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| Global Score | |
| 74.6 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-04-27 | 2022-03-18 |
| 7.95 x 4.93 x 0.28 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 10.90 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Mocha | -- |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 240.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| TFT | -- |
| 270 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7904 chipset | Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP2 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 9.84 | 7.7 |
| 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 | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2022) has a general score of 81.4, which is a bit better than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020)'s 74.6 general score. IPad Air (2022) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) counts with Android 9.0 Pie operating system. The iPad Air (2022) body is newer and thinner, but a lot heavier than the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020).
The iPad Air (2022) features a quite superior processing power than Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), and although they both have 8 processing cores, the iPad Air (2022) also has more RAM. The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a little more vivid display than Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), because although it has a bit less pixels per inch in the screen, it also counts with a higher 1640 x 2360 resolution and a bigger screen.
Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) has a bit better camera than Apple iPad Air (2022), although it has a tinier aperture which is not recommended for low light captures and a back-facing camera with much less mega pixels. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) counts with much more memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad Air (2022), because although it has only 32 GB internal storage, it also counts with an external SD slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) features a really longer battery lifetime than iPad Air (2022).
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