IPad Air 2: Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi +Cellular?

blade strike · Mar 19, 2015

Michael Dicker said:
Yes, its the same when you plug the Pad into a computer, just the 5V trough the usb port.
Its not enough power to make the pad switch the icon and text to "charging" but it does, just
very very very slow.

Correct, only 500mah is being outputted. Not enough to put most tablets in charging mode.

Mark Mahoney · Mar 19, 2015

Merko said:
only data is connected to the USB port, no power in the radio

I'm not sure I understand this. When I plug my iPhone 6 into the radio, it starts to charge my phone. I just checked it and sure enough, the little charging icon is on.

For those of you that say not to use an iPad mini, is it only because of size? For the little bit I've been using my drone, I've been using my iPhone 6 and an iPad mini would be great in comparison.

Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks,

Mark

EDIT: Duh, tablets as opposed to iphone. My bad.

Blurfonz · Mar 19, 2015

I just got a iPad Air 2 with cellular ... Loving it every bit. Large screen is definitely the way to go

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Merko · Mar 20, 2015

Mark Mahoney said:
I'm not sure I understand this. When I plug my iPhone 6 into the radio, it starts to charge my phone. I just checked it and sure enough, the little charging icon is on.

For those of you that say not to use an iPad mini, is it only because of size? For the little bit I've been using my drone, I've been using my iPhone 6 and an iPad mini would be great in comparison.

Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks,

Mark

EDIT: Duh, tablets as opposed to iphone. My bad.

Yes, my misstake. it sure do give some output power (I wasnt aware of this).

No idea why people don't recommend to use iPad mini. Maybe because of its performance? I'm really happy with my iPad Air 2 though.

Mark Mahoney · Mar 20, 2015

Merko said:
Yes, my misstake. it sure do give some output power (I wasnt aware of this).

No idea why people don't recommend to use iPad mini. Maybe because of its performance? I'm really happy with my iPad Air 2 though.

I am "assuming" that it's because of size. I use an iPad mini (retina) at work and it's nothing more than a larger version of my iPhone 6. I didn't know if there was something to do with processor speed or something.

Thanks,

Mark

Outta Control · Mar 20, 2015

Merko said:
Yes, my misstake. it sure do give some output power (I wasnt aware of this).

No idea why people don't recommend to use iPad mini. Maybe because of its performance? I'm really happy with my iPad Air 2 though.

Based on my reading research the answer to why it is not recommended to use the Mini is because of the processing power. The Mini 2/3 have the A7 processor and based on reports and video sample it works great. The Air 2 has the new A8X processor thus makes it a hair bit smoother.