2014 iPad Air 2 Tablet Price, Release Date, Specification, Rumours
2014 iPad Air 2 Tablet Price, Release Date, Specification, Rumours
The iPad Air 2 has been officially unveiled, and, not wanting to keep you waiting, Apple has confirmed the iPad Air 2 release date is just a matter of days away.
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.

2014 iPad Air 2 Tablet Price, Release Date, Specification, Rumours


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.
iPad Air 2 Release Date
Although Apple has formally unveiled the device, the company has remained coy on announcing a precise iPad Air 2 release date. At present, it has stated only that the tablet will land ‘next week’.
This rather narrow launch window will give wannabe owners just a few days to save their pennies.
For those who just can’t wait that long to secure their sixth-generation Apple tablet, iPad Air 2 pre-orders will be open from October 17.
iPad Air 2: Design
It had been expected that the iPad Air 2 would be a little slimmer than its predecessor, but no one anticipated just how skinny the tablet would become.
Retaining its premium, brushed metal materials, the Air 2, at a mere 6.1mm thick, is an impressive 18 per cent narrower than the already super svelte iPad Air.
“It is the thinnest iPad we have ever made,” Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Marketing said of the device.
He added: “It is so thin you can stack two of them and still be thinner than the original iPad.”
iPad Air 2 Touch ID
TouchID was our favourite innovation that Apple brought to the iPhone 5S. Essentially a fingerprint scanner used to lock your phone securely, or buy apps at the press of a button, its brilliance comes from how easy it is to use.
Since you always take a phone out of the house with you, it’s arguably more important to be able to securely lock it than it is a mostly stay-at-home 10-inch tablet. That being said we were still surprised by its exclusion from the iPad Air. According to Apple we weren’t alone in these thoughts.
iPad Air 2 Specs
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.
iPad Air 2 Price
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.