BlackBerry PlayBook vs Apple iPad 10.2 (2021)

BlackBerry PlayBook

BlackBerry PlayBook

Announced On:September, 2010

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Apple iPad 10.2 (2021)

Apple iPad 10.2 (2021)

Announced On:September, 2021

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BlackBerry PlayBook vs Apple iPad 10.2 (2021)

BlackBerry PlayBook	Apple iPad 10.2 (2021)

Price
EUR: €120	EUR: €430
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Touchscreen, Tablet PC	Candybar, Touchscreen, Tablet PC
Dimensions
194 x 130 x 10 mm (7.64 x 5.12 x 0.39 in)	250.6 x 174.1 x 7.5 mm (9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 in)
Weight
425 g (14.99 oz)	487 g (Wi-Fi) / 498 g (LTE) (1.07 lb)
Build
	Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame Stylus support (1st gen only)
Colors
Black	Silver, Space Gray
Models
	A2603, A2604, iPad12,1, iPad12,2

Type
Display
TFT	Retina IPS LCD, 500 nits (typ)
Size
7.0 inches, 137.9 cm² (~54.7% screen-to-body ratio)	10.2 inches, 322.2 cm² (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
600 x 1024 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~170 ppi density)	1620 x 2160 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~265 ppi density)
Multitouch
Yes
Protection
	Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

Technology
Network
No cellular connectivity	GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G Bands
	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71 A2603

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
16GB ROM, 1GB RAM 32GB ROM, 1GB RAM 64GB ROM, 1GB RAM	64GB ROM, 3GB RAM 256GB ROM, 3GB RAM
Card Slot
No	No
Phonebook
Practically unlimited entries and fields

GPRS
Connectivity
No
EDGE
No
Speed
	HSPA, LTE (CA)
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth
2.1, EDR	4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
USB
microUSB 2.0	Lightning, USB 2.0, magnetic connector
GPS
Yes	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
NFC
	No

Main Camera
Camera
5 MP, AF	8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), 1.12µm, AF
Camera Features
	HDR, panorama
Video
1080p@30fps	1080p@25/30fps, 720p@120fps, gyro-EIS
Selfie Camera
3 MP Video: 1080p@30fps	12 MP, f/2.4, 122" (ultrawide) Features: HDR Video: 1080p@25/30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
Media MP3/WMA/AAC+
Video Format Support
DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
Radio
No	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
BlackBerry Tablet OS	iPadOS 15
Upgradable
	Upgradable to iPadOS 17
Java
Yes, MIDP 2.1
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash
Messaging
Email, Push Email, IM
Games
Yes + downloadable

Chipset
Hardware
TI OMAP 4430	Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+)
CPU
Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9	Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder)
GPU
PowerVR SGX540	Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
SIM
No	Nano-SIM and eSIM
Speakers
Yes, with stereo speakers	Yes, with stereo speakers
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	3.5 mm

Performance
Benchmarks
	AnTuTu: 617292(v9) GeekBench: 3124 (v5.1) GFXBench: 44fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)

Battery Type
Battery
Non-removable Li-Po 5300 mAh battery	Li-Ion, non-removable 8557 mAh (32.4 Wh)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia)	Up to 10 h (multimedia)

Features
Additional Features
Micro HDMI port Document viewer Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp Predictive text input

SAR US
Misc
1.41 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
1.69 W/kg (body)

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