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| Global Score | |
| 79 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 10 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-09-28 | 2021-09-24 |
| 8.42 x 4.99 x 0.39 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 15.03 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Black | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 490.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 9810 chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Exynos M3 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2700 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | -- |
| Mali-G72 MP18 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.45 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.02 | 7.7 |
| 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 | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.36 | 9.9 |
| 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 |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5050mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab Active 3 has a score of 79, which is way better than iPad mini (6th Gen)'s 65 global score. Even though Galaxy Tab Active 3 is a better tablet device than iPad mini (6th Gen), we must note that it's also older, heavier and thicker. The Galaxy Tab Active 3 counts with Android 10 OS, and iPad mini (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x OS.
IPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a little more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3, because it has a bit more pixels per inch of screen, a quite larger display and a better resolution of 1488 x 2266 pixels. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 counts with a really superior processing power than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has a higher number of cores (and they are faster).
Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a way bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than iPad mini (6th Gen), and although they both have the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 1 TB. IPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a better camera than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3, although it has a worse (4K) video definition and a camera with less megapixels resolution.
IPad mini (6th Gen)'s battery duration is very similar to the battery life in Galaxy Tab Active 3, although the iPad mini (6th Gen) also has 5078mAh of battery capacity.
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