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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 74.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 4.4.2 | iPadOS 16.x |
| 2014-06-12 | -- |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 11.09 x 8.48 x 0.24 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | -- |
| Black and White | Silver and Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | $ 1299.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 13 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2752 x 2064 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 359 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Apple M4 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Apple 10-core GPU GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.3 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.48 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 6.4 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4900mAh Battery | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) is a bit better than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, with a 74.8 score against 74.5. IPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024)'s design is much lighter and just a bit thinner than the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4. The iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) has iPadOS 16.x OS, while Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 works with Android 4.4.2 OS.
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a much more vibrant display than iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), because although it has a lot smaller display and a little lower resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, it also counts with more pixels per inch of display. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a lot better performance than Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), although it has lesser RAM memory, they both have 8 CPU cores.
Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) captures better pictures and videos than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has a way higher video resolution and a way better 12 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera. The Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) has a way bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024).
Although iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024) is a better device, it is a lot 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 need that extra specs, you can buy iPad Pro 13-inch (M4, 2024), otherwise you can save some dollars and buy the Galaxy Tab S 8.4, letting go some specs and features.
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