| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 73.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 4.4.2 | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2014-06-12 | 2021-09-24 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 9.84 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 17.18 ounces |
| Black and White | Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | -- |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 12.00 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 | 8.58 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4900mAh Battery | 8526mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 9.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is slightly better than Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), with a 74.5 score against 73.2. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is an way older tablet than the Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), but Samsung made it thinner and much lighter. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has Android 4.4.2 operating system, and Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021) has iPadOS 15.x operating system.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a sharper display than iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a little higher resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels and a greater pixel density. The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) features a better performing CPU than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has 2 lesser processing cores , it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
IPad 10.2-inch (2021) shoots better photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4. Both have a back camera with an 8 megapixels resolution, the same video frame rate and the same video resolution. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a bit bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 10.2-inch (2021), because although it has 0 less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that allows a maximum of 128 GB.
The iPad 10.2-inch (2021) counts with a much better battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has a 74 percent larger battery capacity.
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