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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 57.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Verizon |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 2025-03-04 | 2016-11-10 |
| -- | 8.26 x 5.04 x 0.31 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 11.99 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | 16 777 216 |
| -- | $ 250.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8 inches |
| -- | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 283 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 8952 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 405 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.64 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is way better than the Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD, getting a general score of 70.4 against 57.6. Even though the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a lot heavier than the Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD, it's noticeably thinner and also newer. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.
The Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD features a really superior hardware performance than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less RAM, they both have 8 cores. Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD has a much sharper display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller screen.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much bigger memory for applications and games than Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with 112 GB more internal memory. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a much longer battery life than Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD, because it has 9705mAh of battery capacity instead of 5100mAh.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) captures better videos and photos than Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD, because it has a lot better video resolution, a larger diafragm aperture and a lot higher resolution back camera.
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