Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) vs Xiaomi 15T Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Sep 24, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $599 | €699	15GB/256GB - €649

Design

Dimensions
9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm	6.43 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches 163.2 x 78 x 7.5 mm
Weight
16.23 oz / 460.0 g	6.84 oz / 194.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 7i) Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue	Black, Gray, Rose Gold

Display

Size
11.0-inch, 82.73% screen-to-body	6.8-inch, 89.94% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits	AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10+, 3200 nits
Resolution
2360x1640px, 261 PPI	2772x1280px, 20:9 ratio, 447 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
536 (Poor)	3264 (Excellent)
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	1.9 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M3	Mediatek Dimensity 8400 Ultra (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	Octa-core 1x3.35GHz Cortex-A725 3x3.0​0GHz Cortex-A725 4x2.1​0GHz Cortex-A725
GPU
Apple GPU 9-core	Mali-G720 MC7
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	12GB/256GB (UFS 4.1) 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (15)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
3017	1614
GeekBench 6 Multi
11728	6446
3D Mark High
5177	3958
3D Mark Low
3262	2980

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Battery

Type
7606 mAh	5500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charge speed
	Wired: 67.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 18min

Browsing

9h 35min

Video

6h 45min

Gaming

5h 12min

Battery Life Estimate

7h 11min

Browsing

16h 32min

Video

10h 26min

Gaming

9h 57min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.55" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 15 mm Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	50 MP (Telephoto, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 46 mm Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p	32 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

136

Overall

144

Photo

129

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	6.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

Wi-fi Only

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	€829

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1329

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