The iPad Air 2 has been officially unveiled, and, not wanting to keep you waiting, Apple will hold the official iPad Air 2 release date tomorrow, October 22.
With the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus having taken a bow last month, October has been cemented as iPad territory with the iPad Air 2 having been announced alongside the refreshed iPad mini 3.
While the updated mini has disappointed, the iPad Air 2 has kicked the tablet market on to yet another level.
Adding the formerly iPhone exclusive TouchID fingerprint sensor, the 9.7-inch Nexus 9 rival has been bestowed with a mass of high-end specs, including a turbocharged, 64-bit A8X processor, 10 hour battery life and an iPhone 6 mimicking 8-megapixel iSight camera.
It's not just under the hood that the iPad Air 2 has been improved either, at just 6.1mm thick, the tablet has also been given a considerable design refresh.
Under the hood, the iPad Air 2 is a comprehensive update, with the tablet's processor, camera and graphical abilities all coming in for a sizeable refresh.
Although retaining the same 9.7-inch dimension and 2048 x 1536 resolution as its predecessor, the new iPad Air 2's screen has come in for a small update. The fully laminated panel adds a new anti-reflective coating which is 56 per cent less reflective than the original iPad Air.
Images and text should be suitably crisp thanks to a 264 pixels-per-inch image density.
On to power and the Air 2 is the first - and currently only - device to run the A8X processor. This is a turbocharged rendition of the CPU found within the recently unveiled iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones. By contrast, the iPad mini 3 has retained last year's A7 chipset.
“This is a new chip created just for iPad Air 2," Schiller said. "It has 3 billion transistors and offers 40 per cent better CPU performance."
He added: “It is 12 times faster than the original iPad. On graphical performance we are now 180 times faster.”
It's not just the tablet's CPU which has been bumped up either, both of the unit's camera has been updated.
Around back an iPhone 6 echoing 8-megapixel iSight camera has been introduced. This baosts an ff/ 2.4 aperture lens and can capture 1080p, Full HD video content. Time lapse shooting has also made the jump from the iPhone.
For selfie lovers, a refined, 1.2-megapixel FaceTime HD camera sits up front. This offers an f/ 2.2 aperture with burst mode selfies available alongside HDR shooting and video recording modes.
Although the traditional 32GB capacity option has disappeared, the Air 2 will still be available in three storage options - 16GB, 64GB and 128GB.
All capacity options will come in both Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi plus cellular configurations.
In fact both features have been improved with faster 4G connections available alongside the addition of 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
Having been introduced alongside the tablets, the new iOS 8.1 update will run the show direct from the box.
iPad Air 2 pricing is a familiar affair with the 16GB Wi-Fi model kicking things off at just £399. Costs go up to £659 for the 128GB Wi-Fi plus 4G option.
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