2013-12-01

“The Apple iPad Air and iPad mini 2 are both now available and selling like hotcakes. Many people could be considering buying one of these tablets but might not be sure about which to opt for,” Phones Review reports. “Today we want to show you an iPad Air vs. iPad mini 2 speed test video.”

“If you’re still undecided, or even if you’ve already purchased one of these tablets, the results of this speed test may interest you,” Phones Review reports. “The video shows the two tablets side-by-side and for fairness they are not running anything other than existing settings and so that one doesn’t have any advantage than the other, histories have been cleared along with cookies and data. Both are also hooked up to the same wireless network.”

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MacDailyNews Take: As an aside, the speed difference between the fourth generation iPad (Late 2012) and the new iPad Air is remarkably noticeable throughout usage. Both iOS and all apps are quicker and even more responsive that the iPad (4th gen.) which was no slouch itself. Now that we’ve been using iPad Air for a few weeks, using older iPads is a tough assignment. What a jump in performance in just one year!

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