Samsung Galaxy J2 vs Apple iPad Air (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Sep 15, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$729

Design

Dimensions
5.37 x 2.72 x 0.33 inches 136.5 x 69 x 8.4 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
Weight
4.59 oz (130.0 g)	16.23 oz (460.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, White	Rose gold, Space gray, Silver, Green, Sky blue

Display

Size
4.7-inch, 64.62% screen-to-body	10.9-inch, 81.23% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
960x540px, 234 PPI	2360x1640px, 264 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 3475	Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz ARM Cortex-A7	Hexa-core Firestorm and Icestorm
GPU
Mali-T720	Apple 4-core GPU
Memory
1GB (LPDDR3)/8GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (5.1 Lollipop)	iPadOS (14.x)

Battery

Type
2000 mAh	Li - Ion

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
5 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (PDAF, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
LED
Video recording
720p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
2 MP	7 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	$879

Wi-Fi only

Weight	16.16 oz (458.0 g)
Prices (MSRP)	$599

Wi-Fi only with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
Weight	16.16 oz (458.0 g)
Prices (MSRP)	$749

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