Alleged Apple iPad Air 2 guts photographed – another confirmation of A8X and 2 GB RAM

posted by Paul.K / Oct 14, 2014, 7:47 AM

Alleged Apple iPad Air 2 guts photographed – another confirmation of A8X and 2 GB RAM

We've heard the rumors about the Apple iPad Air 2 sporting an A8X SoC and 2 GB of RAM a few times already. A picture, published by Taiwanese site Apple Club just adds to the pile, but it's still an interesting bit to look at.

What Apple Club posted is allegedly the guts of an iPad Air 2 – a PCB board with what looks to be most of its components already in place, including the A8X chip and the Elpida 2 GB RAM chip right next to it. If real, the whole thing was possibly pulled fresh off the assembly line (let's hope no one gets fined $50 million for this juicy leak).

The Apple iPad Air 2 is expected to be revealed this Thursday, alongside a new version of the iPad mini, and a refresh of at least one of the Mac lines (as derived from the Cupertinians' invitation, which only reads "It's been way too long"). The event will be live-streamed, but if you can't wait – check out our rumor round-up here.

source: Apple Club via The Register

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31 Comments

1. Iodine

Posts: 1480; Member since: Jun 19, 2014

(To be) Fastest on the planet.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 7:53 AM 2

2. sipha

Posts: 440; Member since: May 12, 2012

Do you consider the surface Pro 3 a tablet??

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:00 AM 6

4. Iodine

Posts: 1480; Member since: Jun 19, 2014

Don't. But even if you do, would you trade a hudred bucks and about 70% heavier body for not so much faster experience (and shorter battery life) ?

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:12 AM 2

5. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Sorry buddy, but the Surface Pro 3 is a tablet. You can't say otherwise. Sure it's expensive, but it can actually do stuff PC's can & do stuff iOS & Android tablets can't!

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:16 AM 13

8. Iodine

Posts: 1480; Member since: Jun 19, 2014

It can do some things like a PC, but it doesn't matter because: 1. We live in post PC era. 2. It is compromising on weight and battery life to do so. Or I would consider that apealing if it would be same formfactor as an iPad Air for example, thin, light and long lasting. But now it's just a bad laptop and an even worse tablet, nothing more.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:28 AM 2

10. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

POST PC ERA! Are you kidding me... lol Now I know you are either a teenager or some lost poor adult soul, because that comment is premature at best! Try working at any major fortune 500 corporation with just an iPad. lol WOW! That comment just lost you all credibility. I am so sorry you think that!

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:48 AM 13

13. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

I want to apologize. I didn't mean to sound so harsh with the credibility remark, it's just to say we life in a "Post PC era" is SUPER extreme. Again I was so shocked that anyone would think that, sorry for coming off so harsh. I reread my remark & I feel it's indeed harsh!

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:02 AM 5

15. Ninetysix

Posts: 2964; Member since: Oct 08, 2012

No Problem broski. I'm looking forward to your Surface 3 > AndroidTabletName comments in the future android tablet threads.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:05 AM 1

16. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Hey I am an Android guy. I am going to buy the Google Nexus 9 when it comes out for sure. I can admit with out any doubt that the Surface Pro 3 is an awesome sweet device. It's just that for the price of it, I would love to build a Home Theater PC with a Blu-Ray burner & 2TB of memory, SSD drive, with an kick ass Intel processor & a sick graphics card, all with 7.1 surround sound in a case that looks like a AV receiver! That's just me though! lol

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:17 AM 1

17. ArtSim98

Posts: 3535; Member since: Dec 21, 2012

I'm a teenager and I'm really worried about the future of PC's. Almost nobody my age or younger has or even wants a PC or if they have they don't use it. Mostly just the people who do gaming have a PC.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:30 AM 1

18. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Trust me PC's are awesome still. What you can do & accomplish on them is insane. Build yourself a kick a$$ PC. You will LOVE IT! I promise. Gaming on PC's is bananas! +1 for the honesty.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:37 AM 5

21. Furbal unregistered

That's because they don't work yet. Osx/windows are not going anywhere anytime soon in industry

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 10:25 AM 1

23. strudelz100

Posts: 646; Member since: Aug 20, 2014

What kind of tool sells his soul to work for a Fortune 500 corp?

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 2:39 PM 0

11. Jommick

Posts: 221; Member since: Sep 10, 2013

Lol post PC era. I strongly doubt that companies like Intel and Nvidia would be releasing new desktop components such as Intel's new i7-5xxxK series CPUs and Nvidia's GTX 9xx series of graphics cards if the PC were a dying market. Mobile and game console manufacturers wouldn't be striving for desktop class performance if the PC was really something that was on it's way out. I'll believe PC is dead when a tablet can beat out the raw computational and gaming performance of my PC at an equal or lesser cost.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:49 AM 4

12. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Thank you. You speak of entertainment, & that is SUPER important also, but like I stated earlier business runs on PC. You need a PC to make an iPad, not the other way around. Trust me iPad's are NOT being used in fortune 500 corporations run business. They are a complement for email & menial duties. DEFINITELY will never replace a PC. As a matter of fact, PC's are getting smaller & smaller. Once the Surface Pro 3 caliber tablet is the same price as a iPad or Android tablet, guess what the masses will buy... "Post PC era"... Joke of the day for sure! +1

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:57 AM 0

14. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Read post 13. Sorry for sounding harsh. I feel bad, I don't want to make people feel uncomfortable coming to PhoneArena.com.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:03 AM 0

20. Muayyad

Posts: 240; Member since: Oct 05, 2012

Typical ifan comment. So the iPad was designed by the iPhone ?

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 10:12 AM 2

25. Ikechukwu

Posts: 250; Member since: Oct 03, 2011

POST PC... hahaha, that cracked me up.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 4:01 PM 1

27. joey_sfb

Posts: 6794; Member since: Mar 29, 2012

Like what? What can PC do that, other platforms tablet can't?

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:08 PM 0

30. Leo_MC

Posts: 7432; Member since: Dec 02, 2011

CAD (I mean real CAD). 3D models (Pixar). Programming: 10 different windows where you can write 10 different functions. Stocks; no, I don't mean the app on iPhone, I mean 3 23" displays with 50 live records. Do you want more?

posted on Oct 15, 2014, 2:14 AM 1

31. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

lololololololololololololololol +1

posted on Oct 15, 2014, 8:25 AM 0

3. SuperAndroidEvo

Posts: 4888; Member since: Apr 15, 2011

Yeah, yeah... The fastest sure that's great. Super lovely. It's still running iOS so that's a HUGE question mark... Or should I asterisk?

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:02 AM 5

6. Tritinum

Posts: 471; Member since: May 06, 2014

That's one good looking motherboard

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:20 AM 0

7. alrightihatepickingusernames

Posts: 474; Member since: Dec 29, 2013

Finally! Last years iPads and iPhone should've shipped with 2 gigs of RAM, especially with 64 bit.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:20 AM 0

24. hellonerds

Posts: 334; Member since: Aug 27, 2013

There's more sheeps then rams

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 2:53 PM 3

9. ihavenoname

Posts: 1693; Member since: Aug 18, 2013

iPad Mini Retina w/ 2gb of RAM and Touch ID= I'm sold.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 8:28 AM 4

19. Droid_X_Doug

Posts: 5993; Member since: Dec 22, 2010

The mini is this year's best-kept iToy secret. The Air has basically been outed before the official announcement. OTOH, very few details of the mini have leaked. Most of what has 'leaked' on the mini is more in the category of speculation.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 9:46 AM 1

22. CreeDiddy

Posts: 2203; Member since: Nov 04, 2011

Please place clock speed on the A8X @ 2Ghz with a faster GPU. My gut feeling this is going to happen on Thursday iPad Mini Retina 2 TouchID, A8, 1GB RAM, 2048x1536 res (Retina HD), Thinner profile of 7mm Wifi 16GB $399, 64GB $499, 128GB, $599 Wifi + LTE = $529, $629, $729 iPad Air 2 TouchID, A8X, 2GB RAM, 2880x1600 res (Retina HD), Split Screen, Thinner profile of 7mm Wifi 16GB $499, 64GB $599, 128GB, $699 Wifi + LTE = $629, $729, $829 iPad Air Plus TouchID, A8X, 2GB RAM, 3840x2160 res (Retina HD), Split Screen, Thinner profile of 6.9mm Wifi 16GB $599, 64GB $699, 128GB, $799 Wifi + LTE = $729, $829, $929 Next year iOS and MacOS X will converge. For now they are releasing a bigger iPad to combat the Galaxy 12.2 Tab. This should happen on Thursday.

posted on Oct 14, 2014, 10:35 AM 0

28. joey_sfb

Posts: 6794; Member since: Mar 29, 2012

iOS is already a compact kernel derived from Mac OS X. Android, Mac OS X, iOS all have Unix/Linux roots. Only Microsoft OS three distinctive kernel for PC/RT/WP. There should just extend their x86 and amd64 kernel to phone like they planned with Windows 10.