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| Global Score | |
| 63.4 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT 8.1 | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2013-09-23 | 2020-10-16 |
| 10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 23.84 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| -- | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 630.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 208 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1700 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | -- |
| Yes GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.55 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.50 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.05 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 360 hours standby time | -- |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a global score of 71.7, which is better than the Microsoft Surface 2's 63.4 general score. The Apple iPad Air (2020) is a noticeably newer tablet, and it's also much thinner and way lighter than Microsoft Surface 2. Apple iPad Air (2020) works with iPadOS 14.x OS, while Microsoft Surface 2 has Windows RT 8.1 OS.
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a much powerful processor than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has more processing cores and a 64-bits processor. IPad Air (2020) has a little more vivid screen than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has a higher quantity of pixels per inch of display, a little bigger display and a better 1640 x 2360 resolution.
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a very superior camera than Microsoft Surface 2, because it has a lot better video quality and a back-facing camera with a lot better resolution. The iPad Air (2020) and Microsoft Surface 2 both feature quite similar storage capacity to store more games and applications, and although the iPad Air (2020) has no slot for external memory cards, they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage.
The iPad Air (2020)'s battery life is very similar to the battery lifetime in Microsoft Surface 2.
IPad Air (2020) is more expensive than the Microsoft Surface 2, but you can get a better tablet for that few more dollars.
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