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| Global Score | |
| 72.3 | 69 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 0000-00-00 | 2019-07-05 |
| 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 8.27 x 4.90 x 0.31 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 12.17 ounces |
| Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray | Black and Silver |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 261 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 SDM429 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 1950 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| 10-core GPU GPU | Adreno 504 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 7.37 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) |
| 10 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a score of 72.3, which is slightly better than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019)'s overall score of 69. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a much thinner but extremely heavier portable tablet than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019). Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with iPadOS 15.x operating system, while Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) works with Android 11 operating system.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a brighter display than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a way bigger screen, a way higher 1640 x 2360 resolution and a better amount of pixels per inch in the screen. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) counts with a really superior hardware performance than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has an inferior number of cores and a lower amount of RAM memory.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a bit bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 96 GB more internal storage capacity. Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) counts with a really longer battery performance than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024).
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a little bit better camera than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a much better 12 mega pixels resolution back camera.
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