iPad Air Review: Find Out 5 Reasons Why Tablet Disappoints

iPad Air was released last month to much anticipation. Yet the new tablet has disappointed many Apple enthusiasts as the new tablet's features present little significant improvement from the previous model. Apples Senior VP announced that "It is so thin, light and powerful, once you hold one in your hand you will understand what a tremendous advancement this is." Yet while the iPad Air may be faster and lighter, the improvements are so minimal they hardly merit launching an entirely new name for the device.

1. It's Not That Light. Although it purports to be the lightest tablet on the market, some users have complained the new device hardly deserves its name. Indeed, the International Business Time's Dave Smith reports that the "device is "lighter" but certainly not surprisingly light." Meanwhile John Koetsier from Venture Beat writes that "it's not as simple or easy or effortless to hold as the .75 pound iPad Mini. And not as easy as some smaller Android alternatives."

2. There's No Touch ID. Apple excited Mac enthusiasts with the launch of Touch ID on the iPhone 5c, a feature which allowed users to unlock the phone with a pre-recorded fingerprint identification. As Gary Marshall writes in Tech Radar "the iPad Air's home button is the same one we've seen in every other iPad, so there's no finger-scanning fun with the iPad Air. That's a genuine surprise, and we suspect it's partly so Apple can go "woo! Fingerprints!" when it launches the iPad 6."

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3. It's Expensive. Apple is a luxury retailer, but with the lowering of the Mac Book Pro price, we would hope that there would be a reduction in the iPad's cost. But at $499 in its basic form, the tablet is still on the expenisve end of the market. In an age where you can get a tablet for as little as $150, the iPad air price tag is a little steep.

4. The Camera Disappoints. As Techradar suggests, iPad Air's camera was hardly an upgrade. Where iPad 4 boosted res boosted resolution from 0.7MP to 5MP, the upgrades on the Air are on the front-facing FaceTime camera. The rear shooter has been upgraded for better zooming and image stabilization, but it remains a 5MP camera: with phones like the Nokia Lumia boasting 42MP, the effort is disappointing. remains a 5MP effort, albeit one that's been tweaked for better video zooming and image stabilization.

5. It's Not That Fast. Although Apple was adamant that this would be the fastest iPad to date, the difference between the Air and the iPad 4 for practical purposes is minimal. As Dave Smith writes, Apple "advertises the iPad Air as having up to 2x the CPU and 2x the graphics performance of the previous iPad 4, but you barely feel the difference." Moreover, while its laptops have the super-fast 802.11ac WiFi, the iPad Air remains at the 801.11n speed, meaning the iPad Air has not hugele exceeded mobile device speeds.