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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 77.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 14.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2020-10-16 | 2013-10-22 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Black, Gray and White |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 729.00 | $ 273.00 |
| 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 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| -- | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 10.26 | 9.27 |
| 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 |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| 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, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.52 |
| 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
IPad Air has a general score of 77.9, which is a little bit better than the iPad Air (2020)'s global score of 71.7. The iPad Air has iOS 8.x operating system, while iPad Air (2020) works with iPadOS 14.x operating system. The iPad Air body is older, a little bit heavier and notably thicker than iPad Air (2020).
The iPad Air features just a bit better screen than Apple iPad Air (2020), although it has a little worse 1536 x 2048 resolution and a quite smaller screen, they both have the same display density. The iPad Air features a lot bigger memory capacity for games and applications than iPad Air (2020), because it has more internal storage capacity.
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a greater hardware performance than Apple iPad Air, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processor, and they both have a 64 bits processor, the Apple iPad Air (2020) also counts with a greater number of faster cores. The iPad Air (2020) takes greater videos and photos than Apple iPad Air, because it has a camera with lot more mega-pixels, a much bigger aperture to take better low-light images and video and a lot better video quality.
Apple iPad Air counts with a way better battery performance than Apple iPad Air (2020).
Despite of being the best tablet in our current comparison, iPad Air is also a bargain compared to others, making this tablet an obvious call.
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