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Apple iPad Air
Wi-Fi Only 128 GB| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 77.7 |
| 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 |
| $ 729.00 | $ 280.00 |
| 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, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRS |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 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
The Apple iPad Air is slightly better than the Apple iPad Air (2020), getting a 77.7 score against 71.7. Apple iPad Air works with iOS 8.x operating system, and Apple iPad Air (2020) works with iPadOS 14.x operating system. The Apple iPad Air body is much older, a bit heavier and a lot thicker than the Apple iPad Air (2020).
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a better processing power than iPad Air, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, and they both have a 64 bits processor, the Apple iPad Air (2020) also counts with a greater number of cores. The iPad Air features a little more vivid display than iPad Air (2020), although it has a little smaller screen and a bit lower resolution of 1536 x 2048px, they both have a greater pixel number in each inch of display.
The Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a very superior camera than iPad Air, because it has a back camera with a much higher resolution, a lot bigger diafragm aperture and a lot higher video resolution. The Apple iPad Air features a lot bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than iPad Air (2020), because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPad Air features a very superior battery life than iPad Air (2020).
The Apple iPad Air not only is the best tablets of the ones in this comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest one.
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