Ipad Air drops wifi when streaming videos, browsing. iPhone 4S fine

I recently bought an ipad air.
I have been experiencing numerous problems regarding the wifi connection and I have contacted apple support twice about it but I thought I'd ask here before returning my device for a refund.
Basically, ipad air is behaving inferior to all my other apple devices.
Problems:
Wifi drops randomly and sometimes it comes back by relaunching the application (e.g. Safari) or sometimes I have to turn of wifi off and on again to restore connection. This especially happens when I watch streaming videos either on YouTube app or safari.
At the same time when I perform speedtests ipad air gives always mixed results most of the time being slower than my other devices (iPhone 4S , iPhone 3GS, MacBook Pro 2011).
What I have tried Already:
Resetting the network settings
Restarting the ipad and the router (bt hub5)
Switching between 2.4 and 5 ghz networks
The most important thing is that all my other devices , my iPhone 4S , my iPhone 3GS and my MacBook Pro work great in every network where the ipad air seems to either give poor performance or drop the connection randomly.
I would be happy to know if there is an issue with ipad airs that is going to be resolved with an upcoming OS update, I am patient. It would save me the hassle of returning the ipad for a refund.
Thank you so much in advance for any help.

Hi Finalizer,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you have not yet done so, I recommend backing up your iPad Air and restoring the device as new:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
After the device is restored and updated to the latest version of iOS 7, test the Wi-Fi connection with Safari or another app before restoring a backup of your data.
All the best,
Jeremy

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