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| Global Score | |
| 79 | 84.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 10 | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2020-09-28 | 2020-03-25 |
| 8.42 x 4.99 x 0.39 inches | 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.23 inches |
| 15.03 ounces | 22.61 ounces |
| Black | Silver and Space gray |
| Plastic | Aluminum |
| $ 490.00 | $ 999.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 283 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.5 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 9810 chipset | Apple A12Z Bionic APL1083 chipset |
| Exynos M3 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2700 MHz) processor | Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP18 GPU | Apple 8-core GPU GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.72 |
| 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 + 7.00 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 | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5050mAh Li - Ion Battery | 9720mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | -- |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a score of 84.6, which is a little bit better than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3's overall score of 79. The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) counts with iPadOS 13.x OS, and Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 works with Android 10 OS. The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) body is incredibly thinner but a lot heavier than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3, and both were released only 6 months apart.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a bit sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3, because although it has a quite worse number of pixels per screen inch, it also counts with a really bigger display and a much better resolution of 2048 x 2732 pixels. IPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) has a bit faster processing unit than Galaxy Tab Active 3, and although they both have the same number of cores, the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) also has 2 GB more RAM.
The Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) captures much better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3, although it has a lower video resolution and a back camera with lesser MP. The Galaxy Tab Active 3 features a much bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), because although it has just 64 GB internal storage, it also counts with an external memory slot that supports a maximum of 1 TB.
Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) features a much longer battery life than Galaxy Tab Active 3, because it has a 9720mAh battery capacity.
Although iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020) is a better device, it costs a lot more money than the Galaxy Tab Active 3, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as Galaxy Tab Active 3. So if you want that extra specs, you can buy the iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2020), else you can save some dollars and get the Galaxy Tab Active 3, letting go a couple specifications.
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