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| Global Score | |
| 72.3 | 62.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6, 5.1, 5, 4.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2011-03-02 |
| 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.34 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 21.62 ounces |
| Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 505.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 261 pixels per inch | 132 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.6 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | Apple A5 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| 10-core GPU GPU | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.01 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 0.70 MP + 0.30 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.16 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
| -- | Micro SIM |
| 10 | 3.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6944mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.24 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 2.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is better than Apple iPad 2, getting a overall score of 72.3 against 62.1. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Apple iPad 2 works with iOS 7.x operating system. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024)'s body is notably lighter and way thinner than the Apple iPad 2.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a much more vibrant display than Apple iPad 2, because it has a much higher pixels density, a quite bigger display and a much better resolution of 1640 x 2360px. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a much greater storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad 2, because it has more internal storage capacity.
Apple iPad 2 has a really superior processing power than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores (but faster), it also counts with an additional graphics processor. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) captures much better photographs and videos than Apple iPad 2, because it has a lot more megapixels back-facing camera and a lot bigger aperture.
The Apple iPad 2 counts with a very superior battery lifetime than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
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