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| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2018-08-02 | 2020-10-16 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.46 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 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 |
| 6.49 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) is slightly better than the Microsoft Surface Go, getting a overall score of 71.7 against 66.5. Apple iPad Air (2020) has iPadOS 14.x OS, while Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS. The Apple iPad Air (2020) construction is a lot newer, lighter and a lot thinner than the Microsoft Surface Go.
IPad Air (2020) features an extremely better processing unit than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a 64-bits processing unit and a larger number of faster cores. The iPad Air (2020) features a much better display than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a quite larger display, a higher resolution of 1640 x 2360 and a just a bit better count of pixels per inch in the display.
IPad Air (2020) features a very superior camera than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a much better 3840x2160 video quality and a back camera with a much higher 12 megapixels resolution. The Microsoft Surface Go has a very superior memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad Air (2020), because it has 64 GB more internal memory.
IPad Air (2020) and Microsoft Surface Go have incredibly similar batteries.
Although iPad Air (2020) is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than Microsoft Surface Go, and it doesn't have such a good quality/price relation as Microsoft Surface Go. So if you want that extra specs and features, you can buy the iPad Air (2020), but if you don't you can save some money and get the Microsoft Surface Go, giving up a couple specifications.
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