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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 79.3 | 57.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Xiaomi |
| iOS 8.x | Android 12, 11 |
| 2014-10-16 | 2021-09-23 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches | 10.03 x 6.55 x 0.27 inches |
| 15.41 ounces | 18.03 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Cosmic Black and Pearl White |
| Aluminium | -- |
| $ 271.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 11 inches |
| 1536 x 2048 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A8X chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 SM8150-AC (7 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Kryo 485 Gold, 64-bit (Octa-Core 3 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GXA6850 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 8.82 | 3.78 |
| 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 | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.47 | 9.46 |
| 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 | 8720mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.56 | 9.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air 2 has a general score of 79.3, which is a lot better than the Xiaomi pad 5's 57.7 global score. IPad Air 2 has iOS 8.x operating system, while Xiaomi pad 5 counts with Android 12 operating system. The iPad Air 2 construction is somewhat lighter and somewhat thinner than Xiaomi pad 5, even though it was released many years before.
Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a much better screen than Xiaomi pad 5, although it has a little worse screen pixel density, a little bit smaller screen and a little bit lower resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. Xiaomi pad 5 counts with as much memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos as the iPad Air 2 one, both of them have exactly the same internal memory.
IPad Air 2 has a lot better processing power than Xiaomi pad 5, because although it has less processing cores and 4 GB less RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU. The Xiaomi pad 5 has improved battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air 2, because it has 8720mAh of battery capacity instead of 7340mAh.
Xiaomi pad 5 captures much clearer pictures and videos than Apple iPad Air 2, because it has a bigger aperture for better captures and video in poorly lited situations, a way better (4K) video definition and a back-facing camera with lot more megapixels.
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