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| Global Score | |
| 65.2 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 0000-00-00 | 2017-03-24 |
| 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 11.01 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| Black and White | Black and Silver |
| Aluminium | Glass |
| $ 235.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 1024 x 768 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 162 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543 MP2 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 8.01 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S3 has a general score of 75.2, which is better than iPad mini's global score of 65.2. Galaxy Tab S3 has Android 9.0 Pie OS, and iPad mini works with iOS 8.x OS. The Galaxy Tab S3 is a somewhat thinner but much heavier tablet device than iPad mini. Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a superior hardware performance than Apple iPad mini, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processor, it also counts with a greater number of cores and a larger amount of RAM.
The Galaxy Tab S3 has a slightly better display than iPad mini, because it has a bigger screen, a lot higher resolution of 1536 x 2048 and a lot higher pixels number per inch in the display. Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 features a much bigger storage to store more apps and games than iPad mini, because it has 16 GB more internal memory capacity and a slot for an SD memory card that admits a maximum of 256 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 has better battery performance than iPad mini, because it has a 35 percent bigger battery capacity. Galaxy Tab S3 takes much better photographs and videos than Apple iPad mini, because it has a much higher 13 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera, a way bigger camera aperture to capture better captures and videos in low light environments and a much better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
The Galaxy Tab S3 is a bit more expensive than the Apple iPad mini, but you can get a better tablet for that few extra dollars.
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