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| Global Score | |
| 76.6 | 77.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 16.x | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2013-10-22 |
| 9.83 x 6.99 x 0.25 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 15.73 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| Silver and Space Black | Black, Gray and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 999.00 | $ 273.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2420 x 1688 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 268 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.8 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M4 chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 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 |
| 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 |
| 10 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air has a score of 77.9, which is a bit better than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024)'s overall score of 76.6. Apple iPad Air counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) works with iPadOS 16.x OS. Despite being the best tablet in this review, the Apple iPad Air body is thicker and just a little bit heavier than Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024).
IPad Air has a very superior performance than iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024), because although it has a lower number of cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a GPU and a 64-bits CPU. IPad Air features a lot better looking display than iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024), although it has a little less pixels per inch of display, a little smaller display and a little bit worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px.
The iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) shoots a lot better pictures and videos than Apple iPad Air, because it has a lot larger camera aperture for better low light captures and video, a much higher 3840x2160 video resolution and a back facing camera with lot more MP. IPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024) counts with a much bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad Air, because it has 128 GB more internal storage.
Apple iPad Air has a much better battery lifetime than iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024).
Even being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, the iPad Air is also very cheap compared to the other tablets, making it an obvious call.
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