While there are those that believe Apple’s iPad Air 2 will break all manner of molds and conventions, it’s actually much more likely we’ll be looking at a simple and in some cases undetectable incremental upgrade. There are two schools of thought on Apple’s upcoming iPad Air 2. While some are expecting to see a […]
While there are those that believe Apple’s iPad Air 2 will break all manner of molds and conventions, it’s actually much more likely we’ll be looking at a simple and in some cases undetectable incremental upgrade.
There are two schools of thought on Apple’s upcoming iPad Air 2. While some are expecting to see a game-changing tablet PC of epic proportions that’s guaranteed to make mincemeat of its rivals, others are not quite so enthused. Not that it won’t be a stellar enough device in any guise, but a growing number of analysts expects the second-generation Air to be more of a modest evolution than a revolution.
The reason of course being that the first-generation iPad Air was in itself the biggest overall concept change brought to the iPad to date. What’s more, it’s been on the market for close to a year now and yet still remains the world’s number-one in terms of sales, consumer response and general critical acclaim. And has Apple has proven year after year, it often takes little more than a touch of seasoning to take an existing recipe to the next level…or at least carry it over for another year or so.
As such, the most likely changes to the iPad Air we’ll see this year are the kinds we’ll hardly see at all. It’s a foregone conclusion that Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner will be ported over, the new A8 CPU will feature under the hood and iOS 8 will work its magic right out of the box. There may also be a modest improvement to its front and rear cameras, but on the whole it’ll be tricky to tell the two apart at first glance alone.
They’ll look the same, feel the same in most respects perform the same – there’s little chance of Apple making any changes at all to the existing Retina panel.
All of which might sound a little disappointing, but realistically there’s not a great deal more that could be done with the iPad Air to make it better. It could be made faster, but is it really necessary? It’s already light enough, boasts brilliant battery life, takes amazing photos and so on and so forth.
Seriously – what more could you ask for?
