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Apple Ipad Air 2020 Wifi Plus Cellular 256gb Vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Fe 256gb

General

Brand

Apple Samsung

Custom UI

- Samsung One UI

Fingerprint Sensor

- Yes

Launch Date

October 23, 2020 (Official) October 7, 2023 (Official)

Model

iPad Air 2020 WiFi + Cellular 256GB Galaxy Tab S9 FE 256GB

Network

5G: Not Supported in India, 4G: Available Supported in India, 3G: Available, 2G: Available 5G: Not Supported in India, 4G: Not Available, 3G: Not Available

Operating System

iPadOS v14 Android v13

Quick Charging

- Yes

SIM Size

SIM1: Nano -

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM -

Battery

Capacity

7606 mAh 8000 mAh

Quick Charging

- Yes, Fast, 45W

Type

Li-Polymer Li-ion

USB Type-C

Yes Yes

User Replaceable

No No

Camera

Autofocus

Yes, Phase Detection autofocus, Dual Pixel autofocus -

Camera Features

Digital Zoom Auto Flash Face detection Touch to focus -

Flash

Yes, Retina Flash -

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels -

Resolution

7 MP Front Camera -

Sensor

BSI Sensor -

Settings

Exposure compensation, ISO control -

Shooting Modes

High Dynamic Range mode (HDR) Burst mode -

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 60 fps -

Design

Build Material

Back: Aluminium Back: Aluminium

Colours

Space Gray, Silver, Rose Gold, Green, Sky Blue Silver, Mint, Gray, Lavender

Height

247.6 mm 254.3 mm

Ruggedness

- Dust proof

Thickness

6.1 mm 6.5 mm

Waterproof

- Yes, Water resistant (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter), IP68

Weight

460 grams 523 grams

Width

178.5 mm 165.8 mm

Display

Display Colour

16M -

Display Type

IPS LCD TFT

Pixel Density

264 ppi 249 ppi

Screen Protection

Yes -

Screen Resolution

1640 x 2360 pixels 1440 x 2304 pixels

Screen Size

10.9 inches (27.69 cm) 10.9 inches (27.69 cm)

Screen to Body Ratio

81.07 % 81.99 %

Touch Screen

Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch
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Front Camera

Resolution

- 12 MP, Ultra-Wide Angle, Primary Camera

Main Camera

Autofocus

- Yes

Camera Features

- Digital Zoom

Flash

- No

Image Resolution

- 3264 x 2448 Pixels

Optical Image Stabilisation

- No

Resolution

- 8 MP, Primary Camera

Video Recording

- 3840x2160 @ 30 fps 1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Multimedia

Audio Features

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Atmos

Audio Jack

USB Type-C USB Type-C

FM Radio

No No

Fm Radio

No -

Music

Yes, Music Formats: AAX, AAX+, AC3, M4A (Apple lossless), MP3, WAV -

Video Player

Yes, Video Formats: H.264, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG4 -

Video player

Yes, Video Formats: H.264, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG4 -

Network & Connectivity

Bluetooth

Yes, v5.0 Yes, v5.3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS, Glonass Yes with Glonass

NFC

- No

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 4G Supported in India, 3G, 2G 5G Not Supported in India

SIM 1

4G Bands: TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 11) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 14) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1500(band 21) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) 3G Bands: UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz 2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 900 MHz GPRS: Available EDGE: Available -

Sim Size

SIM1: Nano -

USB Connectivity

Mass storage device, USB charging Mass storage device, USB charging

Voice Calling

No -

Wi-Fi

Yes, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), MIMO Yes, Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz 6GHz, MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot Wi-Fi Direct

Performance

Architecture

64 bit 64 bit

Chipset

Apple A14 Bionic Samsung Exynos 1380

Coprocessor

Apple M14 motion -

Graphics

Apple GPU (four-core graphics) Mali-G68 MP5

Processor

Hexa Core (3.1 GHz, Dual core, Firestorm + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Icestorm) Octa core (2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)

Ram

4 GB -

Special Features

Browser

Yes, HTML5 -

Email

Yes -

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes -

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Top Side

Games

Yes -

Instant Messaging

Yes -

Other Facilities

World clock, Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer -

Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope Light sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Storage

Expandable Memory

No Yes, Up to 1 TB

Internal Memory

256 GB 256 GB

User Available Storage

- Up to 218 GB
Scoring parameters
How is the score calculated?

This is a relative score calculated on the basis of the following specifications:

  • Performance
  • Smart features (Voice calling, fingerprint sensor)
  • Camera
  • Storage
  • Display

Each tablets has been benchmarked against ~31,000 other phones to calculate the score.

For personalized scores based on your preference, you can visit Tablet Recommender to check scores of the recommended Tablets for you.

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