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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 4.4.2 | -- |
| 2014-06-12 | 2019-03-18 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 9.80 x 6.80 x 0.24 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 16.37 ounces |
| Black and White | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | $ 779.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2224 x 1668 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 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 (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.82 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.40 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 8.91 |
| 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 | 8134mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 9.04 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2019) has a score of 85.9, which is better than Galaxy Tab S 8.4's 74.5 score. Even though the Apple iPad Air (2019) is incredibly heavier than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, it's a little bit thinner and also newer. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a sharper display than iPad Air (2019), because although it has a really smaller screen, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 2560 x 1600px and a higher number of pixels per inch of display.
IPad Air (2019) has a lot bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity. The iPad Air (2019) has a more powerful processing unit than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, and although they both have the same number of cores and the same RAM memory amount, the iPad Air (2019) also has a 64-bits processor.
The iPad Air (2019) features a superior camera than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, and although they both have a back camera with an 8 mega pixels and the same (Full HD) video resolution, the iPad Air (2019) also has higher 120 frames per second video frame rates. The iPad Air (2019) counts with a way better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has a 66 percent more battery capacity.
Although iPad Air (2019) is a better device, it is way more expensive than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, and it doesn't have such a good quality/price relation as the Galaxy Tab S 8.4. So if you want that extra specs, you can buy iPad Air (2019), but if you don't you can save a couple dollars and buy the Galaxy Tab S 8.4, letting go some features and specs.
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