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| Global Score | |
| 56.1 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Blackberry | Apple |
| BlackBerry Tablet OS | iPadOS 15.x |
| 7.60 x 5.10 x 0.40 inches | -- |
| 14.99 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 1024 x 600 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| 170 pixels per inch | 223 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| TI OMAP4460 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX540 (384 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.37 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 6.05 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | -- |
| 3.8 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4800mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Gyroscope | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is a bit better than the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, with a score of 60.6 against 56.1. Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) is a a little bit heavier but much thinner tablet device than the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+. Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) works with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ comes with BlackBerry Tablet OS operating system.
The BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ features a little more vivid screen than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), although it has a lot smaller display, a lot lower 600 x 1024px resolution and a just a bit less pixels per inch in the display. The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) features a very superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, because it has 32 GB more internal storage capacity.
The BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ counts with a way better hardware performance than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because although it has an inferior number of cores and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an extra graphics processing unit. BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ features a much longer battery life than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen).
IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) counts with a much better camera than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, because it has a camera in the back with a much higher resolution.
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