iPad Air 2
It's
even thinner and lighter than last time around and to a noticeable extent. The
screen is better, with more vibrant colours, it's more powerful thanks to its
A8X processor and the battery life holds up just as well. It even benefits from
Touch ID and Apple Pay and while these features aren't as exciting here as they
are on phones they're still nice to have.
In
short the iPad Air 2 really is the complete package and while you can always
find things to niggle about there are no significant flaws. In the time since the
original iPad Air launched everything else is still struggling to match it and
yet Apple has managed to raise the benchmark higher still. Everyone else really
has their work cut out if the iPad Air 2 is going to be unseated from the
number one spot. The new iPad Air gets an improved A8X processor, better
rear and front-facing cameras, an even thinner and lighter design, an
anti-reflective screen, a Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and more built-in
storage at higher configurations than last year.
But The Air 2 isn't a big change from last year's iPad in terms of
overall function; battery life remains the same, although its battery life is
already pretty good. Audio playback via speakers makes the thin metal body
resonate more than before. The
Bottom Line The iPad Air 2 is a nice refinement and finesse of last year's
model, with a bevy of tweaks, enhancements, a much faster processor, and the
welcome addition of Touch ID. Simply put: it's still the gold standard for
tablets.
Weight: 437g | Dimensions: 240 x 169.5 x 6.1mm | OS: iOS 8.1 | Screen size: 9.7-inch | Resolution: 1536 x 2048 | CPU: Triple-core 1.5 GHz | RAM: 2GB | Storage: 16/64/128GB | Battery: 7340mAh | Rear camera: 8MP | Front camera: 1.2MP
Lenovo Miix
The
Lenovo Miix, a 10-inch Windows 8 tablet with its own keyboard case, is like the
consumer version of the ThinkPad Tablet 2, with slightly different accessory
hardware.The Lenovo Miix is smart, light, reasonably well-made and comes with
an excellent keyboard to help you to use it like a laptop. The potential is
here for it to be a great mobile work machine, provided you don't need to run
anything too intensive.The 10.1-inch, 1,366x768-pixel-resolution, 16:9 IPS
display supports five-finger multitouch, and the 10.1-millimeter-thin,
1.27-pound design resembles that of other thin and lower-power Windows 8
tablets.The Lenovo Miix uses the Intel Atom Z2760 processor, which is a 1.8GHz
dual-core chip, though it does feature Hyper-Threading, so can act as four
virtual cores..This is all backed up with 2GB of RAM, which is very favourable
compared to other tablets.64GB of eMMC storage, a microSD card slot that can
support an additional 32GB of memory, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, a
Micro-USB 2.0 connector, a Micro-HDMI port, and Bluetooth 4.0 plus 802.11n
Wi-Fi. The front-facing camera's only 1 megapixel, suitable for Web chat but
not much else. There's an optional 3G micro-SIM port, too.Battery life is
respectable, but not outstanding. We got
just over 6.5 hours (400mins) of streaming video out of the Miix, and you could
probably stretch that closer to eight hours for lighter work, but that’s not
particularly impressive when larger Haswell laptops can now offer 10 or more
hours between charges.
Price:$550
VS
Nokia
Lumia 2520
Nokia’s new tablet, the
Lumia 2520, changes that up a bit. The Finnish manufacturer’s first tablet, a
direct competitor to Microsoft’s Surface 2, has a big trick up its sleeve: it’s
only available with built-in LTE, which isn’t even yet an option on the Surface
line. It’s available from Verizon and AT&T now, starting at $399 with a
data-plan agreement. The 2520 is designed to be completely and entirely mobile,
a tablet you bring everywhere and do everything with.The Nokia Lumia 2520
features fast gaming performance and LTE support out of the box. Xbox Music is
an incredibly robust streaming app, and Nokia Music allows you to listen to
songs you don't own without an Internet connection. It includes the full
version of Office.There's an 8,120mAh battery inside the 2520, which Nokia
reckons will give an impressive 25 days of standby time. It put up a good fight
in general use too. I was easily able to get a day of mixed use from the slate
and if you're more cautious, you can eke it out over a few days.At 1920 x 1080
pixels, the Lumia 2520’s LCD screen is gorgeous and gets plenty bright. Gorilla
Glass 2 covers it so the 2520 can withstand some light abuse. On the inside is
a top-notch ARM tablet. It runs on Qualcomm’s industry-leading Snapdragon 800
quad-core processor, running at 2.2GHz. 2GB of RAM, a MicroSD card slot capable
of holding a 64GB card, and 32GB of internal file storage are included.
But, It's thicker and
heavier than recent tablets, and its pointy corners are distracting. The screen
has a yellow tint, storage expansion is only accessible with a key or
paperclip, and the keyboard accessory isn't as comfortable to type on as the
Surface 2's.
The bottom line:
Unless you want a Windows RT tablet with cellular connection, skip the Lumia
2520 and get the Surface 2 instead.
Specifications
Display type10.1 in
OSMicrosoft Windows
8.1 RT
ProcessorQualcomm
Snapdragon 2.2 GHz
Wireless
connectivity4G LTE
Dimensions
(WxDxH)10.5 in x 0.35 in x 6.6 in
Weight1.35 lbs
Price:$399.99
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