Apple iPad Air 2

Publish | 15 May 2016, 01:33

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NETWORK
Technology    GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
     CDMA 800 / 1900
3G bands    HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
     CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands    LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1567
Speed    HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS    Yes
EDGE    Yes

LAUNCH
Announced    2014, October
Status    Available. Released 2014, October

BODY
Dimensions    240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
Weight    437 g (Wi-Fi) / 444 g (3G/LTE) (15.41 oz)

SIM    Nano-SIM/ Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)

DISPLAY
Type    LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size    9.7 inches (~71.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution    1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch    Yes
Protection    Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

PLATFORM
OS    iOS 8.1, upgradable to iOS 9.3
Chipset    Apple A8X
CPU    Triple-core 1.5 GHz Typhoon
GPU    PowerVR GXA6850 (octa-core graphics)

MEMORY
Card slot    No
Internal    16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA
Primary    8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, autofocus, check quality
Features    1.12µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video    1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., check quality
Secondary    1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular

SOUND
Alert types    N/A
Loudspeaker    Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack    Yes

COMMS
WLAN    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth    v4.0, A2DP, EDR
GPS    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only)
Radio    No
USB    v2.0, reversible connector

FEATURES
Sensors    Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
Messaging    iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser    HTML5 (Safari)
Java    No
     - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor

BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po battery (27.3 Wh)
Talk time    Up to 10 h (multimedia)

MISC
Colors    Space Gray, Silver, Gold

TESTS
Performance    Basemark OS II: 1937 / Basemark X: 29753
Display    Contrast ratio: 1048 (nominal)
Camera    Photo / Video
Loudspeaker    Voice 75dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 78dB
Audio quality    Noise -93.9dB / Crosstalk -83.9dB