Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) vs OnePlus Pad 3 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Jun 05, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $950 8GB/256GB - $1080 8GB/512GB - $1329 8GB/1024GB - $1579	12GB/256GB - $700 16GB/512GB - $850

Design

Dimensions
11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm	11.40 x 8.25 x 0.24 inches 289.61 x 209.66 x 5.97
Weight
21.76 oz / 617.0 g	23.81 oz / 675.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Other
Colors
Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue	Storm Blue, Frosted Silver

Display

Size
13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body	13.2-inch, 87.35% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 600 nits	IPS LCD, 144Hz, 900 nits
Resolution
2732x2048px, 4:3 ratio, 263 PPI	3392x2400px, 7:5 ratio, 315 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	861 (Poor)
Bright Min
Untested	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M3	Snapdragon 8 Elite SM8750-AB (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	2x4.32GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L 6x3.53GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
GPU
Apple GPU 9-core	Adreno 830
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 16GB/512GB
Storage expansion
not expandable
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	Android (15), up to 3 OS updates

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	3070
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	8891
3D Mark High
Untested	6613
3D Mark Low
Untested	5478

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Battery

Type
9705 mAh	12140 mAh, Li - Ion
Charge speed
	Wired: 80.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 20min

Browsing

15h 23min

Video

7h 41min

Gaming

11h 22min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	13 MP (PDAF)
Flash
	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.4
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
eSIM

Alternative variants

Wi-Fi Only

With 16GB RAM and 512GBinternal storage

Memory	16GB/512GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1080

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1329

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1579

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