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Acer Iconia A3
Wi-Fi OnlyApple iPad Air 2
16 GB| Global Score | |
| 55.2 | 74.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Acer | Apple |
| Android 4.2 | iOS 8.x |
| 2013-10-01 | 2014-10-16 |
| 10.24 x 6.89 x 0.40 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 19.75 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| $ 235.00 | $ 231.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 149 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 350 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.5 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8125 chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| PowerVR SGX544 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 8.37 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.72 | 4.4 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 5.83 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 3.3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3540mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.52 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 2 is way better than the Acer Iconia A3, having a general score of 74.2 against 55.2. IPad Air 2 comes with iOS 8.x operating system, while Acer Iconia A3 counts with Android 4.2 operating system. IPad Air 2 is a newer tablet device, and it's also a lot lighter and way thinner than the Acer Iconia A3.
Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a bit faster CPU than Acer Iconia A3, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit and lesser CPU cores , it also counts with a greater amount of RAM memory and a 64-bits CPU. The Apple iPad Air 2 features a slightly better looking display than Acer Iconia A3, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with way more pixels per display inch and a much better 2048 x 1536 resolution.
Acer Iconia A3 counts with a much greater storage for games and applications than Apple iPad Air 2, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Acer Iconia A3 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that supports up to 32 GB. The Apple iPad Air 2 features a very superior camera than Acer Iconia A3, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video definition, the Apple iPad Air 2 also has a lot better resolution back facing camera.
IPad Air 2 features a really longer battery lifetime than Acer Iconia A3, because it has a 107% larger battery capacity.
Even being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, iPad Air 2 is also the cheapest one, which makes it an easy choice.
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