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| Global Score | |
| 64.1 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 13 | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2023-07-26 | 2020-10-16 |
| 10.01 x 63.21 x 0.23 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 17.57 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Beige and Graphite | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| Dynamic AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 2.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC (4 nm) chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Adreno 740 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.21 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 15.42 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.04 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8400mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.28 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| -- | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air (2020) is much better than Galaxy Tab S9, getting a global score of 71.7 against 64.1. IPad Air (2020) is a much older and just a little thicker tablet device than Galaxy Tab S9, but Apple was able to make it just a little lighter anyway. The iPad Air (2020) comes with iPadOS 14.x OS, while Galaxy Tab S9 works with Android 13 OS.
IPad Air (2020) has a very superior performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, because although it has an inferior number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with a 64-bit CPU. IPad Air (2020) features a much better display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, although it has a quite smaller display.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 has much more storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Apple iPad Air (2020), because it has a SD extension slot that holds a maximum of 1 TB and 128 GB internal storage. The Apple iPad Air (2020) takes much clearer videos and photos than Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, although it has a less MP back camera.
Galaxy Tab S9 features a much longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air (2020).
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