Comparison of Apple iPad Air 2 and Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9

Comparison of Apple iPad Air 2 and Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 [S]ave

Attribute	Apple iPad Air 2 ×	Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 ×
General
Brand	Apple	Xiaomi
Launch
Announced	2014-10-16	2014-03-01
Body
Width (mm)	6.1	8.5
Length (mm)	240	202
Height (mm)	169.5	135.4
Weight (g)	437	360
SIM	Nano-SIM, eSIM	No
Front	Glass	-
Back	Aluminum	-
Frame	Aluminum	-
Network
Technology	CDMA EVDO GSM HSPA LTE	No cellular connectivity
2G bands	CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	N/A
3G bands	CDMA2000 1xEV HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100	-
4G bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41	-
Speed	EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps	-
Platform
OS	iOS 8.1	Android 4.4.4 (KitKat)
Chipset	Apple A8X (20 nm)	Nvidia Tegra K1
CPU	Triple-core 1.5 GHz Typhoon	Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15
GPU	PowerVR GXA6850 (octa-core graphics)	ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores)
Memory
Card slot	No	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal	128GB 2GB RAM 16GB 2GB RAM 32GB 2GB RAM 64GB 2GB RAM	16GB 2GB RAM 64GB 2GB RAM
Display
Size (in)	9.7	7.9
Resolution (px)	1536 x 2048	1536 x 2048
Protection	Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Display Type	IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Battery
Type	Li-Po	Li-Po
Capcity (mAh)	7340	6700
Main Camera
Main Camera Type	Single	Single
Main Camera Properties	8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), 1.12µm, AF	8 MP, f/2.0
Main Camera Video	1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.	1080p@30fps
Main Camera Features	HDR	-
Selfie Camera
Selfie Camera Type	Single	Single
Selfie Camera Properties	1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard)	5 MP
Selfie Camera Video	720p@30fps	-
Selfie Camera Features	face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular	-
Comms
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	4.0, A2DP, EDR	4.0, A2DP
GPS	+	-
NFC	-	-
Radio	No	No
USB	Lightning, USB 2.0	microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Sound
Loudspeaker	+	+
3.5mm jack	+	+
Features
Sensors	Fingerprint (front-mounted) accelerometer barometer compass gyro	Accelerometer gyro
Misc
Colors	Gold Silver Space Gray	Blue Gray Green Pink White Yellow
Models	A1566 A1567	-
Talk time (h)	Up to 10 h (multimedia)	Up to 11 h (multimedia)
Music play (h)	-	86