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| Global Score | |
| 56.3 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Asus | Apple |
| Android 4.0.3, 4.0, 3.2 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2011-11-09 | -- |
| 10.35 x 7.12 x 0.41 inches | -- |
| 20.67 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 700.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| Super IPS+ LCD | -- |
| 149 pixels per inch | 223 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| 12-core GeForce GPU GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.19 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 9.02 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.7 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is just a bit better than the Asus Transformer Prime, with a global score of 60.6 against 56.3. Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is a a lot thinner and way lighter portable tablet than the Asus Transformer Prime. Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) counts with iPadOS 15.x OS, while Asus Transformer Prime works with Android 4.0.3 OS.
Asus Transformer Prime has a much greater hardware performance than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has less processing cores (although faster) and 7 GB less RAM memory. Asus Transformer Prime counts with a bit better display than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a way lower resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels, a lot less pixels per inch in the display and a way smaller screen.
The Asus Transformer Prime features a quite bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Asus Transformer Prime also has an external memory slot that allows a maximum of 32 GB. The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) takes just a bit better videos and photos than Asus Transformer Prime, because it has a back-facing camera with a way higher 12 mega-pixels resolution and a way bigger diafragm aperture.
The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has a battery duration that's just as good as the battery duration in Asus Transformer Prime.
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