likely, the Cupertinians will invent something of their own, unique. 5 Processor running on 3 cores will not be exactly. The company will probably introduce the A9 or A10 into the tablets. 6 None of the experts doubt that the stereo speaker system of the tablet number 3 will, like the previous model, include 4 speakers. 7 Apple Pencil availability is also a big question. But many reputable sources believe that the novelty will work with this stylus. 8 Most likely, there will be no 3D Touch support in the new gadget. 9 The manufacturer will release its own version of the portable keyboard for the new tablet. 10 Photosensors will also receive an update. It will have a flash (aka a flashlight).
Estimated cost in Russia
IPad Air 3 starts at $ 500. This is for the simplest version with 16 GB memory and Wi-Fi support. The most expensive variation comes with the Cellular and costs $ 700. As usual, after the release of new items, the price of the previous model is reduced by 30 percent. Therefore, the prices are approximate, based on the cost of the Air 2 tablet.
