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Apple iPad Air

Wi-Fi Only 128 GB

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

16GB LTE
N5120
Global Score
77.769.2
Basic Information
AppleSamsung
iOS 8.x, 7.xAndroid 4.4.2, 4.2.2, 4.1.2
2013-10-222013-02-24
9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches8.30 x 5.35 x 0.31 inches
16.86 ounces11.92 ounces
Black, Gray and White--
Aluminium--
$ 280.00$ 285.00
Display / Screen
9.7 inches8 inches
2048 x 1536 pixels 1280 x 800 pixels
IPS LCDTFT
264 pixels per inch189 pixels per inch
Capacitive, Multi-touchCapacitive, Multi-touch
8.27
Performance
Apple A7 chipsetSamsung Exynos 4 Quad (Exynos 4412) chipset
64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processorARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor
1 GB RAM2 GB RAM
PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPUARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU
9.279.18
Storage
128 GB internal memory16 GB internal memory
No SD card slotmicroSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot
10.16.16
Camera
5.00 MP + 1.20 MP5.00 MP + 1.30 MP
f/2.40 aperture--
33.00mm focal length--
1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution
7.926.82
Networks
Wi-FiWi-Fi
Mobile Hotspot--
LTE (4G), HSPA, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE and GPRSLTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM
Nano SIMSIM
6.56.4
Battery Life
8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery4600mAh Li-Ion Battery
Non-Removable BatteryNon-Removable Battery
9.526.48
Other Features
Bluetooth 4.0Bluetooth 4.0
GPSGPS
Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light SensorAccelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor

Comparison review

The Apple iPad Air is better than Galaxy Note 8.0, getting a 77.7 score against 69.2. Even though the Apple iPad Air and Galaxy Note 8.0 were only released 8 months apart, the Apple iPad Air design is a bit thinner but noticeably heavier. The Apple iPad Air works with iOS 8.x operating system, and Galaxy Note 8.0 works with Android 4.4.2 operating system.

Apple iPad Air has a much better screen than Galaxy Note 8.0, because it has a much better 1536 x 2048px resolution, a greater pixels density and a larger display. Apple iPad Air features a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Galaxy Note 8.0, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage.

Apple iPad Air features a little bit better processing power than Galaxy Note 8.0, because although it has a weaker graphics co-processor, an inferior number of cores and also slower and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a 64 bits processor. Apple iPad Air has a way better battery duration than Galaxy Note 8.0, because it has an 8820mAh battery capacity against 4600mAh.

Apple iPad Air takes much better pictures and videos than Galaxy Note 8.0, and although they both have a 5 mega pixels resolution camera, the Apple iPad Air also has a way higher (Full HD) video resolution.

The iPad Air is not only the best tablets of the ones in this comparison, but it's also cheap compared to the other tablet.




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