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Apple iPad 4
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| Global Score | |
| 70.8 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | iPadOS 18.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2025-03-12 |
| 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches | -- |
| 23.35 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| Black and White | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 740.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 13 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6X chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1400 MHz processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX554 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 7 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Polymer Battery | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad 4 has a general score of 70.8, which is just a bit better than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s score of 70.4. IPad 4 counts with iOS 7.x OS, and iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS. IPad 4 features a much more vibrant display than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display.
IPad 4 counts with a way better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has less processing cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processing unit. IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has as much memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos as iPad 4, they have exactly the same internal memory.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) takes a lot better videos and photos than Apple iPad 4, because it has a much higher 3840x2160 video definition, a lot bigger diafragm aperture to take better low-light images and a back camera with lot more megapixels. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery lifetime than iPad 4.
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