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HOW THE APPLE IPAD AIR 2 COMPARES WITH ITS RIVALS

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20 October 2014

Apple's Time Cook with the iPad Air 2, which will be available in gold, and includes a fingerprint touch sensor and a new faster chip

HOW THE APPLE IPAD AIR 2 COMPARES WITH ITS RIVALS
Specification	Apple iPad Air 2	Apple iPad Air	Microsoft Surface 2	Samsung Galaxy Tab S	Nexus 9
Screen Size	9.7-inches	9.7-inches	10.6-inches	10.5-inches	8.9-inches
Resolution	1.12 micron pixels	2048 x 1536	1920 x 1080	2560 x 1600	2048 x 1536
Camera	8 Megapixel iSight camera	5 megapizel iSight camera	5 megapixel	8 megapixel	8 megapixel
Basic storage	16 GB	16 GB	32 GB	32 GB	16 GB
Price	From $499, UK price not yet announced	From £399	From £359	From £399	Not yet announced

Thin: The new Ipad Air 2 is just 6.1mm thick making it the thinnest tablet on the planet

'Our strong business performance drove EPS growth of 20 percent and a record $13.3 billion in cash flow from operations in the September quarter,' said Luca Maestri, Apple's CFO.

'We continued to execute aggressively against our capital return programme, spending over $20 billion in the quarter and bringing cumulative returns to $94 billion.'

Shares in Apple were roughly flat at about $100 in after-hours trade.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2800762/Apple-reports-record-39-3-million-iPhone-sales.html#ixzz3Gij2yi3W
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