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| Global Score | |
| 75.7 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-10-22 | 2019-04-26 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | 9.65 x 6.30 x 0.22 inches |
| 16.86 ounces | 14.11 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Black, Gold and Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| $ 380.00 | $ 316.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | 288 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A75 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.29 inches (1/3.4") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 7040mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e has an overall score of 78.6, which is slightly better than iPad Air's 75.7 overall score. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e has Android 10 OS, while iPad Air comes with iOS 8.x OS. Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is a much newer tablet, and it is also thinner and lighter than iPad Air. The iPad Air has a bit superior CPU than Galaxy Tab S5e, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores, it also counts with an additional GPU and a 64-bits CPU.
The iPad Air counts with a more vivid display than Galaxy Tab S5e, although it has a little smaller screen, a bit less pixels per display inch and a bit lower resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels. The Galaxy Tab S5e features much more memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad Air, because it has a SD extension slot that admits up to 512 GB and more internal memory.
IPad Air features improved battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e, because it has an 8820mAh battery size. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e takes much better photographs and videos than iPad Air, because it has a way better resolution back-facing camera, a much better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a larger aperture to capture better low-light photography.
In addition to being the best tablet of the ones we compare here, the Galaxy Tab S5e is also a lot cheaper, which makes it very easy to pick between these devices.
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