Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 vs iPad Air: Comparison Technical Review

Samsung revealed a new tablet, Galaxy Tab S 10.5 a couple of days ago. Rumors spread that its going to give a tough competition to Apple iPad Air which was released in the late months of last year. The bit more specs of Galaxy Tab S 10.5seems to have introduced to withstand the fight against iPad Air. Let’s take a look at the side by side comparison of the two players in the fair play and see who wins the epic battle.

 

 

	Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	iPad Air	Winner
Display	10.5 inches	9.7 inches	Samsung
Screen Resolution	2560 x 1600 px, 287ppi	2048x1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)	Samsung
Weight	464g	500g	Samsung
Size	6.98" x 9.73" x 0.26"	Height: 240 mm (9.4 inches) Width: 169.5 mm (6.6 inches) Depth: 7.5 mm (0.29 inches)	-Draw-
OS	Android Kitkat 4.4	iOS 7	Samsung
Processor	Exynos™ 5 Octa (1.9Ghz Quadcore + 1.3 Ghz Quadcore)	A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor	-Draw-
RAM	3GB	1GB	Samsung
Memory	16GB ROM, Expandable up to 128GB	16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB	-Draw-
SDHC/SHD SD card Support	YES	NO	Samsung
Sensors	Accelerometer; Gyroscope, Light Sensor, Geo-magnetic	Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Samsung
Audio	Music Player; Audio Streaming; MP3/MP4/Music Tones. AUDIO PLAYING FORMAT: MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA	Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE‑AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV User-configurable maximum volume limit	iPad Air
Connectivity	Wi-Fi®, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, (2.4Ghz + 5.0 Ghz) Bluetooth 4.0 with ADP, AVRCP, DI, HID, HOGP, HSP, OPP, PAN MHL 2.1	Wi‑Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and MIMO Bluetooth 4.0 technology UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900 MHz) LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26)3 Data only4	iPad Air
Battery Battery power consumption depends on factors such as network configuration, signal strength, operating temperature, features selected, vibrate mode, backlight settings, browser use, frequency of calls and voice, data and other application usage patterns. Smartphone Battery Life Time Test Procedures	BATTERY TYPE AND SIZE 3.8 Volt, Lithium Ion, 7900 mAh MUSIC PLAY TIME Up to 139 hours VIDEO PLAY TIME Up to 12 hours INTERNET USE TIME Up to 9 hours	Built-in 32.4-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi, watching video or listening to music. Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using a mobile data network. Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system	-Draw-
Price	Around Rs.24,000-30,000(based on memory)	Around Rs. 32,000-65,000(based on memory+Wi-fi+cellular)

 

The battle between Apple and Samsung is not of today’s. This time, it seems like Samsung tried to dominate iPad Air with its little bit more features. From the size of the screen to strength of the battery, Samsung dominated iPad Air in many aspects and won the fight.

 

The 10.5 inch screen of Samsung Galaxy Tab S renders graphics of about 2560x1600px resolution at 287ppi dominating the iPad Air’s 9.7 inch screen of 2048x1536px resolution at 264ppi.

 

Samsung saves up to 50g of weight lighter than the iPad Air, breaking the Apple’s the light-weight tablet record. The size of the Samsung tablet S is half an inch greater than that of Apple’s iPad Air. This doesn’t makes any noticeable difference in reality.

 

 

Apple iPad Air looks good at handling multimedia content than Samsung Tab S. Samsung supports fewer audio and video formats than Apple does. Though Galaxy Tab S beats iPad Air in many aspects, it couldn’t beat apple in design and good looks. There is no such gadget introduced yet that dominates the good looks of Apple devices.

 

Coming to the price range of the tablets, both are expensive but iPad Air costs little more bucks than Samsung. Both are good at giving their best performances. The choice of choosing one among them is left to you.