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| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 65.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 16.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat |
| -- | 2017-10-10 |
| 11.09 x 8.48 x 0.24 inches | 8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches |
| -- | 12.84 ounces |
| Silver and Space Gray | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Metal |
| $ 1299.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8 inches |
| 2752 x 2064 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 265 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M4 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 8917 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple 10-core GPU GPU | Adreno 308 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.28 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 7.48 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | 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 | -- |
| 8.91 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 10 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) has a score of 74.8, which is better than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)'s 65.7 overall score. The Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) construction is incredibly thinner and noticeably lighter than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017). The Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) comes with iPadOS 16.x OS, and Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) counts with Android 9.0 Pie OS.
Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) features a little sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a really bigger screen, a way better 2064 x 2752 pixels resolution and a greater display density. Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) counts with a much bigger storage capacity to install applications and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage.
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) features a much faster processing unit than Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), although it has 6 GB less RAM memory and 4 less processing cores. IPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) shoots just a bit better photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a lot higher (4K) video quality and a camera with way more mega pixels.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) counts with a really longer battery duration than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024).
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