iPad Air 2

Sean P. Aune

16 Oct 2014

	Apple - iPad Air 2
Display Size	9.7-inch, 1536 x 2048 pixel display (264 ppi)
Resolution X	1536
Resolution Y	2048
Display Type	LED-backlit widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
Operating System	iOS 8.1 (at launch)
Processor	A8X chip with 64‑bit architecture and M8 motion coprocessor
RAM	2GB
Storage	16GB 64GB 128GB
External Storage	No
Main Camera (Back)	8MP
Secondary Camera (Front)	1.2MP
Networks	CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900) GSM/EDGE LTE: Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41 UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA: 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.0
Battery	Up to 10 hours of surﬁng the web on Wi‑Fi, watching video, or listening to music: Up to 9 hours of surﬁng the web using cellular data network
NFC	No
Connectivity	3.5mm Headphone jack Lightning Touch ID
Sensors	Accelerometer Ambient light Barometer Three-axis gyro
GPS	A-GPS (cellular model only) Digital compass GLONASS (cellular model only) iBeacon microlocation
Height	9.4 inches (23.88 cm)
Width	6.6 inches (16.76 cm)
Depth	0.24 inches (6.1 mm)
Weight	434 g (15.31 oz)
Colors	Gold, Gray, White
Supported Audio Formats	AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Supported Video Formats	H.264 video up to 1080p, 60 frames per second, High Profile level 5.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Proﬁle with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov ﬁle formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi ﬁle format
In The Box	N/A

Carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

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