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| Global Score | |
| 62.2 | 60.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x | Android 7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.0 Lollipop |
| 2020-09-18 | 2015-05-02 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.55 x 6.57 x 0.29 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 15.84 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 160.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 265 pixels per inch | 132 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 5.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4 core GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 6.21 | 8.1 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) has an overall score of 62.2, which is a bit better than Galaxy Tab A 9.7's score of 60.5. Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) has iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Galaxy Tab A 9.7 comes with Android 7.1 Nougat operating system. The Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) design is much newer than Galaxy Tab A 9.7's, although it's just a bit thicker and just a little bit heavier.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 features a really superior performance than iPad 10.2 (2020), although it has less processing cores (but faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory. The iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a much better screen than Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because it has a way higher display density, a much higher resolution of 1620 x 2160 and a quite bigger display.
IPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a way better camera than Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because it has a camera with a lot better resolution and a much higher 1920x1080 video quality. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 has a bigger memory to install games and applications than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), because although it has 0 less internal memory, it also counts with a slot for SD memory cards that allows a maximum of 128 GB.
Galaxy Tab A 9.7 features a much better battery lifetime than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020).
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