iPad Air 3 vs. Nexus 9 : which one
you buy
Every time Apple releases a new product, the other companies in the
competition comes up with a better or similar alternative. When the last iPad
was released, the iPad Air 2 to be specific – Nexus 9 happened to be Google’s
reply to that. A new iPad is set to release in the upcoming quarter of 2015,
how’s the new iPad is going to compete against last year’s HTC Nexus 9? We have
tried to come up with acomparison between a tablet that already exists and an
Apple product that’s yet to unveil.
Hardware
Most likely, the new iPad Air 3 is going
to be powered by an Apple A9X chip. This will be a tablet variant of the same
Apple A9 chip that’s going to be used in the next iPhone as much as we know
yet. The chip will be based on 64 bit processing architecture, with desktop
like performance. Almost anything that can be done on desktop will be doable on
an iPad Air 3, as the iOS architecture supports the processes.
On the other hand, the Nexus 9 is powered by an NvidiaTegra K1 CPU which
is a dual core 2.3 GHz CPU. For better graphics processing, the GPU used is a
Kepler DX1. The combined powerhouse of these two may not provide a desktop like
performance like the iPad Air 2, yet the combined performance is definitely
going to produce a very productive output even on the go.
Camera
Tablet cameras aren’t much used, since people use smartphone cameras for
basic photography and selfies. Mostly, the tablets’ cameras are used to capture
class lecture or presentation keynotes from projector screens and the Nexus 9
camera does the job at its best. The rear camera on the Nexus 9 is an 8 MP unit
with autofocus and LED flash. Even normal photo shoot in low light could be
done using this tablet.
The front camera on Nexus 9 is 1.6 MP with 720p video capturing feature.
Apple iPad Air 2 had pretty much an identical camera to the Nexus 9.
Apparently, the next iPad is going to have a far better camera. We assume the
rear camera may get increased to 13 MP from 8 MP and a 5 MP front camera
instead of the previous 1.2 MP camera. This would make the iPad Air 3 stand out
against the similar Android counterparts.
Display
As long as the retina display standard criterion gets satisfied, Apple
doesn’t usually bump the resolution up any more. However, the iPad Air 2 had a
higher resolution display still not as much as QHD or FHD; just 2048x15336
pixels which is similar to Nexus 9. Apple iPad Air 2 has a bigger 9.7 display offering
lesser pixel density while Nexus 9’s 8.9 inches display offer a display that’s
clearer and sharper. However, the experience doesn’t change much and unless you
look very closely, the change isn’t much prominent. iPad Air 3 is most likely
to have a QHD display.
OS
Conclusion
We’d be able to make an exact review once the iPad Air 3 gets released.
Till then, we’d stick to these assumptions.
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