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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 14 |
| 2025-03-12 | 2024-09-16 |
| -- | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| -- | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 12.3 inches |
| -- | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| -- | 290 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is better than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, getting a general score of 70.4 against 61.1. Even though iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) and the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 were released with only 6 months difference, the iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) construction is heavier but also much thinner than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3. The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 works with Android 14 operating system.
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a bit more powerful processor than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with 7 more CPU cores. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a lot better looking display than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot brighter display.
The iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots way better pictures and videos than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a lesser mega-pixels back facing camera, it also counts with a larger camera aperture for better low-light images and videos. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a superior memory capacity for games and applications than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has 128 GB more internal memory.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has just a bit longer battery duration than iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has 10050mAh of battery capacity.
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