Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Air 2 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus vs Apple iPhone Air

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Apple
Announced October 2014 September 2016 September 2025
Status Available - October 2014 Available - September 2016 Coming Soon - September 2025
Price Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 119,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Space Black, Cloud White, Light Gold, Sky Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
156.2 x 74.7 x 5.6 mm
(6.15 x 2.94 x 0.22 in)
Weight 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
SIM Type - Nano SIM -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA/Sub6
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 6m for 30 min)
Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 iOS 10 iOS 26
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion Hexa-core, Apple A19 Pro (3 nm)
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) 6 core Apple GPU (5-core graphics)
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 32/128/256 GB 1 TB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating FHD+ LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED Screen
120Hz, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 Nits (typ)
1600 Nits (HBM), 3000 Nits (peak)
Ceramic Shield 2 Protection
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 5.5 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1260 x 2736 pixels (463 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.58% 67.51% 88.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no no
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels Dual 12 MP 48 MP
Flash No Quad-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 48 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 18 MP multi-aspect, f/1.9, (wide), PDAF, OIS
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
HDR, Dolby Vision HDR, 3D (spatial) audio, stereo sound rec.
4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE 6.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, tri-band, hotspot
USB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, QZSS, BDS, NavIC
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM 1 TB, 8 GB RAM or 512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM NVMe
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging Wired, PD2.0, 50% in 30 min
20W wireless (MagSafe), 50% in 30 min
20W wireless (Qi2)
4.5W reverse wired
Capacity 8600 mAh 2700 mAh 3149 mAh
Stand by - Up to 384 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 21 h -