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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 8.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2014-10-16 |
| -- | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 9.7 inches |
| -- | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.8 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 2 is much better than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), getting a 79.3 score against 70.4. IPad Air 2 works with iOS 8.x OS, while Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS. Apple iPad Air 2 has a much better screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller screen.
Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a much more powerful processing unit than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has lesser cores (although they are faster) and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a 64-bits CPU. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a better camera than iPad Air 2, because it has a much larger diafragm aperture to take better low light captures, a much better 3840x2160 video resolution and a lot better 12 MP resolution camera.
IPad Air 2 counts with as much storage capacity to store more apps and games as the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) one, both of them have exactly the same internal storage. Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with improved battery life than Apple iPad Air 2, because it has a 32% bigger battery size.
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