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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 77 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| -- | iOS 8.x |
| 2018-03-27 | 2014-10-16 |
| 9.40 x 6.60 x 0.29 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| $ 559.00 | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24 chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| Hurricane and Zephyr, 64-bit, 16 nm (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| PowerVR 7XT GT7600 Plus GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 9.18 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 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 |
| 8.25 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8827mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 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
IPad Air 2 is slightly better than the Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018), having a 79.3 score against 77. The iPad Air 2 body is somewhat thinner and a little bit lighter than the Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018), although it was released 4 years before. The iPad Air 2 counts with a more vivid display than iPad 9.7-inch (2018). Both of them have a screen with the same size, the same pixels density and an equal 2048 x 1536 resolution.
IPad Air 2 features as much memory for games and applications as the iPad 9.7-inch (2018), both of them have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory capacity. The iPad 9.7-inch (2018) has a little better performance than Apple iPad Air 2, because although it has a 32 bits processing unit instead of 64-bits, and they both have a 2 GB RAM, the iPad 9.7-inch (2018) also counts with a higher number of faster cores.
The iPad Air 2 counts with a slightly better camera than Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018). Both have the same video quality, a 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera, a same size diafragm aperture and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate. The Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2018) features longer battery life than iPad Air 2, because it has a 20% larger battery capacity.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the iPad Air 2 is also by far the cheapest one.
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