Fairphone 3 vs Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 27, 2019	May 07, 2024

Design

Dimensions
6.22 x 2.83 x 0.39 inches 158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm	11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm
Weight
6.67 oz / 189.0 g	21.80 oz / 618.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 72.54% screen-to-body	13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz	HDR
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 427 PPI	2732x2048px, 263 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features
	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 632 SDM632	Apple M2
Processor
Octa-core 14 MHz 4x1.8GHz Kryo 250 Gold 4x1.8GHz Kryo 250 Silve	Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 506	10-core GPU
Memory
4GB/64GB (eMMC 5.1)	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC	not expandable
OS
Android (10)	iPadOS (15.x)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2604
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	10063
3D Mark High
Untested	5377
3D Mark Low
Untested	4496

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Battery

Type
3040 mAh	9705 mAh

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 44min

Browsing

14h 42min

Video

7h 48min

Gaming

7h 5min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
Yes	Yes
Front
16 MP	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS
Other
NFC	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 20, 26	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
TDD Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	eSIM

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