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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
32 GBSM-T805
| Global Score | |
| 74.3 | 66.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2014-06-12 | 2020-09-18 |
| 9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 inches | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.47 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Black and White | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 189.00 | $ 459.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.5 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 288 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | -- |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Apple G11P GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.48 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7900mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.88 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 has a score of 74.3, which is better than the iPad (2020)'s 66.6 overall score. Although Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is way older than iPad (2020), it's body is thinner and a bit lighter. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 features a bit better looking display than Apple iPad (2020), because it has a little bit higher quantity of pixels in each inch in the screen, a slightly better resolution of 1600 x 2560px and a quite bigger screen.
The Apple iPad (2020) counts with a superior CPU than Galaxy Tab S 10.5, because although it has 4 less CPU cores (although faster), it also counts with a 64-bit processor. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 features much more storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad (2020), and although they both have the same internal storage, the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 also has an external SD slot that holds up to 128 GB.
The Apple iPad (2020) has a superior camera than Galaxy Tab S 10.5. Both of them have the same 30 fps video frame rates, the same 1920x1080 video resolution and a back camera with an 8 MP. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 counts with a very superior battery duration than iPad (2020).
Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is not only the best tablets of the ones we are comparing, but it's also by far the cheapest one.
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