The table above summarizes the only thing that matters when talking about the iPad Air 2. Its thickness is only 45% of the original iPad and its weight 64%.

These numbers show that the new iPad Air 2 is a marvel of technology. When people ask me what is new in the latest model of an Apple device, I quite often talk about the weight and thickness of it.

Of course, new models are invariably faster and with many funky technologies, but it would be easier to add them on a device of the same size as the previous generation.

Adding new technologies, while making the device lighter and thinner is way harder. The physical aspect of a device always plays an important role when using it, for the good and bad.