iPad Air
| iPad Air | |
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iPad Air |
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| developer | Apple Inc. |
| Manufacturer | Foxconn |
| Sales start | November 1, 2013 (in the US) April 1, 2014 (in China) |
| predecessor | iPad (4th generation) |
| Connected | iPad mini 2 |
| successor | iPad Air 2 |
| Technical specifications | |
| System-on-a-chip | Apple A7 (S5L8965) |
| Mass storage | 16, 32, 64, 128 GB flash memory |
| processor | Apple Cyclone |
| random access memory | 1 GB LPDDR3 666 MHz |
| screen |
Touchscreen 24.64 cm (9.7 ″ ) 2048 × 1536 pixels (264 ppi ) Aspect ratio: 4: 3 |
| Digital camera |
Back: 5.0 megapixels ; 1080p , 30 fps video front: 1.2 megapixels; 720p video |
| Operating system at launch | iOS 7.0.3 (devices without modem and devices with modem for the North American market) iOS 7.1 (iPad with TD-LTE for the Chinese market) |
| Current operating system | iOS 12.4.8 |
| Connectivity | |
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Radio links |
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connections |
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| battery pack | |
| Type | Lithium polymer (32.9 Wh) |
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Duration (according to the manufacturer) |
Max. 10 hours |
| measures and weight | |
| Dimensions (H × W × D) | 240 mm × 169.5 mm × 7.5 mm |
| Weight | 469-478 g |
| Website | |
| Apple iPad Air ( Memento from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) | |
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The iPad Air is a tablet computer of the iPad series from the US company Apple . It was presented by Phil Schiller on October 22, 2013 , and was available from November 1, 2013. The iPad Air with LTE capabilities in the Chinese cellular network was introduced on April 1, 2014. The mobile operating system Apple iOS runs on the iPad Air. Apple stopped selling in March 2016.
The successor iPad Air 2 was presented on October 16, 2014. The third generation has been on sale since March 18, 2019.
description
The iPad Air has a back made of anodized aluminum, which is available in the colors silver and space gray . The front of the device has a colored glass pane on the edge; in Space Gray it is black; in Silver it is white. A home button is attached to the lower center edge, and an orientation lock switch is located on the right side of the case next to the volume rocker. The iPad Air has a camera underneath the on / off switch on the top of the housing, and another camera is installed on the front in the middle at the top of the screen. The resolution of the cameras is 5.0 and 1.2 megapixels. There is also a stereo microphone and a 3.5 mm jack connection on the top. A stereo speaker is installed on the underside next to the Lightning connector. The iPad Air is primarily operated by touching the touch screen.
Two-channel microphones on the iPad Air
Volume buttons with orientation lock switch
Apple initially offered the iPad Air in 16, 32, 64 and 128 GB with and without a cellular modem for the North American market. A device that supports the Chinese TD-LTE bands was released on April 1, 2014. In favor of the iPad Air 2, the 64 and 128 GB memory sizes were removed from the range. American devices use SIM cards in the nano-SIM format with a form factor of 4FF (12.3 mm × 8.8 mm × 0.67 mm). Apple states up to 10 hours of battery life when surfing the Internet via WLAN and up to 9 hours when using a 3G data network. The battery of the iPad Air is a 32.9 Wh lithium polymer battery . In addition to the cellular modem, Apple installed an A-GPS module. Devices without a modem also have the digital compass.
Apple uses the A7 chip as the SoC , which differs from the one in the iPhone 5s. It has 1 GB of RAM, an Apple Cyclone processor and a PowerVR-G6430 graphics processor with four cores.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Apple Press Info: Apple Announces iPad Air — Dramatically Thinner, Lighter & More Powerful iPad , October 22, 2013, accessed March 1, 2016
- ↑ a b c Apple Press Info: iPad Air & iPad mini with LTE Performance Available in China Today , April 1, 2014, accessed March 1, 2016
- ↑ a b iPad Air LTE teardown. iFixit, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- ^ Blake's iOS Device Specification Grid
- ↑ a b The iPhone Wiki: Firmware - iPad Air
- ↑ Apple: Batteries , accessed March 1, 2016
- ↑ Apple: Compare iPad models ( Memento from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), page from October 30, 2013, accessed on March 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive.
- ↑ Apple: Buy an iPad Air , accessed December 24, 2016
- ↑ Anand Lal Shimpi: The iPhone 5s Review: GPU Architecture. September 17, 2013, accessed September 18, 2013 .