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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi OnlyHuawei MediaPad X2
LTE 1/3/7GEM-703L
| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 72.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 8.x | Android 5.0 |
| 2014-10-16 | 2015-04-07 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 7.22 x 4.09 x 0.28 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 8.78 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Gold |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 271.00 | $ 399.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 7 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 323 pixels per inch |
| -- | 450 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.2 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 2000 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Mali-T628 GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 6.93 |
| 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-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Nano SIM | SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7340mAh Battery | 5000mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 2 has an overall score of 79.3, which is a little bit better than Huawei MediaPad X2's general score of 72.7. IPad Air 2 comes with iOS 8.x operating system, while Huawei MediaPad X2 comes with Android 5.0 operating system. IPad Air 2's construction is somewhat thinner but extremely heavier than Huawei MediaPad X2, and both of them were released only a few months apart.
The Huawei MediaPad X2 counts with just a bit better screen than iPad Air 2, because although it has a quite lower resolution of 1920 x 1200px and a really smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit better quantity of pixels in each inch in the display. Huawei MediaPad X2 has a bit more powerful CPU than iPad Air 2, and although they both have a 64-bit CPU, the Huawei MediaPad X2 also has a greater amount of RAM memory and more cpu cores.
Apple iPad Air 2 has a very superior camera than Huawei MediaPad X2, although it has a lower (Full HD) video quality and a back camera with lot less MP resolution. Apple iPad Air 2 features a very superior storage to install games and applications than Huawei MediaPad X2, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 96 GB more internal storage.
IPad Air 2 counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Huawei MediaPad X2, because it has 7340mAh of battery capacity against 5000mAh.
The Apple iPad Air 2 not only is the best tablets of the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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