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| Global Score | |
| 66.9 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 13.x, 12.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2019-05-28 | 2025-03-04 |
| 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 3.10 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| $ 399.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 13 inches |
| 1136 x 640 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | -- |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A10 Fusion APL1W24 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| Hurricane and Zephyr, 64-bit, 16 nm (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor | processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 Plus GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 8.91 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.25 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is slightly better than Apple iPod Touch (2019), having a general score of 70.4 against 66.9. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a noticeably newer and extremely thinner tablet than Apple iPod Touch (2019), but it's also incredibly heavier. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Apple iPod Touch (2019) has iOS 13.x OS.
The Apple iPod Touch (2019) has a much sharper screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller display and less bright display. The Apple iPod Touch (2019) counts with a very superior memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because it has more internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPod Touch (2019) has a really superior performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has lesser processing cores (although faster). Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) takes greater pictures and videos than iPod Touch (2019), because it has a back camera with lot more megapixels, a much higher (4K) video definition and a lot bigger aperture to take better low-light photography.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery duration than iPod Touch (2019).
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