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Apple iPad Air
Wi-Fi Only 16 GB| Global Score | |
| 66.5 | 72.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 10 | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2018-08-02 | 2013-10-22 |
| 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 18.41 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black, Gray and White |
| Metal | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 367.00 | $ 211.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1200 x 1800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset | Apple A7 chipset |
| 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 8.46 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 4.4 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRS |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface Go, with a 72.6 score against 66.5. IPad Air's design is a bit lighter and just a little bit thinner than Microsoft Surface Go, despite of the fact that it was released many years before. The iPad Air works with iOS 8.x operating system, and Microsoft Surface Go has Windows 10 operating system.
IPad Air features just a bit better processing power than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM, and they both have a Dual-Core processor, the iPad Air also counts with an additional GPU and a 64-bits processor. The iPad Air counts with a lot better screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a higher 1536 x 2048 pixels resolution and a quite greater amount of pixels in each inch in the display.
Microsoft Surface Go has a way bigger storage for applications and games than iPad Air, because it has 112 GB more internal storage capacity. The Apple iPad Air takes much better photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface Go, although it has a worse (Full HD) video quality and a much worse 5 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera.
The iPad Air features a much better battery lifetime than Microsoft Surface Go.
Apple iPad Air is not only the best devices in our comparison, but it's also a bargain compared to the other ones, which makes this tablet an obvious call.
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