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Apple iPad Air
128 GB| Global Score | |
| 54.2 | 77.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 2.3.5, 2.2 | iOS 8.x, 7.x |
| 2011-03-16 | 2013-10-22 |
| 4.87 x 2.53 x 0.39 inches | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.97 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| -- | Black, Gray and White |
| -- | Aluminium |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 215.00 | $ 273.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 480 x 800 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| Super Clear LCD | IPS LCD |
| 233 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.1 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Apple A7 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A8 (Single-Core 1000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 540 GPU | PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU |
| 7.38 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 3.20 MP + 0.30 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 33.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.5 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1200mAh Li-Ion Battery | 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 2.88 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air has a general score of 77.9, which is way better than Galaxy S WiFi 4.0's overall score of 54.2. Apple iPad Air comes with iOS 8.x operating system, while Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 has Android 2.3.5 operating system. Apple iPad Air's body is incredibly newer and a lot thinner, but also incredibly heavier than Galaxy S WiFi 4.0.
IPad Air counts with a sharper display than Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, because it has a lot bigger screen, a lot higher resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a just a little greater pixel density. The iPad Air counts with a much better hardware performance than Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, because it has more cpu cores, a graphics processor, a greater amount of RAM memory and a 64-bit processing unit.
The iPad Air features a very superior camera than Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, because it has a back-facing camera with a much higher resolution. The Apple iPad Air has much more memory to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity.
The iPad Air has a superior battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, because it has 8820mAh of battery capacity against 1200mAh.
The iPad Air is more expensive than the Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.0, but it's still a good choice, because you can get a much better tablet for that extra money.
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