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| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 77.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-10-22 | 2019-10-01 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 9.59 x 6.70 x 0.39 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 23.03 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Black |
| Aluminium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | $ 680.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 264 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SDM710 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 616 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 7600mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 8.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air is a little bit better than the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro, having a 77.9 score against 77.5. Apple iPad Air is an extremely older device than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro, but it is much lighter and notably thinner anyway. The Apple iPad Air has iOS 8.x operating system, while Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro has Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
The iPad Air has a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy Tab Active Pro, because although it has less and slower processing cores and 3 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a 64-bit CPU and a GPU. The iPad Air has a better looking display than Galaxy Tab Active Pro, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1536 x 2048 and a little higher pixel number per inch in the screen.
Galaxy Tab Active Pro takes clearer photographs and videos than Apple iPad Air, because it has a back facing camera with a lot higher resolution and a lot higher video definition. The Galaxy Tab Active Pro has more memory capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air, because although it has just 64 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that holds a maximum of 512 GB.
The iPad Air features just a bit longer battery performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro, because it has a 16 percent more battery size.
Even being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, iPad Air is also by far the cheapest one.
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