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Apple iPad
32 GB Wi-FiApple iPad Air
Wi-Fi Only 128 GB| Global Score | |
| 45.9 | 77.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 5.1, 5, 4.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2010-01-27 | 2013-10-22 |
| 9.56 x 7.47 x 0.50 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 23.99 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| -- | Black, Gray and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| $ 288.00 | $ 280.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 132 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A4 chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| Single-Core 1000 MHz processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 256 MB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 7.56 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| -- | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 0 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRS |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air is much better than Apple iPad, having a score of 77.7 against 45.9. The iPad Air construction is much newer, incredibly thinner and incredibly lighter than the Apple iPad. These devices have iOS OS (Operating System), but iPad Air has a more recent 8.x version and Apple iPad has iOS 5.1.
IPad Air features a lot better screen than iPad, and although they both have a display of the same size, the iPad Air also has a lot higher 1536 x 2048 resolution and a lot more pixels per display inch. The iPad Air counts with a superior storage to install games and applications than iPad, because it has more internal memory capacity.
IPad Air has a really superior hardware performance than iPad, because it has a greater amount of RAM, a 64-bits processor, a GPU and a larger number of faster cores. The iPad Air counts with a really longer battery performance than iPad. IPad Air counts with a very superior camera than iPad.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones we compare here, iPad Air is also cheap compared to the Apple iPad, which makes buying this tablet a simple decision.
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