iPad Air 2 Release Date: Spec Rumors Of 2GB RAM, A8X Processor & More Could Debut On The New iPad Air 2 On The Apple Event
Apple's iPad Air 2 release date could be revealed by the end of this week.
The tablet running iOS 8 got a significant upgrade last year along with Apple's iPad Mini (now retina).
Looking forward, the iPad Air 2 rumors swirling say the tablet can expect some significant spec bumps.
The A8X chip could be likened to a deluxe version of the processor running in Apple's latest crop of iPhones.
iPad Air 2 rumors of the A8X coming to the new tablet come from Apple Club TW. The iPhone 6's A8 chip boasts a 64-bit architecture that, according to Apple, can do more heavy-lifting while being more power efficient than last year's A7.
We wouldn't advise throwing out your perfectly modded gaming PC just yet, though for tablet tasks and graphic-intensive mobile gaming, the A8 performs well.
2GB of RAM could be present in the upcoming iPad, so says Apple Club.
A paltry amount of RAM these days, but 2GB has never been seen before in the iOS world.
While newer iPads, and iPhones as well, can run individual apps smoothly, RAM comes into play when needing to multitask.
Apple solves this problem by silently closing apps in the background when they haven't been used in a while, but 2GB of random access memory could solve even more constraints throughout iOS.
Like, for example, the number of webpages Safari can hold to in order to make tab switching more seamless.
16GB still appears to be the base model of the lowest tier iPad Air 2, according to MacRumors. Even though flash storage these days cost like, nothing these days, Apple continues to include 16 as its lowest option.
