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| Global Score | |
| 79 | 71.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 10 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-09-28 | 0000-00-00 |
| 8.42 x 4.99 x 0.39 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches |
| 15.03 ounces | 21.80 ounces |
| Black | -- |
| Plastic | Aluminum |
| $ 490.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 13 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 283 pixels per inch | 263 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 9810 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| Exynos M3 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2700 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP18 GPU | 10-core GPU GPU |
| 9.45 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.02 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 8.36 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 6.1 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5050mAh Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab Active 3 is much better than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), getting a overall score of 79 against 71.3. Galaxy Tab Active 3 has Android 10 OS, while iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) works with iPadOS 15.x OS. Galaxy Tab Active 3 is a notably thicker but a lot lighter tablet than the iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024).
Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a much greater hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), although it has less RAM, they both have the same number of cores. The Galaxy Tab Active 3 has a brighter screen than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has a lot worse resolution of 1200 x 1920 and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a little bit better pixels number in each screen inch.
The Galaxy Tab Active 3 has a slightly better camera than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), because it has a back camera with a better 13 mega-pixels resolution. Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a much better memory capacity to store more games and applications than iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), because although it has only 64 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 1 TB.
Galaxy Tab Active 3 counts with a much better battery performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024).
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