Samsung Galaxy A50 vs Apple iPad Pro 11-inch (2021) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2019	Apr 20, 2021
MSRP
$ 350

Design

Dimensions
6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.23 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 5.9 mm
Weight
5.86 oz (166.0 g)	16.44 oz (466.0 g)
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Materials & Colors
	Silver, Space Gray
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint	3D Face unlock
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control
Colors
Black, Coral, Blue, White

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 85.24% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 85.43% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD, 120Hz, 600 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI	2388x1688px, 266 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 (10 nm)	Apple M1 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 3100 MHz
GPU
Mali-G72 MP3	Apple 8-core GPU
Memory
4GB/128GB 4GB/64GB 6GB/64GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 16GB/1024GB 16GB/2048GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	iPadOS (14.x)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	7540 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

7h 32min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Triple camera
Main camera
25 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 0.9 μm	12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	10 MP (Ultra-wide) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.4
Third camera
5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	ToF 3D depth sensing (Depth information)
Flash
LED	Quad LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps), 720p (240 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (30 fps) Time-lapse video
Front
25 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP (Wide Angle, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, LiDAR scanner, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	DLNA,Wireless screen share,MirrorLink
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD)
Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD)
Bands 38, 40, 41
3G
Bands 1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 11, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA505F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.34 W/kg Body: 0.45 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.44 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.20 W/kg Phablet: 1.07 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB

With 256GB storage

Memory	256GB

with 6 GB RAM

Memory	6GB/64GB

With 512GB storage

Memory	512GB

for Verizon

4G (FDD)	Bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 28, 66(AWS-3)

With 16GB RAM and 1TB storage

Memory	16GB/1024GB

for Sprint

4G (FDD)	Bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 71(600)
4G (TDD)	Bands 41
3G	Bands 5, 8, 4, 2, 1

With 16GB RAM and 2TB storage

Memory	16GB/2048GB

With 5G

Weight	16.58 oz (470.0 g)
5G	Bands n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79, n260, n261, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD)	Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 32(1500 L-band), 66(AWS-3), 71(600)
4G (TDD)	Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48
3G	Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
SIM type	Nano SIM, eSIM
Location	GPS, A-GPS
Other	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

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