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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 68.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 14.x | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-10-16 | 2018-09-20 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 8.13 x 4.99 x 0.35 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 12.64 ounces |
| Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray | Black |
| Aluminum | -- |
| $ 729.00 | $ 250.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 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 MSM8917 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 | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 9.44 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.20 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 | 8.03 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 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) is just a bit better than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), having a global score of 71.7 against 68.3. Apple iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x operating system, and Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) comes with Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. The Apple iPad Air (2020) design is incredibly newer and extremely thinner than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018)'s, but it is also extremely heavier.
The iPad Air (2020) has a way better hardware performance than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), because it has a higher number of cores (and faster) and a 64-bits processing unit. Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with an incredibly better looking screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), because it has a much bigger display, a lot better resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels and a higher pixels amount per inch of screen.
The Apple iPad Air (2020) has a much better camera than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), because it has a back-facing camera with a lot better 12 mega pixels resolution, a bigger camera aperture and a way higher (4K) video quality. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) counts with a superior storage for games and applications than Apple iPad Air (2020), because although it has only 32 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that admits up to 400 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) has a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air (2020).
Although Apple iPad Air (2020) is a better device, it costs a lot more money than the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018). So if you want that extra specs, you can buy Apple iPad Air (2020), otherwise you can save some money and get the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), letting go some specifications.
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