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| Global Score | |
| 55.2 | 74.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Acer | Apple |
| Android 4.2 | iOS 8.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 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 |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 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
IPad Air 2 is much better than Acer Iconia A3, with a 74.2 score against 55.2. The iPad Air 2 is a thinner and way lighter tablet device than the Acer Iconia A3. The iPad Air 2 counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Acer Iconia A3 comes with Android 4.2 OS. The iPad Air 2 features a little bit better performance than Acer Iconia A3, because although it has lesser processing cores and doesn't have a graphics co-processor, it also counts with 1 GB more RAM and a 64-bit processing unit.
Apple iPad Air 2 features a little more vivid screen than Acer Iconia A3, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a way greater display pixels density and a lot better resolution of 2048 x 1536. The Acer Iconia A3 counts with a very superior memory capacity for games and applications than Apple iPad Air 2, and although they both have equal 16 GB internal memory capacity, the Acer Iconia A3 also has a slot for external memory cards that supports a maximum of 32 GB.
Apple iPad Air 2 has a really longer battery lifetime than Acer Iconia A3, because it has a 107% bigger battery capacity. IPad Air 2 features a greater camera than Acer Iconia A3, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video definition and the same video frame rate, the iPad Air 2 also has a back-facing camera with a much better 8 mega pixels resolution.
The iPad Air 2 is not only the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also the cheapest one.
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