BlackBerry 4G LTE PlayBook vs Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

BlackBerry 4G LTE PlayBook

BlackBerry 4G LTE PlayBook

Announced On:August, 2012

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Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Announced On:May, 2024

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BlackBerry 4G LTE PlayBook vs Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

BlackBerry 4G LTE PlayBook	Apple iPad Air 13 (2024)

Price
EUR: €470	EUR: €950
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
194 x 130 x 10 mm (7.64 x 5.12 x 0.39 in)	280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm (11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 in)
Weight
425 g (14.99 oz)	617 g (Wi-Fi) / 618 g (5G) (1.36 lb)
Build
	Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Stylus support (Apple Pencil Pro, Apple Pencil 2)
Colors
Black	Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue
Models
	A2898, A2903, A2904, iPad14,10, iPad14,11

Type
Display
TFT	Liquid Retina IPS LCD, 600 nits (typ)
Size
7.0 inches, 137.9 cm² (~54.7% screen-to-body ratio)	13.0 inches, 519.3 cm² (~86.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
600 x 1024 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~170 ppi density)	2048 x 2732 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~264 ppi density)
Multitouch
Yes
Protection
	Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

Technology
Network
HSPA / LTE	GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
2G Bands
	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 800	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
4, 17	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 A2903
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/Sub6 A2903, A2904

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
32GB ROM, 1GB RAM	128GB ROM, 8GB RAM 256GB ROM, 8GB RAM 512GB ROM, 8GB RAM 1TB ROM, 8GB RAM
Card Slot
No	No

Speed
Connectivity
HSPA, LTE	HSPA, LTE (CA), 5G
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth
3.1, A2DP, EDR	5.3, A2DP, LE
USB
microUSB 2.0	USB Type-C 3.1 Gen2, DisplayPort, magnetic connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
	No

Main Camera
Camera
5 MP, AF	12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/3.0", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF
Camera Features
Geo-tagging	HDR
Video
1080p@30fps	4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera
3 MP	12 MP, f/2.4, 122" (ultrawide) Features: HDR Video: 1080p@25/30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
Media MP3/WMA/AAC+
Radio
No	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
BlackBerry Tablet OS v2.0	iPadOS 17.4
Java
Yes
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash
Messaging
Email, Push Email, IM

Chipset
Hardware
	Apple M2
CPU
Dual-core 1.5 GHz	Octa-core (4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores)
GPU
	Apple GPU (10-core graphics)
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, compass	Fingerprint (top-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
SIM
No	eSIM
Speakers
Yes, with stereo speakers	Yes, with stereo speakers
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	No

Battery Type
Battery
Non-removable Li-Po battery	Li-Po (36.59 Wh), non-removable

Features
Additional Features
Micro HDMI port Document viewer/editor BlackBerry Bridge Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp Predictive text input

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