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| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 73.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2013-10-22 | 2021-09-24 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 17.18 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 33.00mm 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 |
| 7.92 | 8.58 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 9.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air has a score of 77.9, which is a bit better than the iPad 10.2-inch (2021)'s global score of 73.2. The iPad Air design has the same thickness than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), but it's just a little bit lighter. The iPad Air counts with iOS 8.x OS, while iPad 10.2-inch (2021) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS.
The Apple iPad Air has a little sharper display than Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), although it has a little bit smaller screen, a just a bit lower pixels density and a little bit worse resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has a bit better processing power than Apple iPad Air, because although it has doesn't have a graphics co-processor, and they both have a 64-bits processor, the iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also counts with a larger number of cores (and also faster).
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with just a bit better camera than iPad Air, and although they both have the same aperture, the same video frame rate and the same (Full HD) video quality, the iPad 10.2-inch (2021) also has a back camera with lot more mega-pixels. The iPad Air features a much better storage to install games and applications than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because it has 64 GB more internal storage.
IPad Air has just a bit longer battery lifetime than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because it has a 3% bigger battery capacity.
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