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| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2013-10-22 | 2020-10-16 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.26 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| 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 | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air has a score of 77.9, which is a little bit better than the Apple iPad Air (2020)'s 71.7 overall score. The iPad Air works with iOS 8.x operating system, and Apple iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x operating system. Although it's the best tablet in our current comparison, iPad Air is a older, just a little bit heavier and much thicker tablet than the Apple iPad Air (2020).
The iPad Air counts with a slightly better looking screen than iPad Air (2020), although it has a bit worse 1536 x 2048 resolution and a little smaller screen, they both have a higher pixels amount per screen inch. The iPad Air (2020) has a better processor than iPad Air, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processor, and they both have a 64-bit processing unit, the iPad Air (2020) also counts with a larger number of faster cores.
IPad Air (2020) takes a lot better photographs and videos than Apple iPad Air, because it has a lot better video resolution, a much larger diafragm aperture for better low-light captures and videos and a much higher resolution camera in the back. The iPad Air counts with much more memory to store more games and applications than iPad Air (2020), because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The iPad Air has a much better battery performance than iPad Air (2020).
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, the Apple iPad Air is also very cheap compared to the other ones, making it a no doubt choice.
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