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Nexus 9 vs iPad Air 2 Review: Comparison of Specs and Price - Which Tablet Wins for Performance?

Raianne Fe Aguhar December 01, 2014 09:56 AM EST

The Nexus 9 (left) and the iPad Air 2. | Facebook photo

People can't help but compare the iPad Air 2 with the Google Nexus 9, as they are both the flagship tablets for the two giants in this industry—Apple and Google.

First up is the display. The iPad Air 2 sports a 9.7-inch display with 2048 x 1536 resolution while the Google Nexus 9 has an 8.9-inch display with the same resolution as the iPad. As for the pixel density, it's 264ppi for the iPad and 288ppi for the Nexus.

The dimensions are 9.4 x 6.6 x 0.24 inches (240x169.5x6.1mm) for the iPad, which is slightly bigger than the 8.9 x 6.05 x 0.31 inches (228.25x153.68x7.95mm) of the Nexus.

The iPad is equipped with Apple's latest operating system, the iOS 8.0 while the Nexus has Android 5.0 Lollipop, also the latest version of Google's Android.

Both have 8 MP rear facing camera with 1080 HD video capability.

For the front camera, the iPad has 1.2 megapixels with 720p HD video capability, while the Nexus has 1.6 megapixels with 720p HD video capability.

The power of the iPad is rooted from the propriety second generation 64-bit A8X chip with M8 Motion co-processor while the power of the Nexus comes from its 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 with 2.3 GHz dual-core Denver processor.

The iPad Air 2 does not have a posted specification for the RAM, while the Nexus 9 has 2GB. As for the storage capacity, the iPad has 16 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB variants while the Nexus 9 has 16GB and 32 GB variants.

The battery power of the iPad is 10 hours on Wi-Fi and nine hours on cellular. The Nexus 9, on the other hand, has a non-removable 6700 mAh battery.

The iPad Air 2 has fingerprint scanning capabilities which the Nexus 9 doesn't have. However, the Nexus 9 has NFC connectivity capability while the iPad Air 2 doesn't have.

As for the price of the iPad Air 2, here is the list: Wi-Fi: $500 (16GB), $600 (64GB) and $700 (128GB); Wi-Fi with cellular: $630 (16GB), $730 (64GB) and $830 (128GB).

For the Google Nexus 9: Wi-Fi: $400 (16GB) and $480 (32GB); Wi-Fi with cellular: $600 (32GB).

It's difficult to say which one wins in terms performance, but judging by the price and specifications, it looks like the Nexus 9 has the upper hand.

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