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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 73.2 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iOS 8.x |
| 2021-09-24 | 2014-10-16 |
| 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 17.18 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| Silver and Space gray | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| -- | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 9.99 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.58 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.36 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | 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
The iPad Air 2 has a score of 79.3, which is a little bit better than iPad 10.2-inch (2021)'s score of 73.2. The iPad Air 2 comes with iOS 8.x OS, and iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has iPadOS 15.x OS. IPad Air 2 is an noticeably older portable tablet than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), but Apple was able to make it noticeably thinner and lighter.
IPad Air 2 counts with just a bit better looking screen than Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), although it has a little bit smaller screen, a little bit worse 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution and a little lower display pixels density. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a superior hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 2, and although they both have a 64-bits processing unit, the iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a greater number of faster cores.
Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a little bit better camera than Apple iPad Air 2. Both have a F2.4 diafragm aperture, the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, a same resolution back-facing camera and the same (Full HD) video resolution. Apple iPad Air 2 has a much greater memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because it has 128 GB internal storage.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with just a little bit longer battery life than iPad Air 2, because it has a 16% more battery size.
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