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Apple iPad Air
Wi-Fi Only 16 GB| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 72.6 |
| 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 | $ 211.00 |
| 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 | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 4.4 |
| 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 iPad Air is a little bit better than iPad Air (2020), getting a 72.6 score against 71.7. IPad Air counts with iOS 8.x operating system, while iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x operating system. Although it's the best device in this review, iPad Air is a way older, thicker and just a little bit heavier device than the iPad Air (2020).
IPad Air (2020) has a more powerful processing unit than iPad Air, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, and they both have a 64 bits processor, the iPad Air (2020) also counts with a larger number of cores. IPad Air has a little more vivid display than Apple iPad Air (2020), although it has a quite smaller display and a little bit worse 1536 x 2048 resolution, they both have a higher count of pixels per display inch.
IPad Air (2020) counts with a way better camera than iPad Air, because it has a lot higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, a much larger aperture and a way higher 12 mega-pixels resolution back camera. The iPad Air (2020) features a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air, because it has 64 GB internal storage.
The iPad Air has a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air (2020).
The iPad Air is not only the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also by far the cheapest.
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