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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi OnlyApple iPad 4
Verizon and SprintA1460
| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 70.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2014-10-16 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 23.35 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black and White |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 271.00 | $ 740.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | Apple A6X chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Dual-Core 1400 MHz processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | PowerVR SGX554 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 8.82 | 8.46 |
| 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 | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 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 | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Micro SIM |
| 6.7 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7340mAh Battery | Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 2 is much better than Apple iPad 4, with a 79.3 score against 70.8. The iPad Air 2 design is incredibly thinner and incredibly lighter than the Apple iPad 4. Both of these tablets include iOS operating system, but iPad Air 2 has a newer 8.x version and Apple iPad 4 has iOS 7.x, so it offers a couple additional features and improved performance.
The iPad Air 2 has a little bit better display than iPad 4. They have an equal resolution of 2048 x 1536px, a better count of pixels per inch in the screen and a display with the same size. IPad 4 features as much memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos as the Apple iPad Air 2 one, they have equal 128 GB internal storage.
IPad Air 2 has a bit better hardware performance than Apple iPad 4, because although it has doesn't have an extra GPU and a lower number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with a 64 bits processor and more RAM. The Apple iPad Air 2 has a much better battery life than iPad 4. Apple iPad Air 2 has a slightly better camera than Apple iPad 4, and although they both have the same video frame rate, the same (Full HD) video resolution and a F2.4 camera aperture, the Apple iPad Air 2 also has a camera in the back with a lot better 8 mega pixels resolution.
IPad Air 2 not only is the best tablets between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also by far the cheapest one.
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