The New iPad Air 2 at 6.1mm makes it the thinnest tablet in the world (for now). It is lighter 0.96 pound 437g versus 1 pound (469g) of its predecessor. A slight change, with power and volume rocker are now tilted to face backward as well as to color options of gold, silver and space grey.
It still sports that 9.7 inch IPS at 2048x1536 resolution display with just an addition antireflective coating that reduces glare by 56%.
Under the hood, the iPad Air 2 is now powered by 1.5GHz Apple A8x 64bit Tri-Core Processor with up to 12x processing power and up to 180x graphic performance. M8 coprocessor takes the load when it comes to sensors and their data. It packs 2GB of RAM. See Here Benchmark test conducted by Primatelabs.com
Touch ID feature has finally been added to the iPad line.
Camera features upgraded to 8MP BSI with ƒ/2.4 aperture size that now shoots 1080p video-recording and now supports 120 fps slow-mo videos plus now comes with burst mode. The Facetime HD Camera has a larger ƒ/2.2 aperture that translate to more light to enter and so brighter clear outputs.
WiFi is 2.8x faster that supports 802.11ac and MIMO so up to 866Mbps download speed.
It is said that it still at 10hrs battery life. Oh with its announcement, also comes the release of new iOS 8.1.
Prices
Wi‑Fi only
16GB($499) / 64GB($599) / 128GB($699)
WiFi + Cellular
16GB($629) / 64GB ($729) / 128GB ($829)
