Hello all,

Since i can't wait till ipad air 2, i'm decide to buy the ipad air 1 since the price is drop too. so my question is, is it still can "Perform well" and "Not Outdated" ?

Thank you in advance for every comment. Any feedback is needed. If okay, will decide to buy this month

it is too slow and lousy camera compared to ipad Air 2.

aw, it's too slow ? hmm

Don't be fool, iPad Air 1 is Apple Flagship Tablet of 2013.

iPad Air 1 vs iPad Air 2
A7 vs A8X
12x CPU Performance + 180x GPU Performance increased only.

You not gonna Play 60FPS Dota 2 on your iPad Air 2 anyway. The only that we concern about the Air 2 is the RAM got increase to 1GB to 2GB yet to be confirm.

A7 is using in iPhone 5S (2013), iPad mini Retina (2013) as well.

iPad AIR is still performing very well, can still use till 2016?
I am going to iPAD AIR 2, because currently dont have my own personal iPAd yet... Next is the 6.1mm design, Touch ID, improving camera (Easy to do notes on class) XD
So back to your question, iPad Air 1 is still a very good tablet

Thank you for your feedback guys it's help me a lots :3 1 question, between Ipad Air 1 vs Ipad Mini 2, which is better in term of Performance ?

Performance are same because using the same A7 Processors. In terms of choosing Air 1 and Mini 2 is about the Size and Screen Color Accuracy only.

If you want bigger iPad, then its wise to wait.

Price drop only RM300++ but in terms of performance, Air2 is at least 2.5x faster according to Apple. You also get Touch ID, 8MP camera, barometer, 6.1mm thickness and lighter.

Which is why the RM300 more is worth paying. If you compare Mini2 and Mini3, then the extra is not worth paying because just add Touch ID.

I thought is 12x CPU Performance + 180x GPU Performance? lol

Mini1 is really slow la... since I also got an iPad2.

I'm gonna go get an iPad Air 1 coz I only use it for browsing and emails, so now that the iPad Air is cheaper, it also means accessories are cheaper and I don't think it's outdated considering how the 1st gen of ipad mini is still around, heh heh...

The best part about the price drop is that many sellers in our Garage Sale forum still selling so expensive, maybe they didn't realise about the price drop, hehe

If u dun have ipad, better wait abit to get an ipad air 2/ipad mini 3. If you have an ipad air or mini 2 already, I dun think its worth the upgrade.

best buy is ipad mini 2, rm969, u will get what all u need.

My iPad 3rd generation still serve me good, so what you think about the more powerful iPad air?

It's a great tablet and I don't think it's outdated yet. Maybe you will see some slowdown after a few more iOS updates, iOS 10/11 maybe ? But that will take years, so.....

what iOS version are you using?

iOS 7.1

no wonder. i feel lagness in my friends ipad2. he told me that ipad air most likely will not able to host future iOS 9 well. good tactics from apple to force people to buy their latest gadgets

ipad 2 is about 3.5yrs since launched ... if u want to run iOS8 on it , u gonna expect lagness ....iOS7 is the best for iPad2 ....so what do u expect a 3.5yrs tablet to perform ? 2yrs old android tablet is as good as a trash already ... iPad 2 still serve me well , for movie and e-book reading ....net surfing as well..

ipad 2 is legandary. Ipad 4 owner lucks' may not be good. nexus 10 launched 2 years back and it's still kicking ass as long android is able to optimize the hardware capability

ps: i am not a fan of android nor iOS, but i'm really looking into the new ipad air 2 now with its recent bump of 2GB ram

if iPad Air 2 is 2gb ram , its a good news anyway

but anyhow , Apple never bother to let us know the ram ....

in general computing, the ability and the capability to multitask apps lies on the RAM and it's upper cache.... the ipad hardware bottleneck is actually the RAM, so does the iphone 6 and 6+. i can foresee that apple is now playing the game as android does 2 years back

iPad 2 is a 3 year old device anyway, and has supported iOS 4-8.1. Started to suck on iOS 7 tho.

If we take that as an example, iPad Air 1 will do the same on iOS 10.

i bet it will suffer the same thing in iOS9 as ipad 2 did in iOS7

ipad 2 is still best in iOS6, although it's still workable on iOS7

never take android as an example ... they failed big time , on both processor and ram management ... android never impress me even with 2gb ram ....

i suggest you to take a look at nexus 9 when it arrives. Currently ipad air 2 is on my list because of the apps are more optimized for ipad rather then android tablet...

opps... i forgotten i posting in an apple thread

no matter how great the hardware inside android tablet , end of the day , the apps arent optimised for it ... iPad will be the only best tablet in the world , for time being.... when talk about android , i hate and regretted to spent 2k on Samsung S4 .... piece of shit ...

If u r new to iPad, just wait for the Air 2. It is always good to go for the latest. If u already hv an Air, i don't think the upgrade is worth the money spent. Unless u really have to have the ALL the latest iGadgets.

I'm currently using the iPad Air 1, and I use it daily at office, site, work, home, and play; I upgraded from iPad 2 @ Feb 2014. I don't see me upgrading my Air, unless the change is significant. Then again, it is up to you to decide what u need, what is a 'significant' upgrade. Some might feel the TouchID alone warrants an upgrade.

IPad Air 1 is still very good and the specs are still powerful, if you don't have patience then just go for it

My iPad 2 is so laggy it's frustrating. Even opening one app will take quite sometime and it the gb fb app usually crashes or just show black screen

I still have my iPad 1, yup it is very slow compare to today standard. If you want something good and on a budget, ipad 2 and ipad 4 is the right choice

The current Air is still quite good. Normal usage don't require the latest specs.

This post has been edited by Shoki: Dec 1 2014, 12:48 AM

hi

I had upgrade from iPad 3 to iPad Air 1. The mistake I do is upgrade my iPad 3 ios 6 to ios 7 , then it got lag or the application will crash. If I'm not upgrade the ios maybe I'm still using my iPad 3 today.

now I'm satisfy with my iPad Air 1 , with retina display better than iPad 3 . I WONT UPGRADE TO IOS 8 or latest ios even if the latest ios has a feature speak to on your iPad

Speaking about RAM, I had read more RAM more battery required. Why bother to open so many application while you still using only one application at one time right. Apple ios or os has a different way using RAM compare to Android.

I have a friend still using iPad 1 today. Still No problem

This post has been edited by Eclipes: Dec 3 2014, 05:50 PM

oh come on , my ipad2 ios7 still going strong ... ipad3 is better than ipad2 ...no ?

reading surfing gaming no problems

my ipad air is running iOS8 ... no issue as well

well u need to know that , if u using old iOS 7 , there will be some apps compatibility issue ...

iPad Air can handle iOS8 very well... the way u use ur ipad is like insulting it...LOL...

Dun worry iPad Air 1 is running iOS 8 without problems. My iPad Air 1 is on 8.1 without any problems. In fact i think iPad Air 1 should be running fine till iOS10 (if applicable)

Reasons why u should upgrade from ipad air to ipad2 air is the camera which i read is comparable to iphone6. Thats what i read