iPad 9.7 vs Galaxy Tab S3: comparison

Of course, the great rival of the Galaxy Tab S3 It would be the iPad Pro 9.7 right now, with which we already faced it in its day, or the iPad Pro 2, which is expected not to take long to arrive either, but for those who are impatiently waiting for the new tablet of Samsung and have found that it is more expensive than they had expected, it is probably interesting to note that surprisingly Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), just launched a more affordable alternative. What are the reasons that can encourage us to make an extra investment and what are the reasons that can invite us to make the leap to iOS? As always, we will review the Technical specifications of both section by section in this comparative, but the decision is yours.

Integrated

You already know that even in their most economical models, premium materials and quality finishes are never lacking in tablets of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. In this sense, it is more a matter of personal taste, with a metal casing on the iPad and glass housing combined with metal for Galaxy Tab S3. Both also have a fingerprint reader. There are, however, a couple of points where the tablet from Samsung it will have an advantage: the first is the audio section, thanks to its four Harman Kardon stereo speakers; the second is to arrive with the S Pen included.

Dimensions

The scale is also tilted on the side of the tablet Samsung with some clarity in the dimension section, because the new iPad has gained a bit compared to iPad Air 2. If we compare the size of both we can already see that the Galaxy Tab S3 it is somewhat more compact (24x16,95 inch against 23,73x16,9 inch), but even more evident is the difference in thickness (7,5 mm against 6 mm) and weight (469 grams against 429 grams).

Screen

The differences in the screen section have to do above all with the fact that the Galaxy Tab S3 uses Super AMOLED panels, while in the new iPad we have LCD. To have a more precise idea, however, of the image quality that each one of them offers us, we will have to wait for the analysis of the experts and the video comparisons. For now, what we can say is that their basic technical specifications are identical: they both have 9.7 inches, use the 4: 3 aspect ratio (optimized for reading) and have a resolution 2048 x 1536.

Performance

It is difficult to always compare in the performance section tablets with different operating systems, but there are not many doubts, in any case, that in purely hardware terms, the Galaxy Tab S3 is superior, with a higher level processor (A9 two-core to 1,84 GHz against Snapdragon 820 quad core to 2,15 GHz) and double the RAM memory (2 GB against 4 GB).

Storage capacity

The tablets of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), They always fall a step behind most Android in the section of storage capacity, due to the lack of card slot micro-SD, and the same happens this time: both offer us a minimum of 32 GB of internal memory, but only with the tablet Samsung we will have the possibility of extending them externally if they fall short.

Cameras

It is probably not the most important of all, because most of us do not use the camera of our tablets very often, but the victory in this section of the Galaxy Tab S3 This does not mean that it ceases to be forceful, both with regard to the main (8 MP against 13 MP) and the front (1,2 MP against 5 MP).

Autonomy

Although it is not a data that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), sole ease, it seems quite reasonable to assume that the battery capacity of the new iPad It will be more or less the same, if not identical, as that of the first iPad Air, thinking that it seems that the apple company is reusing its design, which would place it at around 8600 mAh. The advantage here, therefore, would be very clear to her, since the Galaxy Tab S3 lags far behind with 6000 mAh. As was the case in the performance section, however, the fact that they do not have the same operating system means that this data must be taken with even more precautions than usual, because consumption can be very different.

Price

It does not happen very often that when we compare a device Samsung with another of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), the latter being the cheapest, but it is true that, as we have seen, we are talking about tablets of two different levels: the Galaxy Tab S3 it's going to cost us $680, Whereas the new iPad will be sold for $400, but the first one has a considerable advantage in technical specifications in practically all the sections. The question, therefore, is to what extent the extra investment is worth it to each of us.