Apple iPad Air 2 vs Apple iPad mini (2024)

Apple iPad Air 2

Apple iPad Air 2

Announced On:October, 2014

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Apple iPad mini (2024)

Apple iPad mini (2024)

Announced On:October, 2024

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Apple iPad Air 2 vs Apple iPad mini (2024)

Apple iPad Air 2	Apple iPad mini (2024)

Price
EUR: €440	EUR: €600
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Touchscreen, Tablet PC	Candybar, Touchscreen, Tablet PC
Dimensions
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)	195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm (7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 in)
Weight
437 g (Wi-Fi) / 444 g (3G/LTE) (15.41 oz)	293 g (Wi-Fi) / 297 g (Wi-Fi + Cellular) (10.34 oz)
Build
Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame	Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Stylus support (Apple Pencil, Apple Pencil Pro)
Colors
Space Gray, Silver, Gold	Space Gray, Blue, Purple, Starlight
Models
A1566, A1567, iPad5,3, iPad5,4	A2995, A2996, iPad16,2

Type
Display
IPS LCD	Liquid Retina IPS LCD, 500 nits (typ)
Size
9.7 inches, 291.4 cm² (~71.6% screen-to-body ratio)	8.3 inches, 203.9 cm² (~77.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~264 ppi density)	1488 x 2266 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~327 ppi density)
Multitouch
Yes
Protection
Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating	Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

Technology
Network
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE	GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
2G Bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41 A1567	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66, 71 A2995
5G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA A2995, A2996

Internal Memory
Memory
16GB ROM, 2GB RAM 32GB ROM, 2GB RAM 64GB ROM, 2GB RAM 128GB ROM, 2GB RAM	128GB ROM, 8GB RAM 256GB ROM, 8GB RAM 512GB ROM, 8GB RAM
Card Slot
No	No

GPRS
Connectivity
Yes
EDGE
Yes
Speed
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps cellular model only	HSPA, LTE (CA), 5G cellular model only
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth
4.0, A2DP, EDR	5.3, A2DP
USB
Lightning, USB 2.0	USB Type-C 3.1 Gen2, DisplayPort
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only)
NFC
No	No

Main Camera
Camera
8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), 1.12µm, AF	12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), AF
Camera Features
HDR	Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video
1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.	4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera
1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard) Features: face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular Video: 720p@30fps	12 MP, f/2.4, 122" (ultrawide) Features: HDR Video: 1080p@25/30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless
Video Format Support
MP4/H.264
Radio
No	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
iOS 8.1	iPadOS 18
Upgradable
Upgradable to iPadOS 15.8.1
Browser
HTML5 (Safari)
Messaging
iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM

Chipset
Hardware
Apple A8X (20 nm)	Apple A17 Pro (3 nm)
CPU
Triple-core 1.5 GHz Typhoon	Hexa-core (2x3.78 GHz + 4xX.X GHz)
GPU
PowerVR GXA6850 (octa-core graphics)	Apple GPU (5-core graphics)
Sensors
Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer	Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
SIM
Nano-SIM and eSIM cellular model only	eSIM (cellular model only)
Speakers
Yes, with stereo speakers	Yes, with stereo speakers
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	No
TV Out
Yes

Performance
Benchmarks
Basemark X: 29753

Battery Type
Battery
Li-Po 7340 mAh, non-removable (27.62 Wh)	Li-Ion 5078 mAh (19.3 Wh)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia)

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