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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2014-10-16 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 15.41 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 271.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7340mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 2 is way better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), getting a general score of 79.3 against 62.5. The Apple iPad Air 2 counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS. IPad Air 2 counts with a much better screen than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a quite smaller display.
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with as much storage for apps and games as iPad Air 2, both have exactly the same 128 GB internal storage. The Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a very superior CPU than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has less RAM, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores and a 64-bit processor.
IPad Air 2 has a much better battery life than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). IPad Air 2 takes just a bit better pictures and videos than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a camera in the back with a lot worse 8 mega pixels resolution and a much tinier diafragm aperture which is not good for taking photographs and/or video in low light environments.
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