OnePlus Pad 3 vs Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M4, 2026) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 05, 2025	Mar 02, 2026
Prices (MSRP)
12GB/256GB - $700 16GB/512GB - $850	12GB/128GB - $799 12GB/256GB - $899 12GB/512GB - $1099 12GB/1024GB - $1299

Design

Dimensions
11.40 x 8.25 x 0.24 inches 289.61 x 209.66 x 5.97	11.04 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches 280.4 x 214.9 x 6.1 mm
Weight
23.81 oz / 675.0 g	21.76 oz / 617.0 g Wi-Fi only - 616 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Other	Right: Volume control
Colors
Storm Blue, Frosted Silver	Blue, Purple, Starlight, Space Gray

Display

Size
13.2-inch, 87.35% screen-to-body	13.0-inch, 86.84% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 144Hz, 900 nits	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 600 nits
Resolution
3392x2400px, 7:5 ratio, 315 PPI	2732x2048px, 4:3 ratio, 263 PPI
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 8 Elite SM8750-AB (3 nm)	Apple M4
Processor
2x4.32GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L 6x3.53GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M	Octa-core
GPU
Adreno 830	Apple 9-core GPU
Memory
12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 16GB/512GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 12GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
	not expandable
OS
Android (15), up to 3 OS updates	iOS (26.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

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

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Battery

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

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

6h 20min

Browsing

15h 23min

Video

7h 41min

Gaming

11h 22min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF)	12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, Autofocus, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Flash
LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing, Cinematic mode
Front
8 MP	12 MP (Autofocus, HDR, Slow-motion videos) Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.4	6.0
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 7,dual-band MIMO, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.2	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
	GPS, GNSS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79
LTE Bands
	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
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
	eSIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Alternative variants

With 16GB RAM and 512GBinternal storage

Memory	16GB/512GB

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