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Apple iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi (2020) Specifications
Apple iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi (2020)
Product Brand: Apple
Editor's Rating:
4.5
4.5
Pros
- Large 10.9-inch edge-to-edge display with True Tone and P3 wide color gamut support
- A14 Bionic chip for fast and smooth performance, including support for the Apple Pencil 2 and Magic Keyboard
- Slim and lightweight design with a premium feel, available in a range of colors
- Upgraded front-facing camera with 7-megapixel resolution, and a rear-facing 12-megapixel camera with improved low-light performance
- Touch ID sensor integrated into the top button for added security and convenience
- USB-C port for faster charging and data transfer speeds, and compatibility with a wider range of accessories
- Support for Wi-Fi 6 for faster internet speeds
- Stereo speakers and support for spatial audio
Cons
- Higher price point compared to some other iPad models
- No Face ID for biometric authentication
- No headphone jack, requiring the use of wireless headphones or an adapter
- No water resistance or dust protection rating
- Battery life could be improved for heavy use
- Limited support for external storage
Apple iPad Air 4th Generation Wi-Fi (2020) Review and Features
The Apple iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi is a powerful tablet that offers a range of features and specifications that make it ideal for both personal and professional use. Released in 2020, this iPad Air model boasts a slim and lightweight design, a large display, and advanced technology that delivers fast performance.
Design:
The Apple iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi features a slim and lightweight design that makes it easy to carry around. It has a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display with a resolution of 2360 x 1640 pixels, making it perfect for watching videos, browsing the web, or reading e-books. The tablet is available in five different colors – Silver, Space Gray, Rose Gold, Green, and Sky Blue.
Performance:
The iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi is powered by the A14 Bionic chip, which is the most powerful chip ever used in an iPad. It delivers fast performance, allowing users to run multiple apps simultaneously and seamlessly switch between them. The tablet also comes with 4GB of RAM, which further enhances its performance.
Software:
The iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi runs on the latest version of Apple’s operating system, iOS 14. This provides users with access to a range of features, including split-screen multitasking, the ability to use Apple Pencil, and improved widgets.
Camera:
The iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi features a 12MP rear camera that can shoot 4K video and capture high-quality photos. It also has a 7MP front-facing camera that is perfect for video conferencing, taking selfies, or making FaceTime calls.
Connectivity:
The iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi features Wi-Fi 6 technology, which delivers fast internet speeds and improved connectivity. It also has Bluetooth 5.0, which allows users to connect the tablet to other devices such as headphones and speakers.
Battery Life:
The iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi has a built-in 28.6-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery that provides up to 10 hours of battery life. This makes it ideal for use on the go or for extended periods of use.
Price:
The launch price for the Apple iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi varies depending on the storage capacity and whether or not cellular connectivity is included. The base model with 64GB of storage starts at $599, while the 256GB model with cellular connectivity is priced at $879.
Conclusion:
The Apple iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi is a powerful and versatile tablet that offers a range of features and specifications that make it ideal for both personal and professional use. Its slim and lightweight design, large display, and fast performance make it perfect for browsing the web, watching videos, or working on the go. With its advanced technology and user-friendly software, the iPad Air 4th Gen Wi-Fi is a great choice for anyone in the market for a new tablet.
What are the specifications of the Apple iPad Air 4th Generation Wi-Fi (2020) tablet?
Here’s a summary of the technical specifications for the Apple iPad Air 4th Generation Wi-Fi (2020) tablet:
- Processor/CPU: Hexa-core (2× 3.1 GHz Firestorm and 4× 1.82 GHz Icestorm) Apple A14 Bionic
- RAM: 4 GB
- Internal Storage: 64 GB, 256 GB
- Display/Resolution: 10.9″ 1640×2360 pixels
- GPU/Graphics: Apple GPU
- Camera: 12MP 2160p
- Battery: 7606mAh Li-Ion
- Colours: Space Gray, Silver, Rose Gold, Green, Sky Blue
Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Tablet Computer |
| Models |
A2324, A2072, A2325, A2316, iPad13,1, iPad13,2 Also known as Apple iPad Air 4, iPad Air (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular + GPS: A2324, A2072 (Global), A2325 (China) Wi-Fi only, w/o GPS: A2316 |
| Announced | 15 September, 2020 |
| Released | 23 October, 2020 |
| Status | Available |
| Predecessor | iPad Air (3rd generation) |
| Successor | iPad Air (5th generation) |
| Generation | 4th |
Design
| Type <strong>Design Type</strong> called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
| Width |
247.6 mm (millimeters) 24.76 cm (centimeters) 0.812 ft (feet) 9.748 in (inches) |
| Height |
178.5 mm (millimeters) 17.85 cm (centimeters) 0.586 ft (feet) 7.028 in (inches) |
| Thickness |
6.1 mm (millimeters) 0.61 cm (centimeters) 0.02 ft (feet) 0.24 in (inches) |
| Volume |
269.6 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 16.37 in³ (cubic inches) |
| Weight |
458 g (grams) 1.01 lbs (pounds) 16.16 oz (ounces) |
| Protection |
Glass front Aluminum back Aluminum frame |
| Colors |
Space Gray Silver Rose Gold Green Sky Blue |
Network
| SIM <strong>SIM</strong> (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | No SIM |
Display
| Display Type <strong>Display Technology => </strong> A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | IPS LCD |
| Size | 10.9 inch |
| Resolution | 1640 x 2360 pixels |
| Display Colors <strong>Display Colors</strong> is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. | 24 bit, 16777216 colors |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.439:1 |
| Display area | (~81.3% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Pixel Density <strong>Pixel Density (PPI)</strong> is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. | 265 PPI density |
| Display Protection <strong>Display Protection => </strong> Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. |
Scratch-resistant glass Oleophobic coating |
| Features |
Capacitive Multi-touch Scratch resistant Liquid Retina display True Tone display Fully laminated display Wide Color display (P3) Antireflective coating Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating 500 cd/m² |
Media
| Audio File Formats |
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) AAC+ / aacPlus / HE-AAC v1 AMR / AMR-NB / GSM-AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr, .3ga) AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband, .awb) eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec, .flac) MIDI MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) OGG (.ogg, .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus) WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma) WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave) AIFF |
| Video File Formats |
3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp) AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi) H.263 H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video QuickTime (.mov, .qt) MPEG-4 |
| FM Radio | No |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm Audio jack | Yes |
| Audio Features |
Loudspeaker Stereo speakers Dual microphones |
Rear Camera
| Number of cameras | 1 |
| Sensor type | CMOS BSI (backside illumination) |
| Main cameras |
12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/3&amp;amp;quot;, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF |
| Aperture | f/1.8 |
| Number of lenses | 5 |
| Image Resolution |
4032 x 3024 pixels 12.19 MP (megapixels) |
| Video Resolution |
3840 x 2160 pixels 8.29 MP (megapixels) |
| Video FPS | 60 fps (frames per second) |
| Other features |
Autofocus Continuous autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Digital image stabilization Geotagging Panorama HDR Touch focus Face detection White balance settings ISO settings Exposure compensation Self-timer Scene mode Macro mode RAW Noise reduction Hybrid IR filter |
Front/Selfie Camera
| Number of cameras | 1 |
| Main cameras |
7 MP, f/2.0, 31mm (standard) |
| Sensor type | CMOS BSI (backside illumination) |
| Aperture | f/2.0 |
| Image Resolution |
3088 x 2316 pixels 7.15 MP (megapixels) |
| Video Resolution |
1920 x 1080 pixels 2.07 MP (megapixels) |
| Video FPS | 60 fps (frames per second) |
| Other features |
HDR Digital image stabilization Self-timer Exposure compensation Face detection |
Software
| Operating System <strong>OS => </strong> Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | iPadOS 14.1, up to iPadOS 15.5, planned upgrade to iPadOS 16 |
| User Interface <strong>UI</strong> or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface. | Apple iPad OS |
Hardware
| Chipset <strong>Chipset</strong> is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Apple A14 Bionic |
| SoC Process Technology | 5 nm (nanometers) |
| CPU <strong>CPU</strong> (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | Hexa-core (2x3.0 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm) |
| CPU bits | 64 bit |
| CPU cores | 6 |
| Level 1 cache memory (L1) |
128 KB + 128 KB (kilobytes) |
| Level 2 cache memory (L2) |
8192 KB (kilobytes) 8 MB (megabytes) |
| GPU <strong>GPU</strong> (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | Apple GPU (4-core graphics) |
| GPU cores | 4 |
| RAM (Memory) <strong>RAM</strong> (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 3 GB |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X |
| Internal Storage <strong>Internal Storage</strong> is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 64/256 GB |
| Card Slot <strong>Memory Card Slot</strong> is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | No |
| Sensors <strong>Sensors</strong> are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. |
Proximity Light Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope Barometer Fingerprint Side-mounted fingerprint sensor Three‐axis gyro |
Connectivity
| Bluetooth Version | 5.0 |
| Bluetooth Features <strong>Bluetooth</strong> is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. |
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) LE (Low Energy) |
| Infrared <strong>Infrared</strong> connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range. | No |
| Wi-Fi <strong>Wi-Fi</strong> is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. |
802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999) 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999) 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003) 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) 802.11n 5GHz 802.11ac (IEEE 802.11ac) Dual band Wi-Fi Hotspot 802.11ax HT80 with MIMO |
| USB | Lightning, USB 2.0 |
| NFC <strong>NFC</strong> (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inch. | |
| HDMI <strong>HDMI</strong> (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. | No |
Battery or Power
| Battery Type <strong>Battery Type => </strong> Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) |
| Capacity <strong>Battery Capacity</strong> is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. | 7606 mAh (28.93 Wh) |
| Placement | Non-removable |
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