Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 vs Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) Specs Comparison

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8.5	6.7
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3	Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)
Released · Sep 16, 2024	Released · Mar 12, 2025
12.3-inch · 3000x1920px	13.0-inch · 2732x2048px
Single camera	Single camera
12GB · 256GB	8GB · 128GB
10050 mAh	9705 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 04, 2025
MSRP
$ 600	€ 950

Design

Dimensions
10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches 274.5 x 180.5 x 5.8 mm	11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.6 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm
Weight
19.58 oz (555.0 g)	21.76 oz (617.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Colors
Moonlight White, Sky Blue, Starry Black	Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue

Display

Size
12.3-inch, 89.37% screen-to-body	13.0-inch, 86.76% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 144Hz, 1600 nits	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 600 nits
Resolution
3000x1920px, 290 PPI	2732x2048px, 4:3 ratio, 263 PPI

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm)	Apple M3
Processor
1x3.0GHz Cortex-X4 4x2.8GHz Cortex-A720 3x2.0GHz Cortex-A520	Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 735	Apple GPU 9-core
Memory
12GB/256GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
	not expandable
OS
Android (14)	iPadOS (18.x)

Battery

Type
10050 mAh	9705 mAh
Charge speed
Wired: 66.0W

Battery Life Estimate

4h 40min

Browsing

8h 36min

Video

7h 14min

Gaming

8h 38min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP Aperture size: F2.0	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Flash
LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
9 MP	12 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	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, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, 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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share

Cellular

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

Alternative variants

Wi-Fi Only

With 256GB internal storage


Memory	256GB
MSRP	€ 1080

With 512GB internal storage


Memory	512GB
MSRP	€ 1329

With 1TB internal storage


Memory	1024GB
MSRP	€ 1579

Links

Full specifications
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 Specs	Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) Specs
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