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Apple iPad 4
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 70.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 14.x | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2020-10-16 | 0000-00-00 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 23.35 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Black and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| $ 729.00 | $ 740.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Apple A6X chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Dual-Core 1400 MHz processor |
| -- | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | PowerVR SGX554 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 10.26 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Micro SIM |
| 6.1 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) is a little bit better than the iPad 4, having a 71.7 score against 70.8. The Apple iPad Air (2020) has iPadOS 14.x OS, while iPad 4 counts with iOS 7.x OS. The Apple iPad Air (2020) construction is way thinner and much lighter than the iPad 4. The Apple iPad 4 counts with a bit better looking screen than iPad Air (2020), although it has a quite smaller screen and a quite lower 1536 x 2048 pixels resolution, they both have the same display pixels density.
IPad Air (2020) features a much greater performance than iPad 4, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, it also counts with a greater number of cores (and faster) and a 64-bit processor. Apple iPad Air (2020) features a lot better camera than iPad 4, because it has a much higher video quality, a way bigger camera aperture to capture better photography and videos in low light situations and a way better 12 megapixels resolution back camera.
The Apple iPad 4 has a way bigger memory for apps and games than iPad Air (2020), because it has 128 GB internal storage. Apple iPad 4 has a battery life that's just as good as Apple iPad Air (2020)'s battery performance.
Even being the best tablet of the ones we are comparing, the Apple iPad Air (2020) is also cheap compared to the other tablet, making it a very good choice.
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