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Apple iPad Air 2
16 GB| Global Score | |
| 61 | 74.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | iOS 8.x |
| 2012-09-12 | 2014-10-16 |
| 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 3.10 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| Black and White | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| $ 240.00 | $ 231.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 8.01 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 4.4 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1030mAh Li-Ion Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 2.64 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 2 is way better than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, with a score of 74.2 against 61. These tablets have iOS OS (Operating System), but Apple iPad Air 2 has the newer 8.x version and Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation has iOS 7.x version, so it provides you a lot of extra features and performance enhancements. Apple iPad Air 2 is a notably heavier tablet than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, but both are 0.24inches thick.
The iPod Touch 5th Generation has a bit better looking display than iPad Air 2, because although it has a way lower resolution of 1136 x 640px and a really smaller display, it also counts with a quite higher display pixel density. The iPad Air 2 has a greater processing power than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, because although it has an inferior number of cores and doesn't have an extra GPU, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU and 1,5 GB more RAM.
IPod Touch 5th Generation features a much better memory for applications and games than iPad Air 2, because it has 32 GB internal memory. The Apple iPad Air 2 features a very superior battery lifetime than Apple iPod Touch 5th Generation, because it has a 613 percent bigger battery capacity. The Apple iPad Air 2 captures clearer photographs and videos than iPod Touch 5th Generation, and although they both have a F2.4 aperture, the same (Full HD) video quality and the same 30 fps video frame rates, the Apple iPad Air 2 also has a lot better 8 mega pixels resolution camera.
Apple iPad Air 2 is not only the best devices in our comparison, but it's also cheap compared to the iPod Touch 5th Generation.
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