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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 65.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 14.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat |
| 2020-10-16 | 2017-10-10 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 12.84 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum | Metal |
| $ 729.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 8917 chipset |
| 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| -- | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 308 GPU |
| 10.26 | 8.28 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 7.48 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air (2020) has an overall score of 71.7, which is a bit better than the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)'s 65.7 overall score. The Apple iPad Air (2020) construction is a lot newer and notably thinner than the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)'s, although it is also a lot heavier. Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with iPadOS 14.x operating system, while Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) has Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
IPad Air (2020) has a much more powerful processor than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a 64-bit CPU and 2 more processing cores. IPad Air (2020) has a much better display than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a better display density, a really bigger display and a much better resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels.
The Apple iPad Air (2020) has a slightly bigger memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with more internal memory capacity. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) has a really longer battery lifetime than iPad Air (2020).
The iPad Air (2020) features a superior camera than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a larger diafragm aperture to capture better low light photography and videos, a camera with much more megapixels and a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
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