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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 61.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iOS 8.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-16 | 2021-05-26 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 9.72 x 6.54 x 0.36 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 16.40 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Denim, Lavender and Olive |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| $ 271.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | MediaTek Helio P60T MT8183 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Cortex-A73, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 6.05 |
| 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 | |
| 7340mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 2 is much better than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), with a overall score of 79.3 against 61.8. The Apple iPad Air 2 has iOS 8.x operating system, while Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) works with Android 9.0 Pie operating system. Apple iPad Air 2's design is much thinner and a bit lighter than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), despite of the fact that it was released 7 years before.
The iPad Air 2 has a much better display than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 2048 x 1536 and a little better quantity of pixels per inch of display. Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) counts with just a little better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 2, because although it has a 32-bit processor against 64-bits, it also counts with a higher number of cores and 1 GB more RAM memory.
The Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) counts with a bigger memory for games and applications than Apple iPad Air 2, because although it has only 32 GB internal storage, it also counts with an external memory slot that holds up to 1 TB. The iPad Air 2 counts with a much longer battery performance than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021).
The Apple iPad Air 2 captures much better photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021), because it has a way better (Full HD) video definition and a much more MP back facing camera.
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