Although we already saw that the Galaxy Tab S3 may be an alternative to the iPad 2018 somewhat more expensive but with important advantages, if we cannot or want to make a higher investment, the rival of Samsung for the new tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it would be the previous model, which still has an important presence. We help you choose between the two with this comparative: iPad 2018 vs. Galaxy Tab S2.
Integrated
In the design section, the main point in favor of the iPad 2018 is arriving with a metal casing, since the Galaxy Tab S2 belongs to the time when Samsung it was still reluctant to bring premium materials even to its high-end tablets. Yes, we will have both, however, with a fingerprint reader, integrated in both cases in the home button, as is still the norm for tablets. Both also have stereo speakers, although they are still a step behind the higher-level models that usually already come with four.
Dimensions
If in the design section the iPad 2018 a goal is scored, in the dimension the victory is very clear for the Galaxy Tab S2, since this is a section in which it shines especially and few tablets even come close to it: not only is it more compact with a screen of the same size (24x16,95 inch against 23,73x16,9 inch), but it is also much lighter (469 grams against 389 grams) and fine (7,5 mm against 5,6 mm). The difference in weight is especially interesting, which can be appreciated a lot in everyday use.
Screen
In the screen section we also have to give the victory to the tablet of Samsung, even if its basic technical specifications are identical, with the same size (9.7 inches), resolution (2048 x 1536) and aspect ratio (4: 3, optimized for reading). The key is in the Super AMOLED panels that we have in the Galaxy Tab S2, with excellent levels of brightness, contrasts, color reproduction ... Only the Galaxy Tab S3 has managed to overcome it in this section. It must also be borne in mind that the screen of the iPad 2018 it is not laminated.
Performance
The tables change, and quite a lot, in the performance section, one of the weakest of the tablet of Samsung and one of the most powerful of the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, starting because it mounts a more recent and much more powerful processor (A10 quad core to 2,34 GHz against Exynos 5433 eight core to 1,9 GHz) and continuing because iOS devices usually already have some advantage in this regard simply because they have custom-made software. At the only point where the Galaxy Tab S2 is in RAM (2 GB against 3 GB).
Storage capacity
The Galaxy Tab S2However, when we go to the storage capacity section, because both arrive with 32 GB of internal memory, which is usual in the high-end, but with the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), we are going to find the usual problem in your devices and that is that we will not have a card slot micro-SD to dip into in case they fall short.
Cameras
Where they are quite evenly matched is in the cameras section, which helps to reduce even more importance to this factor (secondary for most users already, usually) when choosing: with either of the two we will have a relatively solvent main chamber (8 MP) and a front enough for video calls and the occasional selfie (1.2 MP against 2 MP).
Autonomy
The autonomy section is another in which the iPad 2018Although nothing can be said for sure until we have comparable independent test data. It must be borne in mind, in any case, that this is a section in which the tablets of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), normally behave very well and it is just one of the aspects in which the Galaxy Tab S2, since that reduced weight and thickness that we have seen that it offered us is achieved in part by sacrificing battery capacity, a point where the first has a very large advantage (8827 mAh against 5780 mAh).
iPad 2018 vs Galaxy Tab S2: final balance of the comparison and price
Choosing between these two tablets should be quite simple because their strengths and weaknesses are very clear and very different. It also coincides that where each one stands out the most is where the other does the worst: on the one hand, if the screen of the iPad 2018 It is one of the sections where the cuts are most noticeable to keep its price low, it turns out that it is the most prominent of the Galaxy Tab S2 thanks to its AMOLED panels; on the other hand, the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), shines in performance and autonomy, which are just the two weaknesses of the Samsung. This also has in its favor being much thinner and lighter and having a micro-SD card slot, while the apple one can boast of a metal casing.
We can also allow ourselves to make the decision by exclusively evaluating which are the sections that may be most important to us, because with regard to the price they are practically tied: the iPad 2018 has been launched by $350, which is more or less the figure by which the Galaxy Tab S2 at various dealers.
They would have better compared it to the Tab S2 VE, which is the improved version. ?
It seems to me that they are ignoring many features of both tablets, it is a very poor and general comparison is of almost absolutely nothing if they only talk about specifications and do not explain what they mean. They should add more information and less padding… What is the difference between the two screens? How much is the difference between the A10 Fusion and the Samnsung Exynos? Why do they say that 3Gb on Android is better than 2Gb on iOS? How are the Spen and Apple pencil?
Those kinds of questions are what I expected this article to answer.