Ipad Air Review | Smartphone Evolution

The iPad 2 is arguably one of the best products Apple has ever made. Not only does the performance increase further, but also the quality of the hardware and the design that has been tested can last a long time. But unfortunately after that the iPad started to run out of charm, the iPad 3 and iPad 4 were just an increase in specifications without anything completely new and moreover the iPad 4 is one product that can be said to be very "lazy" that was launched by Apple.

Ipad Air Review | Smartphone Evolution

iPad Air arrives with a new design that is arguably quite a significant change when compared to the previous series. From the early generation iPad to the 2nd generation, we can see quite a lot of changes, on the contrary, from the 2nd to 4th generations, there are not many changes that are significant. I have worked individually and have more than 2 Android tablets with various dimensions ranging from 7- 10 inches and I can say the iPad screen dimensions are the perfect fit for me. Fortunately, this dimension has always been maintained by Apple in its newest generation.

When the iPad Air hadn't been introduced I told myself that Apple didn't reduce its thickness and weight (which are 2 minus aspects for the iPad) that I wanted to hate them. But Apple even blew me away, the iPad Air is one of the very thin and also very light tablets that Apple had time to release. Just by making it 20% thinner, the iPad experience has changed considerably. iPad Air feels more mobile and can easily fit into various places like bags without getting too crowded.

Not only has the thickness been cut considerably, Apple has also made the iPad slimmer by thinning the left and right sides. This makes the iPad Air smaller, but unfortunately even so the iPad Air can't be held from corner to corner of the screen with one hand like the iPad mini unless you have big hands.

The back of the iPad Air is made of aluminum which gives off a chic impression but if you leave it long enough in an air-conditioned room it will cool to the touch. For some people this can be a little unsafe but after being held for some time it has also returned to the same temperature as the hands. The recent part is not scratch resistant so a protector or case is a must if you don't want the iPad to get scratched.

Screen

Just like the previous generation, the iPad Air still uses a resolution of 2048- by- 1536 with 264 ppi. Even though the iPad Air has a lower ppi compared to the iPhone 5s but at a natural viewing distance, our eyes can't tell the difference either. The Retina Display is basically a pixel density that is so dense that our eyes cannot see individual pixels. Long ago introduced by Apple, the Retina display can be categorized as something "magical", but nowadays there are many smartphones and some tablets which let alone far exceed this technology.

The style and contrast produced by the iPad Air is also quite good when compared to some other tablets, you can see this when playing a film and see the skin tone of the actor which looks more natural and natural.

But this doesn't mean the iPad's screen is perfect. Either because of the thinness or the different glass, now tapping is more “noisier” than the previous type. It is my intention, when you tap the screen hard enough to make a sound as if you are tapping on some plastic. This also causes many people to think that it is not glass but plastic.

Apple doesn't specifically say it overwrites the iPad's display technology, but from some hints on the internet it might be possible that the iPad Air uses Gorilla Glass but without using the same brand. I myself have tried it in 1 week without a screen guard and so far there has not been 1 scratch either, moreover one YouTube user tries to use a knife and the glass is always not scratched.

Hardware

For those of you who love hardware specifications, the iPad Air is going to make you disappointed. iPad Air uses a dual core 1. 4GHz processor with 1GB of RAM, as well as a PowerVR G6430 GPU, a specification that Android tablets can easily beat at a lower price. But does this affect performance? Absolutely not. The iPad Air is still the fastest tablet you can own right now.

OS

iPad Air arrives with iOS 7 which is Apple's latest operating system. iOS 7 has a simpler approach, visually pleasing to the eye and easy navigation at the risk of customization. You can read more clearly about iOS 7 here. Universally, iOS 7 is an operating system that is suitable for those of you who don't like to be complicated. All of them function properly without a lot of bugs or setting lots.

The iOS vs Android debate is a long and endless subject so I don't want to stick to that part either. I myself have been using iOS and Android for 2 full years and I can see that Android continues to mature and keeps getting here but iOS for now is more user friendly and simpler. iOS places great importance on user experience so that early users don't want to worry about implementing everything. But for those of you who like to tinker with iOS is a boring operating system.

Performance

Benchmark results from Anadtech show that the performance of the Apple iPad Air has a greater value than the Samsung Galaxy Note 10. 1 which is the closest competitor. Galaxy Note 10. 1 type 2014 has a Quad Core 2. 3GHz processor with 3GB of memory. This is where Apple's 64-bit power starts to feel, even though the specifications are smaller but computationally the iPad Air's graphics are always faster.