Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) vs Apple iPad (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Sep 15, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
$330	$459

Design

Dimensions
9.65 x 5.88 x 0.3 inches 245.1 x 149.4 x 7.6 mm	9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches 250.6 x 174.1 x 7.5 mm
Weight
16.54 oz / 469.0 g	17.46 oz / 495.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray	Silver, Space gray, Gold

Display

Size
10.1-inch, 80.80% screen-to-body	10.2-inch, 73.86% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 500 nits
Resolution
1920x1200px, 16:10 ratio, 224 PPI	2160x1620px, 4:3 ratio, 265 PPI
Features
	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 7904 (14 nm)	Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Quad-core Vortex and Tempest
GPU
Mali-G71 MP2	Apple G11P
Memory
3GB/128GB 3GB/32GB 3GB/64GB	3GB/32GB 3GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (11, 10, 9.0 Pie)	iPadOS (14.x)

Battery

Type
6150 mAh, Li - Ion	8827 mAh, Li - Ion

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

11h 13min

Gaming

4h 50min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0	8 MP (Autofocus, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.4
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
5 MP	1.2 MP (HDR) Video capture: 720p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Lightning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	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
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$280

with 128GB storage

Memory	128GB
Prices (MSRP)	$559

with 32 GB storage, no gold color

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$230

Wi-Fi only

Weight	17.28 oz / 490.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$329

LTE version

Phone functionality	Yes
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 40
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed	LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type	Nano SIM

Wi-Fi only with 128GB storage

Memory	128GB
Weight	17.28 oz / 490.0 g
Prices (MSRP)	$429

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