里奇•杰洛夫斯基，彭博社（Bloomberg）：苹果office给力。“苹果推出了专为触摸屏优化的办公套件：包括文档、电子表格和PPT软件，让微软相形见绌。后者自称一直在开发iPad版Office，不过迄今为止我们只看到了一款功能有限、制作粗糙的iPhone office。苹果的办公套件完全能取代Office。例如Pages和微软Word功能相当。我能用Pages创建和编辑文档，还能把它保存在iCloud上。这样一来，我就能在别的Mac上打开它。我还可以把文档分享给别的非苹果用户。他们只需点击一个链接，就能在浏览器中打开文档，还能通过网页版的Pages编辑文档，我能实时在iPad上看到这些改动。虽然微软的设备也支持类似功能，但用户必须购买100美元一年的Office服务。在苹果iPad上，一切都免费，包括最新版的iPhoto和iMovie，通通免费。”

    蒂姆•史蒂文斯，科技资讯网（CNET）：更薄、更轻、更快、更好。优点：iPad Air拥有难以置信的纤薄身形，但性能得到了大幅提升，续航时间也非常给力。升级后的前置摄像头让FaceTime聊天更顺畅；视网膜显示屏的效果也依旧出色。缺点：iPhone 5S的Touch ID指纹扫描器不幸缺席。这一点真的非常遗憾，用户在解锁和购物时只好一遍遍地输入密码了。起售价16GB版499美元，与竞争对手产品相比稍显昂贵。我的建议：从功能来看：iPad Air和上代产品几乎完全一样，仅仅是处理器性能更强，视频聊天更加清晰而已。不过从设计上来看：iPad Air完全是焕然一新。它是目前市面上最棒的全尺寸平板电脑。

    布拉德•莫伦，瘾科技（Engadget）：iPad Air评测。“虽然身材娇小，体重又轻，但iPad Air摸上去却很结实。一体成型的铝合金外壳一如既往的结实。全新的钝角化边框比前几代的渐变式边框要更好把握；而且苹果增加了钻石削边，在斜面和iPad Air的主体之间形成一条分界线，使它更显高档。不过，我们的经验显示，削边的缺点在于常常容易产生凹痕或被划痕。”

    马特•沃玛，《每日电讯报》（Telegraph）：苹果最棒的平板。“极具销售天赋的苹果将一款变动不大的产品重新命名，使消费者更容易觉察到自己还没有最新款的iPad。”

    文森特•阮，科技网站SlashGear：续航给力。“iPad Air续航时间惊人。苹果宣称在充满电后，iPad Air可以支撑10小时WiFi上网、视频和音乐播放，就算在蜂窝网络中，也可以支撑9小时。而在实际应用中，我和我的小伙伴们都惊呆了。完全充电后，经过7个多小时的折腾——通过WiFi和蜂窝网络浏览网页、播放视频和音乐、不断使用应用和FaceTime，以及14个半小时的待机，iPad Air竟然还有77%的电量！即便是我们故意让iPad Air加快耗电——连续播放视频并保持高亮，它的电池依然表现惊人。”

    约翰•格鲁伯，科技博客Daring Fireball：iPad Air。“充电时间有些长，即便插上了12瓦的充电器也没啥改观。从37%充到66%需要1个小时，从66%充满还需要1个半小时。不过充一晚上电可以让你满负荷使用上一天时间，或是正常状态下好几天使用时间。从2010年第一代iPad开始，苹果就一直保持着最少10小时续航时间的传统，如今iPad Air继续发扬光大了这一点。”(财富中文网)

    译者：项航 

    Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg: Office Work. "The touch-screen-optimized productivity apps, which include a word processor, spreadsheet and presentation software, are a shot across the bow of Microsoft (MSFT). The company has been working on an iPad version of its Office software but has so far released only a limited, disappointing iPhone app. The Apple apps work the way Office should. Using Pages, the equivalent of Microsoft Word, I was able to create and edit a document that I saved to Apple's iCloud service and opened on a Mac. I also shared it with a non-Apple-using colleague. By clicking on a link, he opened the document in his browser, using a Web-based version of Pages to make changes I could immediately see on the iPad. You can do stuff like this on Microsoft-powered devices too -- but it costs you $100 a year for the subscription version of Office. Here, it's free, as are the latest versions of iPhoto and iMovie."

    Tim Stevens, CNET: Thinner, lighter, faster, best. The good: The iPad Air delivers more performance and comparable battery life in an attractive and impossibly thin-and-light package. An improved front-facing camera makes FaceTiming look better, and the Retina Display still looks great. The bad: The Touch ID fingerprint scanner, introduced on the iPhone 5S, is sadly absent here, meaning you'll still have to type in a passcode with every unlock and a password with every purchase. Starting at $499 for 16GB, it's still expensive compared with the competition. The bottom line: Functionally, the iPad Air is nearly identical to last year's model, offering only faster performance and better video chatting. But factor in design and aesthetics, and the iPad Air is on another planet. It's the best full-size consumer tablet on the market."

    Brad Molen, Engadget: iPad Air review. "Despite its petite size and lightweight build, it doesn't feel at all flimsy. The unibody aluminum chassis is just as solid as on older iPads. The sides have a blunter edge this time around, so you get more of a grip than the gradually sloping edges on previous models; and Apple has added chamfered, diamond-cut edges that form a boundary between the bezel and the rest of the tablet's body, which gives it a premium look. In our experience, however, the downside to chamfered edges is that they're often susceptible to dings and scratches."

    Matt Warma, Telegraph: Apple's finest tablet. "In a stroke of marketing genius, a largely similar product is now rebranded, making it easier for consumers to notice that they don't have the latest model."

    Vincent Nguyen, SlashGear: Battery. "Apple quotes up to 10 hours of WiFi-connected browsing, video, or music from a full charge of the iPad Air, or alternatively 9 hours over a cellular connection. In practice, though, and with mixed use, we were blown away by just how long the iPad Air can last. From a full charge, after more than 7 hours of frequent use – browsing over WiFi and cellular wireless, playing video files and music, and using apps and FaceTime – and almost 14.5 hours of standby, the iPad Air still had 77-percent of its battery remaining. Even when we purposefully tried to run the battery down, playing video and keeping the screen active, the iPad simply ran and ran."

    John Gruber, Daring Fireball: The iPad Air. "It does take a while to charge, even when using the included 12-watt power adapter. It took about an hour to go from 37 percent to 66 percent, and about 90 minutes to go from 66 percent all the way to 100. But charge it overnight and you should easily get a full day of active use or several days of casual use out of it. Starting with the original model in 2010, Apple has seemingly been unwilling to bend on a floor of 10 hours of battery life, and the iPad Air maintains this pedigree."