Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 63.4 | 65.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows RT 8.1 | iOS 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x |
| 2013-09-23 | 2015-07-15 |
| 10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 inches | 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches |
| 23.84 ounces | 3.10 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 630.00 | $ 399.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 4 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1136 x 640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 208 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 4 (T40) chipset | Apple A8 APL1011 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1700 MHz) processor | Typhoon, 64-bit, 20 nm (Dual-Core 1100 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR Series 6XT GX6450 GPU |
| 8.55 | 7.92 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.50 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 8.25 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| SIM | -- |
| 5.9 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 1043mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 360 hours standby time | -- |
| 1.36 | 2.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
The Apple iPod touch 6th generation has an overall score of 65.6, which is a bit better than Microsoft Surface 2's general score of 63.4. The Apple iPod touch 6th generation is a newer portable tablet, and it is also incredibly lighter and extremely thinner than Microsoft Surface 2. The Apple iPod touch 6th generation counts with iOS 12.x operating system, while Microsoft Surface 2 comes with Windows RT 8.1 operating system.
IPod touch 6th generation features a better looking screen than Microsoft Surface 2, because although it has a lot smaller screen and a way worse resolution of 640 x 1136, it also counts with a way better pixels number per display inch. IPod touch 6th generation features much more storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Microsoft Surface 2, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage capacity.
The Microsoft Surface 2 counts with a bit better performance than Apple iPod touch 6th generation, because it has a larger amount of RAM and more processing cores. Apple iPod touch 6th generation captures way better pictures and videos than Microsoft Surface 2, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality, the Apple iPod touch 6th generation also has a camera with a much higher 8 megapixels resolution.
The Apple iPod touch 6th generation counts with a much better battery duration than Microsoft Surface 2.
Even being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, the Apple iPod touch 6th generation is also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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