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| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x | Windows 10 |
| 2020-09-18 | 2018-08-02 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 10 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 265 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4 core GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 6.21 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface Go is a little bit better than the iPad 10.2 (2020), getting a 66.5 score against 62.2. Despite being the best tablet in this review, the Microsoft Surface Go design is older, just a bit thicker and a little heavier than iPad 10.2 (2020). The Microsoft Surface Go works with Windows 10 OS, and iPad 10.2 (2020) has iPadOS 18.x OS.
The Microsoft Surface Go counts with a really superior hardware performance than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has a lower number of cores , it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory. IPad 10.2 (2020) has a much better screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a bit larger display, a higher resolution of 1620 x 2160 pixels and a quite greater screen pixel density.
The Microsoft Surface Go has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because it has 96 GB more internal memory capacity. Microsoft Surface Go's battery duration is very similar to iPad 10.2 (2020)'s battery life. IPad 10.2 (2020) takes much clearer photos and videos than Microsoft Surface Go. Both of them have the same 1920x1080 video resolution, a same resolution back-facing camera and the same video frame rate.
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