Not just a thinner display. A better display. To create the astonishingly thin silhouette of iPad Air 2, we started by redesigning the Retina display, fusing what had been three layers into one. Not only did this make the display thinner, it made it better, with more vivid colors and greater contrast. Then we added an antireflective coating, giving iPad Air 2 the least reflective display of any tablet in the world.
The ?rst thing you’ll notice is how incredibly thin and light it is. iPad Air 2 is an impossibly thin 6.1 millimetres, making it our thinnest iPad ever. And it weighs less than half a kilo. So it’s even easier to hold in one hand and take with you anywhere.
When it was introduced four years ago, the original iPad set the standard for thinness and lightness. Since then, iPad has become even thinner and lighter. But thanks to its durable aluminium unibody, iPad Air 2 doesn’t sacri?ce strength in the pursuit of thinness. From the moment you pick it up, you feel how sturdy and rigid it is.
iOS 8 is the most advanced mobile OS ever, with features that make iPad Air 2 even more indispensable. Continuity lets you start a project on one device and finish it on another. Family Sharing lets up to six people in your family share films, books, music and apps. With iCloud Drive you can safely store any kind of document and access it from any device. In fact, every feature in iOS 8 is designed to work seamlessly with iPad Air 2, taking full advantage of its powerful A8X chip, ultra-fast wireless and brilliant Retina display.
The displays on previous generations of iPad used three separate components. iPad Air 2 changes all that, combining those three layers into just one. This eliminates gaps between layers, along with the internal re?ectance caused by those gaps. The result? Colours are richer, contrast is greater, and images are sharper and more vivid.
The LCD layer is now closer to your eyes ( and your ?ngers) , so when you touch the screen it feels as if you’re touching your content. And we’ve improved the sensitivity of the screen, so it tracks your finger even more accurately when you make quick gestures. Which means everything you do — playing games, sur?ng the web, enjoying photos and videos — becomes more personal, immediate and immersive.
iPad Air 2 features a custom-designed anti-reflective coating that reduces glare by 56 per cent, making it the least re?ective tablet in the world. In virtually any kind of environment — o?ces, classrooms, outdoors — everything is clearer and more readable.
Our designers pay as much attention to the back of iPad as they do to the front. The anodised aluminium body of iPad Air 2 comes in three elegant metallic ?nishes, including silver, space grey and a beautiful new one: gold.
The bevelled edges of the aluminium unibody are cut with a mono-crystalline diamond to tolerances measured in microns. ( For reference, the width of a human hair is about 75 microns.) That level of detail may seem excessive. But every detail adds up to a better overall experience.
I think it is a best tablet ever.