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| Global Score | |
| 65.7 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2017-10-10 | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 12.84 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| Metal | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 189 pixels per inch | 261 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 8917 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 308 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.28 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.48 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 8.47 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 3 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a general score of 72.3, which is slightly better than the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)'s score of 65.7. The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a noticeably heavier but much thinner portable tablet than the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017). IPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has iPadOS 15.x OS, while Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) works with Android 9.0 Pie OS.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) features a much better screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because it has a much better resolution of 1640 x 2360, a higher number of pixels per inch in the display and a really bigger display. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has a much greater storage capacity to install applications and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017), because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with more internal storage capacity.
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) features an extremely better CPU than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has less RAM and less CPU cores. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) features a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) captures slightly better videos and photos than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024), although it has a camera with a much lower 8 megapixels resolution and a smaller camera aperture which is not good for taking images and video in poorly lited environments.
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