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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 74.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 8.x | HarmonyOS |
| 2014-10-16 | 2021-07-06 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 9.69 x 6.26 x 0.28 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Dark Blue and White |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 271.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 280 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SM8250 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 3200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.81 |
| 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 | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7340mAh Battery | 7250mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 8.56 | 8.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 2 has a global score of 79.3, which is just a bit better than the Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021)'s general score of 74.8. Although the Apple iPad Air 2 is much older than the Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), it's construction is somewhat thinner and just a little lighter. The Apple iPad Air 2 has iOS 8.x operating system, and Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) works with HarmonyOS operating system.
The iPad Air 2 counts with just a bit better looking display than Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), although it has a little worse pixels number in each inch in the display, a quite smaller display and a bit lower 2048 x 1536 resolution. The Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021) has a better performing processor than iPad Air 2, because although it has a 32 bits CPU against 64-bits, it also counts with 7 more processing cores and a greater amount of RAM.
Apple iPad Air 2 takes much clearer photographs and videos than Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), although it has a way smaller diafragm aperture which is worse for capturing pictures or video in low light environments, they both have the same video frame rates, a 8 megapixels resolution camera in the back and the same (Full HD) video quality.
Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021)'s memory to store more games and applications is just as good as the Apple iPad Air 2 one, both of them have exactly the same internal storage capacity. IPad Air 2 has just a little bit longer battery performance than Huawei MatePad Pro 10.8 (2021), because it has a 7340mAh battery size against 7250mAh.
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