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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| iOS 8.x | Android 14 |
| 2014-10-16 | 2024-09-16 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 271.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 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 | 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 | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 2 is much better than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, having a overall score of 79.3 against 61.1. The iPad Air 2 works with iOS 8.x operating system, while Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 works with Android 14 operating system. The iPad Air 2 construction is a lot lighter than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, but it is just a little bit thicker and was released many years before.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a little sharper screen than iPad Air 2, because it has a better resolution of 1920 x 3000 pixels, a just a little better number of pixels in each inch in the screen and a bigger display. The Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a way better processing power than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has 10 GB lesser RAM, and they both have the same number of cores, the Apple iPad Air 2 also counts with a 64-bit processing unit.
Apple iPad Air 2 has a little bit better camera than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, although it has a smaller diafragm aperture which is worse for low-light images and a back facing camera with a way worse 8 megapixels resolution. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a much bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad Air 2, because it has 256 GB internal storage.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a much better battery lifetime than iPad Air 2, because it has a 37% more battery capacity.
Even being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the iPad Air 2 is also a bargain compared to the other tablets, which makes this tablet an obvious call.
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