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| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 62.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | iPadOS 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x |
| 2018-08-24 | 2020-09-18 |
| 10.24 x 6.34 x 0.31 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 18.84 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gray | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 450.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.5 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 216 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 506 GPU | Apple GPU 4 core GPU |
| 8.91 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 9.44 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.25 inches (1/4") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.36 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7300mAh Li - Polymer Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.48 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab A 10.5 has an overall score of 74.5, which is better than the Apple iPad 10.2 (2020)'s 62.2 overall score. Galaxy Tab A 10.5 comes with Android 9.0 Pie OS, and Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS. The Galaxy Tab A 10.5 is an extremely older, a little bit heavier and a bit thicker tablet than the Apple iPad 10.2 (2020).
IPad 10.2 (2020) counts with a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a little greater count of pixels in each display inch and a higher resolution of 1620 x 2160px. The Galaxy Tab A 10.5 counts with a superior memory capacity to install applications and games than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have exactly the same internal memory, the Galaxy Tab A 10.5 also has a slot for an SD memory card that holds a maximum of 400 GB.
Galaxy Tab A 10.5 features a way better performance than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020), and although they both have the same RAM memory amount, the Galaxy Tab A 10.5 also has a greater number of cores. Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) and Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 both feature similar cameras, and although the Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) has a much tinier aperture which is not favorable for taking photos and video in poorly lited environments, they both have the same video frame rate, a back facing camera with an 8 mega-pixels and the same video definition.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 counts with a much better battery life than Apple iPad 10.2 (2020).
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