????周四，蘋(píng)果公司（Apple）在加州庫(kù)比蒂諾總部發(fā)布了全新iPad。《財(cái)富》雜志（Fortune）花半小時(shí)試用了這兩款新品。盡管看起來(lái)，蘋(píng)果只是大幅升級(jí)了去年的老款——其中一款升級(jí)幅度更大，這并不是一次徹底的產(chǎn)品革新，但新款iPad的品質(zhì)對(duì)得起蘋(píng)果的名聲。

????iPad Air 2：

????盡管iPad Air 2缺乏創(chuàng)新亮點(diǎn)，但卻進(jìn)行了全面的小幅升級(jí)。這款全新的9.7英寸平板與去年的老款看起來(lái)別無(wú)二致，但卻輕薄了18%——這使它比一支鉛筆還薄，成為市面上最薄的平板（蒂姆?庫(kù)克在發(fā)布會(huì)上開(kāi)玩笑稱(chēng)：“你還能看得見(jiàn)它嗎？”）據(jù)蘋(píng)果公司稱(chēng)，全新的屏幕使炫光和反光減少近半。同時(shí)它也搭載了了Touch ID，也就是去年亮相iPhone 5S的指紋掃描技術(shù)，用戶把手指放在Home鍵上就可以解鎖。

????iPad Air的其他改進(jìn)都在意料之中：更快的處理器和圖形芯片，能快速抓拍多張照片的Burst模式，定價(jià)599美元及以上的機(jī)型享有更大存儲(chǔ)空間。10月24日起，新iPad Air開(kāi)始接受預(yù)訂。

????所有這些小幅升級(jí)都不會(huì)讓用戶感到驚艷，但它們整體上確實(shí)讓iPad用戶的使用體驗(yàn)更好了。應(yīng)用打開(kāi)得更快，網(wǎng)站加載速度更快，我試玩的一款有大量圖形界面的游戲也運(yùn)行得飛快。而新屏幕到底如何呢？它號(hào)稱(chēng)大幅減少了炫光和反光，但只有當(dāng)我把它放在燈下的一臺(tái)iPad Mini 3邊上時(shí)，才能感受到這種效果。確實(shí)有一定效果，但遠(yuǎn)不如我期待的那么明顯。

????iPad mini 3：

????如果說(shuō)體型較大的iPad今年算是做了點(diǎn)“整容”的話，那它的小姐妹就只能說(shuō)做了半小時(shí)的“臉部養(yǎng)護(hù)”了。iPad mini 3也是10月24日開(kāi)售，7.9英寸的迷你身材讓它輕松便攜，但除了加了個(gè)Touch ID之外，它就沒(méi)多少升級(jí)了。確實(shí)它現(xiàn)在有土豪金、銀色和“太空灰”幾個(gè)顏色了，但iPad Air 2也這樣。此外，定價(jià)499美元及以上的iPad Mini 3存儲(chǔ)空間更大了，但iPad Air 2同樣如此。

????實(shí)際上，iPad mini 3在尺寸、處理器和攝像頭等方面和去年的老款幾乎一模一樣，以至于拿著這臺(tái)“新款”給我一種似曾相識(shí)的錯(cuò)覺(jué)。跟Air2相比，它顯然更厚，運(yùn)行速度慢得多，也沒(méi)有Air 2那塊防炫光的屏幕。它仍然是一款便宜耐用的平板——只是沒(méi)什么新東西罷了。

????Apple unveiled new iPads at the tech giant’s Cupertino, Ca. headquarters on Thursday. Fortune had 30 minutes to try them both out. While Apple clearly fine-tuned last year’s models — one much more than the other — instead of entirely remaking them, the latest iPads seemingly uphold company’s reputation for making quality products.

????The iPad Air 2:

????What the iPad Air 2 lacks in sheer novelty, it makes up for with tweaks across the board. The new 9.7-inch tablet looks a lot like last year’s model, but manages to be 18% slimmer — a design feat that makes the iPad Air 2 thinner than a pencil. It’s the thinnest tablet on the market. (“Can you even see it?” Tim Cook quipped at the unveiling.) A new screen cuts glare and reflections by roughly half, according to Apple. And now there’s Touch ID, the same fingerprint scanning technology found in last year’s iPhone 5s that lets users unlock their devices by placing a finger on the home button.

????The rest of the iPad Air’s improvements are beneath the hood: a faster processor and graphics chip, a Burst mode feature that quickly snaps a series of photos and more storage on iPad models priced $599 and above. It will be available starting Oct. 24.

????All those nips and tucks won’t blow users away, but they do add up to a better experience overall for iPad users. Apps open faster, websites load more quickly and a graphics-heavy driving video game I tried zipped by. As for that new screen? It cuts down on glare and reflections, but I only appreciated the effect when I placed the tablet alongside the iPad Mini 3 under a lamp. It’s there, but far more subtle than I expected.

????The iPad mini 3:

????If the larger iPad received something of a face lift this year, its smaller sibling got a half-hour facial. Available Oct. 24, the iPad mini 3 is more portable thanks to its 7.9-inch size, but there’s very little new here besides the addition of Touch ID. Sure, it comes in gold now, as well as silver and “space gray,” but so does the iPad Air 2. And yes, the iPad Mini 3 offers more storage on models priced $499 and over, but again, the iPad Air 2 does that, too.

????In fact, the iPad mini 3 is virtually identical to last year’s model down to the dimensions, processor and camera, so much so that handling the device gave me déjà vu. Compared to the Air 2, it’s noticeably thicker, runs significantly slower and lacks the Air 2’s glare-resistant screen. It’s still a solid, affordable tablet — it just doesn’t offer much that’s new.