You know what the iPad Air, the thinnest tablet Apple has made so far, the one that’s 20% thinner than its distinctly not-fat predecessors, never needed to be? Thinner. But that’s precisely what the iPad Air 2 is.
Thankfully, the 18% reduction in girth doesn’t appear to have come at the expense of power or battery performance: the new A8X chip promises more raw processing capability than the A7 it replaces, while Apple claims the iPad Air 2's battery life holds steady at 10 hours.
But what is it like beyond the spec sheet? We had an opportunity to go face-to-glass with the iPad Air 2 – and here are our early findings.
