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| Global Score | |
| 61.1 | 77.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | |
| Android 14 | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2024-09-16 | 2013-10-22 |
| 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 19.58 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black | Black, Gray and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 600.00 | $ 273.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.3 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 3000 x 1920 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 290 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 1600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.6 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 12 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Adreno 735 GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| 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 | |
| 10050mAh Battery | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.32 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air has a general score of 77.9, which is a lot better than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3's 61.1 overall score. The iPad Air comes with iOS 8.x OS, while Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 works with Android 14 OS. Even though the iPad Air is much older and extremely thicker than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, it's body is still somewhat lighter.
The iPad Air counts with a much faster processing unit than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM, it also counts with a larger number of faster cores, a 64 bits CPU and an additional GPU. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features just a bit better display than Apple iPad Air, because it has a larger display, a higher 1920 x 3000 resolution and a little more pixels per inch of display.
The iPad Air and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 both have really similar cameras, although the iPad Air has a camera with much less mega pixels resolution and a smaller aperture which is not so good for low light photos. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a much greater storage capacity to store more apps and games than iPad Air, because it has 256 GB internal storage capacity.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has just a bit longer battery lifetime than iPad Air, because it has a 14% bigger battery capacity.
Even being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, the Apple iPad Air is also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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