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Apple iPad 4
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| Global Score | |
| 70.8 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 0000-00-00 | 2019-03-18 |
| 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches | 9.80 x 6.80 x 0.24 inches |
| 23.35 ounces | 16.37 ounces |
| Black and White | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| $ 740.00 | $ 779.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2224 x 1668 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6X chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1400 MHz processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX554 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.46 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Polymer Battery | 8134mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.04 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2019) is much better than Apple iPad 4, having an 85.9 score against 70.8. IPad Air (2019) is a much thinner and extremely lighter device than the Apple iPad 4. The iPad 4 has just a bit better display than iPad Air (2019), although it has a quite smaller display, a bit worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a quite lower display density.
IPad Air (2019) counts with much more storage for games and applications than Apple iPad 4, because it has 128 GB more internal storage. IPad Air (2019) counts with a lot better hardware performance than Apple iPad 4, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processor, it also counts with 2 GB more RAM memory, more CPU cores and a 64 bits processing unit.
The iPad Air (2019) features a very superior battery performance than Apple iPad 4. IPad Air (2019) has a superior camera than iPad 4, and although they both have the same aperture and the same 1920x1080 video definition, the iPad Air (2019) also has higher video frame rate and a back camera with lot more megapixels.
The Apple iPad Air (2019) costs a little more than the Apple iPad 4, but it's still a good choice, because you can get a lot more features for that extra money.
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