Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 66.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | iOS 13.x, 12.x |
| 2013-10-22 | 2019-05-28 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 3.10 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | $ 399.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 4 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1136 x 640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Hurricane and Zephyr, 64-bit, 16 nm (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | -- |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 Plus GPU |
| 9.27 | 8.91 |
| 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 + 1.20 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 |
| 7.92 | 8.25 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 2.4 |
| 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 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air is better than iPod Touch (2019), with a 77.9 score against 66.9. Despite being the best in this review, Apple iPad Air's design is way older, noticeably heavier and a lot thicker than the iPod Touch (2019). These tablets come with iOS OS (Operating System), but Apple iPad Air has newer 8.x version and iPod Touch (2019) has iOS 13.x.
The iPad Air counts with a bit better processor than Apple iPod Touch (2019), because although it has a lower number of cores and slower, it also counts with an additional graphics processing unit and a 64 bits CPU. The Apple iPad Air has just a bit better looking screen than iPod Touch (2019), because although it has a quite lower pixels number in each screen inch, it also counts with a way better resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a really bigger screen.
IPod Touch (2019) features a superior memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPad Air, because it has more internal memory. IPod Touch (2019) takes a little bit better photographs and videos than Apple iPad Air, and although they both have the same diafragm aperture, the same 1920x1080 video definition and the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, the iPod Touch (2019) also has a back camera with a much better 8 mega-pixels resolution.
The Apple iPad Air has a superior battery performance than iPod Touch (2019).
Despite of being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, the iPad Air is also by far the cheapest.
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