Apple iPad Air 5 Vs iPad Pro 2021 – What’s the Difference?

Gadgetren – As Apple’s flagship tablet, the iPad comes with various variants and series that provide many options that can be tailored to your needs.

For tablets with a slim body, Apple itself has presented the iPad Air 5 or also called the iPad Air (2022). As for the larger size, Apple introduced the 2021 iPad Pro with two variants consisting of 11 inches and 12.9 inches.

Interestingly, the Apple iPad Air 5 and iPad Pro 2021 are equipped with the Apple M1 64-bit chipset (Octa-Core CPU and Octa-Core GPU) and the Next-generation Neural Engine that can devour all kinds of applications.

In addition, the process of editing and rendering videos on all these tablets will run smoothly and quickly. Both iPad Air 5 and iPad Pro 2021 also support the second generation of Apple Pencil which can make it easier for users to write, take notes, scribble, and draw.

In increasing typing productivity, users can embed the Magic Keyboard and Smart Keyboard Folio which can be purchased separately on all of these tablets. Even the iPad Air 5 and iPad Pro 2021 already support 5G networks which have high download and upload speeds.

Although the battery capacity has not been announced, Apple claims that all of these products can last for 10 hours on a Wi-Fi network or 9 hours on a cellular data connection to watch streaming video non-stop.

Difference between iPad Air 5 vs iPad Pro 2021

The iPad Air 5 has dimensions of 247.6mm x 178.5mm x 6.1mm which is slimmer than the 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2021 which has dimensions of 280.6mm x 214.9mm x 6.4mm. However, the 11-inch iPad Pro 2021 has a thickness of 5.9mm, which is slightly thinner than the iPad Air 5.

The iPad Pro 2021 size 12.9 has a screen with Liquid Retina XDR Display technology and a resolution of 2732 x 2048 pixels that is capable of displaying content brighter and sharper than the iPad Air 5 with a 10.9-inch screen and the iPad Pro 11-inch size with Liquid Retina technology. Displays.

The ProMotion feature on all versions of the iPad Pro 2021 is able to adjust the refresh rate according to the content being viewed on the screen. Even so, the 11-inch variant of the iPad Pro 2021 screen has a resolution of 2388 x 1668 pixels which is slightly higher than the iPad Air 5 with a resolution of 2360 x 1640 pixels.

The 120Hz refresh rate that is present on the Apple iPad Pro 2021 11-inch and 12.9-inch variants is able to make the screen present game animations and motion transitions between applications that are smoother than the iPad Air 5.

All of these tablets have both WiFi-Only and WiFi + 5G versions. However, the 2021 iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9 variants have many storage options for each version including 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB. While the Apple iPad Air 5 only comes with two variants consisting of 64 GB and 256 GB.

iPad Air 5 uses a camera with a resolution of 12 MP. While the 2021 iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch variants have two rear cameras consisting of a 12 MP front camera and a 12 MP ultrawide camera plus a ToF (Time of Flight) LiDar Scanner.

iPad Air 5 Vs iPad Pro 2021 Specifications