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| Global Score | |
| 74.7 | 64.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 16.x | Android 13 |
| 2022-10-26 | 2023-07-26 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 10.01 x 63.21 x 0.23 inches |
| 16.83 ounces | 17.57 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Beige and Graphite |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 11 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | -- |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 2.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Hexa-Core 3000 MHz processor | processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU | Adreno 740 GPU |
| 10.17 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 15.42 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.04 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 10 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 8400mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 9.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad (2022) has an overall score of 74.7, which is much better than the Galaxy Tab S9's global score of 64.1. The Apple iPad (2022) body is just a bit lighter than the Galaxy Tab S9, although it is much thicker and was released about 9 months before. The Apple iPad (2022) has iPadOS 16.x operating system, while Galaxy Tab S9 works with Android 13 operating system.
Apple iPad (2022) features a much better display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, although it has a bit smaller screen. The iPad (2022) has a much more powerful processing unit than Galaxy Tab S9, because although it has 2 less processing cores , it also counts with a 64-bit CPU. IPad (2022) has a much better camera than Galaxy Tab S9, although it has a camera with a worse resolution.
The Galaxy Tab S9 features a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPad (2022), because it has 64 GB more internal memory and a SD memory slot that supports up to 1 TB. Galaxy Tab S9 has a way better battery duration than iPad (2022).
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