The battle of tablet PCs is just about to begin. This time, its Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Apple iPad. Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first Android tablet PC by the makers and is all set to prove which is the best tablet PC in the market. Apple iPad has been one hell of an innovation. Whether it would be the design, concept or performance, iPad stood up to the expectations and offered people what they were actually expecting.
But the arrival of Android OS gave birth to number of Android tablet PCs, and with success of Samsung Galaxy against Apple iPhone 4, the makers are back to give some competition to Apple iPad. Technically, both these tablet PCs are different in terms of their specifications and features, but both might eat each others market. Here is the comparison between these incredible tablet PCs.
DISPLAY
Apple iPad features a display screen of 9.7 inches with picture resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. Where as the brand new Android tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab features a 7 inch display screen with picture resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. So, the display parameters are very much to close to each other which would surely give you some tough time to choose one as it solely depends on personal preference.
OPERATING SYSYEM
Galaxy Tab runs on the latest version of Android OS which is Android 2.2, and it is rumored that
this Android tablet might come get updated to 3.0 version of Android OS. Whereas, Apple iPad runs on its very own successful OS which is iOS 3.2.2. One need not boast about the capability of the powerful iOS by Apple. And by November, you can update your Apple iPad to iOS 4.2.
PROCESSOR
Both the tablet PCs by Apple and Samsung are powered by 1 GHz processors but both are of different technology. Galaxy Tab features Cortex A8 technology, whereas iPad features its own Apple A4 technology. Again, both the tablet PCs compete neck to neck.
GRAPHICS
Once you get to know their graphics support, you would say “Oh God, Not again”, because you might again fail to decide which is more powerful as Galaxy Tab offers PowerVR SGX 540 graphics support and Apple iPad offers PowerVR SGX 535 graphics support.
RAM
Samsung Galaxy Tab’s 512MB of RAM leads the race against the 256MB of RAM of Apple iPad. This
might or might not be the deciding factor, because there are other few minute features which give
Apple iPad some edge.
STORAGE
Samsung is offering two versions of Galaxy Tabs, which are 16GB and 32GB. Whereas Apple has launched three versions of iPad which are 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Apple iPad does not support storage expansion whereas Galaxy Tab lets you expand its storage capacity up to 32GB.
Based on your budget and requirement, you can come up with a perfect version of any of these
incredible tablet PCs.
CONNECTIVITY
Since Samsung Galaxy Tab is the a newer entry into the market of tablet PCs, one could expect
better connectivity options. Galaxy Tab features 3G, Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity options, where as Apple iPad features 3G optional, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi options.
CAMERA
Everyone wonders why Apple never feature camera in their products. Apple iPad has not no camera, whereas Samsung Galaxy Tab offers two cameras. The once which is placed on the front side is of 1.3 MP, and the one which is on the other side is of 3MP. This is the section where Samsung wins the race convincingly.
WEIGHT
Since Apple iPad is a bigger device than Samsung Galaxy Tab, iPad weighs 1.5 lbs whereas Galaxy Tab weighs 0.84 lbs.
Numbers say that Apple iPad is one the best gadgets of 2010. Concept and technology implemented by Apple is truly incredible. Since the arrival of iPad, other companies too have brought their tablet PCs. Some of them have been impressive but failed to capture much of the market.
Samsung Galaxy Tab looks incredible on paper. The hardware and software specifications of this Samsung tablet PC surely takes our expectations to a newer level as they are better than that of Apple iPad.
Which is a better tablet PC then, Samsung Galaxy Tab or Apple iPad? This is one big question, because Apple created the hype for iPad and they lived up to it. Can Samsung live up to the expectations? Can it really give some tough time to Apple? Time will give us the clear picture.