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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 64.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Asus |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 2025-03-04 | 2017-01-24 |
| -- | 9.54 x 6.46 x 0.27 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 17.28 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 9.7 inches |
| -- | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 8956 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 510 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 7800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 8.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is slightly better than Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE, with a 70.4 score against 64.8. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s body is extremely newer and incredibly thinner, but also noticeably heavier than Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.
The Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE features a much more powerful CPU than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lower number of cores and 4 GB less RAM memory. The Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE counts with a much sharper screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a way smaller display.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much better camera than Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE, because it has a much better 12 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera and a way better 3840x2160 video resolution. Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a very superior storage capacity to install applications and games than Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with longer battery lifetime than Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE, because it has a 24% more battery capacity.
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