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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 65 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iOS 8.x |
| 2021-09-24 | 2014-10-16 |
| 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 10.34 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.3 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2266 x 1488 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 327 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| -- | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 5.85 | 8.82 |
| 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 + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm 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 | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 2 is a lot better than the Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), with a 79.3 score against 65. Apple iPad Air 2 works with iOS 8.x OS, and Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) comes with iPadOS 15.x OS. The Apple iPad Air 2 construction is a little thinner than the Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), although it is way heavier and was released 7 years before.
The iPad Air 2 counts with an extremely better CPU than iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processor. The iPad Air 2 features a bit more vivid display than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), because although it has a quite lower resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and a just a bit less pixels per inch of screen, it also counts with a larger screen.
IPad mini (6th Gen) has a better camera than Apple iPad Air 2, because it has a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, a camera with a way higher 12 mega-pixels resolution and a way larger aperture for better low light captures and video. The iPad Air 2 has a much bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has 64 GB more internal storage.
IPad Air 2 has a much longer battery performance than iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has a 45 percent more battery capacity.
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