The verdict as Apple's iPad Air is released - read the reviews
Apple’s iPad Air has so far received widespread praise prior to going on sale yesterday around the world. Here The Drum pulls together what some of the reviews have been saying about Apple’s latest must-have gadget.
“This iPad is so much svelter that it almost feels like a new class of Apple tablet, but it remains an iPad — and for now, at least, that continues to be the most important bragging right that any tablet can claim.”
Harry McCracken, Time
“This iPad doesn’t do anything serious that the previous version didn’t. Camera, processor and other under the hood improvements don’t make it a fundamentally different device, so it’s probably compulsory to call it an evolution rather than a revolution. But it remains beautifully built, implausibly thin yet without any of the flex that comes with cheap tablets.”
Matt Warman, The Telegraph
“The iPad Air is a huge improvement over the iPad 4th-gen, or the iPad 2, pictured in the gallery. Its form factor is the best currently available for a 10-inch tablet, and it provides a great blend of portability and usability that leans towards the media device end of the spectrum.”
Darrell Etherington, Techcrunch
“Air isn't that the tablet has been cut in half, it's that the tablet is even more powerful and lasts just as long on a charge.”
Joanna Stern, ABC News
“It's only when you get hold of an iPad Air that you realise how well Apple has crafted this device. It's lighter and the internals are faster. Add in the free software, and it has raised the bar on what you can do out of the box with a tablet. The iPad now isn't just something to do a few functions around and about. It's a device to replace your computer for almost everything.”
Charles Arthur, The Guardian