Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 vs Apple iPad Air (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Sep 15, 2020
MSRP
$ 600	$ 729

Design

Dimensions
9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches 237.3 x 169 x 6 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
Weight
15.13 oz (429.0 g)	16.23 oz (460.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver	Rose gold, Space gray, Silver, Green, Sky blue

Display

Size
9.7-inch, 72.71% screen-to-body	10.9-inch, 81.23% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, HDR	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
2048x1536px, 264 PPI	2360x1640px, 264 PPI
Features
HDR support, Ambient light sensor	Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 (14 nm)	Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2150 MHz Kryo	Hexa-core Firestorm and Icestorm
GPU
Adreno 530	Apple 4-core GPU
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	iPadOS (14.x)

Battery

Type
6000 mAh	Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm	12 MP (PDAF, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	7 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-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	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
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(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3), 71(600)
4G (TDD)
	Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
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

Weight	15.31 oz (434.0 g)
Data Speed	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s)
MSRP	€ 769

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB
MSRP	$ 879

Wi-Fi only

Weight	16.16 oz (458.0 g)
MSRP	$ 599

Wi-Fi only with 256GB storage

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

Links

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