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| Global Score | |
| 85.9 | 69 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2019-03-18 | 2019-07-05 |
| 9.80 x 6.80 x 0.24 inches | 8.27 x 4.90 x 0.31 inches |
| 16.37 ounces | 12.17 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Black and Silver |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| $ 779.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.5 inches | 8 inches |
| 2224 x 1668 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 265 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 SDM429 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 1950 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 504 GPU |
| 10.35 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.91 | 7.37 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.1 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8134mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.04 | 6.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2019) has a general score of 85.9, which is a lot better than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019)'s 69 global score. Although the Apple iPad Air (2019) and Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) were only released with a few months difference, the Apple iPad Air (2019) construction is incredibly thinner but also notably heavier.
IPad Air (2019) features a superior processing power than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a higher amount of RAM, a larger number of cores and a 64-bit processing unit. The iPad Air (2019) has a sharper screen than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has more pixels per inch of display, a much higher resolution of 1668 x 2224px and a much larger display.
The iPad Air (2019) has a much bigger memory to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory capacity. The iPad Air (2019) features a lot better camera than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), and although they both have a same resolution back-facing camera and the same video resolution, the iPad Air (2019) also has better video frame rate.
IPad Air (2019) has a way better battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019), because it has a 59 percent bigger battery size.
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