en Although it's almost a year old, the 9.7in iPad Air 2 is still
one of my favourite tablets. Slim, powerful and with gorgeous looks,
it's everything that a large screen tablet should be. It's normally at
this point that I expect the product to be replaced by a newer, more
powerful model, but I'm not sure that's going to happen now. Instead,
we've had the iPad Mini 4, which is effectively a smaller version of this tablet, and the iPad Pro
(due out in November), which is larger and designed for business use.
As it stands, then, it doesn't look as though we'll see the iPad Air 3 this year.
Normally, I'd see the lack of a new model as a bad thing, but
the iPad Air 2 is more than fast enough and the launch of iOS 9 has
largely changed how the iPad works, introducing new multi-tasking
features and giving the tablet a new lease of life. While my iOS 9 review has all of the details about the new OS, I've updated this review to reflect the new features you now get on the tablet.
Build quality and size
When I reviewed the iPad Air, I said that it was pretty much a one-handed device and close in usability to the smaller iPad Mini 2 or iPad Mini 3. As the iPad Air 2 is even smaller, it's definitely a one-handed tablet. Impressively,
Apple has managed to shave 1.4mm off the previous model’s thickness. At
just 6.1mm thin, the iPad Air 2 is even 0.8mm thinner than the
impressively slim iPhone 6.
While the new iPad still has the same footprint as the original Air
(240x169.5mm), just being so much slimmer makes the new model more
comfortable to hold.
Weight, too, has been shed, with the iPad Air 2
slimming to a svelte 437g, down from 469g. While 32g less might not
sound like a lot, combined with the thinner case, it makes the new iPad
so much easier to hold. With the weight being equally distributed, this
is a tablet that you can happily carry around everywhere with you and
hold for long periods of time one-handed.
Build quality hasn’t suffered in the slightest, with
the precision-cut aluminium case just as stunning and as gorgeous as
its always been. It also gives the iPad Air 2 the look and feel of a
premium tablet, which plastic models just don’t have.
To match the iPhone line-up, this year sees the
introduction of the gold model, alongside silver and space grey; only
the newer iPhone 6S has an extra colour: rose gold. It’ll depend on your
personal preference as to which model you want, although it’s fair to
say that each one has its charms, and the colouring is done subtly and
tastefully across the range. Apple's obviously fans of the colour range,
as it's made the same options available with the new MacBook.
A few minor case changes have been made. Gone is the
switch on the side, which could be assigned to rotation lock or mute,
depending on your preference. Instead, both of these options are
available from Control Centre, which you can slide up from the bottom of
any screen.
Arguably, the most convenient use of the switch was
for mute, but this is more useful on an iPhone where you’ll get more
calls and texts, not to mention that you’ll be more likely to have the
device on you. With an iPad, I found that I used the mute option
relatively rarely, so having a software control isn’t a bad thing.
Apple has also slightly redesigned the volume
buttons, housing them in a recess, rather than having each button poke
through its own hole. There’s no difference in the feel, although the
new design is a little more attractive and neater than the old.
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