The Apple iPad Air 2 is one of the best tablets in the market today and a flagship in the segment. The iPad Air 2 sports a blazingly fast processing unit along with a crystal sharp display with Apple’s TouchID fingerprint sensor. Hence, how does it fare for business users? Let’s find out. We compare it to its greatest rival – the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 – to see the results.
Microsoft is offering a larger display, prominent sized keyboard and is significantly pricier than Apple’s iPad Air 2. Hence, choose your portable workstation carefully.
Microsoft Surface Pro 3:
Display- The 12-inch slate features 2,160 x 1,440 pixels giving users a lot of extra room to use and play with according to their convenience. The Surface Pro 3 is the first ever tablet to run Microsoft Office effortlessly. Users can use it like a miniature version of their Windows PC. This makes the Surface Pro 3 larger and heavier than the iPad Air 2 and in turn, less portable.
Performance– The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 packs in a greater punch than most Ultrabooks with Intel Core i3 processors and 4GB of RAM. The tablet features a similar configuration, although, the most powerful option packs in Core i7 for heavy computing.
Security- The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 lacks a working fingerprint scanner but is available with all the important safety characteristics that you would find in a Windows PC. It means that you can use password security, run anti-malware programs and Windows antivirus.
Apple iPad Air 2:
Display- The Apple iPad Air 2 features a 9.7-inch touch screen display packing in 2,048 x 1,536 pixel resolution. Even though the iPad Air 2 does not sport a better or brighter display than its predecessor, image and video viewing quality has improved considerably.
Performance- The Apple iPad Air 2 is powered by the latest A8X chipset from Apple. It is an updated version of the processor used in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and is powerful enough to provide state of the art multitasking and can power multiple apps without the slightest hint of lag.
Security- The Apple iPad Air 2 has quite a few security measures including fingerprint sensor, which is easily accessible thanks to its location right underneath the home button. It can be locked via the simple sense of touch. Users need to hover over the button for a few seconds to lock/unlock the device. Users do not need to run a dedicated antivirus thanks to Apple’s stringent privacy terms that are hard, if not impossible to crack.
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