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Apple iPad Air 2
128 GB Wi-Fi Only| Global Score | |
| 69 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie | iOS 8.x |
| 2019-07-05 | 2014-10-16 |
| 8.27 x 4.90 x 0.31 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.17 ounces | 15.41 ounces |
| Black and Silver | Gold and Gray |
| Aluminum | Aluminium |
| -- | $ 271.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1536 x 2048 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.6 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 SDM429 chipset | Apple A8X chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 1950 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Single-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 504 GPU | PowerVR GXA6850 GPU |
| 8.73 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 9.84 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 31.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.37 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G) | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 5.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 7340mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 8.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 2 has a general score of 79.3, which is better than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019)'s 69 score. IPad Air 2 works with iOS 8.x OS, and Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) comes with Android 11 OS. The iPad Air 2 body is a lot thinner than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), but it is much heavier and was released many years before.
Apple iPad Air 2 counts with just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has lesser and slower CPU cores, and they both have a 2 GB RAM, the Apple iPad Air 2 also counts with a 64-bit processor. The Apple iPad Air 2 features a much more vibrant display than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a lot higher resolution of 2048 x 1536, a larger display and more pixels per inch of screen.
The iPad Air 2 shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019). Both of them have a 8 mega pixels resolution back-facing camera, the same video resolution and the same 30 frames per second video frame rates. Apple iPad Air 2 counts with a little bit more storage for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with 96 GB more internal memory.
IPad Air 2 features a very superior battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has 7340mAh of battery capacity.
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