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Microsoft Surface Pro
128 GBApple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 63.2 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Apple |
| Windows 8 Pro | iOS 8.x |
| 2012-06-18 | 2014-10-16 |
| 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 32.00 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminium |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 509.00 | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.6 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 208 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.2 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Apple A8X chipset |
| Intel Core i5-3317U (Dual-Core 1700 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics 4000 (650 MHz) GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 8.82 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 1.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 1280 x 720 (29 fps) (HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 5.06 | 8.47 |
| 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 | |
| -- | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 2 is way better than the Microsoft Surface Pro, having a general score of 79.3 against 63.2. Apple iPad Air 2 is a incredibly newer portable tablet, and it's also notably lighter and noticeably thinner than Microsoft Surface Pro. Apple iPad Air 2 works with iOS 8.x OS, and Microsoft Surface Pro comes with Windows 8 Pro OS.
The Apple iPad Air 2 has a much better display than Microsoft Surface Pro, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a better display pixel density and a higher 2048 x 1536 resolution. The Microsoft Surface Pro and the Apple iPad Air 2 have quite similar storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, and although the Apple iPad Air 2 has no external memory card slot, they both have the same internal memory.
Apple iPad Air 2's CPU is just as good as the processing unit in Microsoft Surface Pro, because although the Apple iPad Air 2 has less RAM, 1 lesser and slower CPU cores and doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit. Apple iPad Air 2 shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Microsoft Surface Pro, because it has a back-facing camera with way more megapixels and a way better video definition.
The iPad Air 2 counts with a much longer battery life than Microsoft Surface Pro.
In addition to being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, Apple iPad Air 2 is also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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