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Apple's M4 iPad Pro vs. Samsung's Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra

jjudson said:
Who comes even close to using all of the iPad specs...?
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This question or statement comes around often, and I'm not sure I understand it.
It's not difficult to make the M4 throttle on an iPad...

That said, I feel like the lack of RAM (8GB) and in combination of iPadOS being a bit unstable when running processes at the same time, is a bottleneck.
 
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I find these comparisons silly. Well at least for me. It's not about the hardware as much as it is about iOS vs Android, and inter-compatability with other devices.
 
CarAnalogy said:
Windows ARM is the future. There are still compatibility issues, but what are they going to do, stick with x86 forever? Intel is about to go bankrupt. AMD can't fully take their place.
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Amd could dominate, and Intel isn't going bankrupt anyway. Amd is now a huge presence. Microsoft just hasn't embraced them, but MS's marketshare of hardware is minuscule.
 
j26 said:
I think it's pretty disengenuous to equate the anti-glare which is standard on S10, with the optional, extra cost option that's only available on models with 1TB or more memory for the iPad.
The cheapest 13 iPad I could buy with anti-glare is €2,588 (including Pencil), whereas I could get a S10 Ultra with 1TB with S-Pen for €1,799, or I could even go the whole hog and go for one with 256GB for €1,399 and throw in a 1TB Micro SD card for about €100.

I'm not in the market for either as I prefer small tablets, but the difference is stark.

Edited to add: The S10 Ultra currently comes with a free keyboard, so including that it's close to half the price of the iPad/Pencil/keyboard combo.
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I have iPad Pro M4 1 TB Cellular, normal glass and previously Samsung Tab S7+. I was considering Tab 9 Ultra Cellular. Samsung Tabs are always excellent ones with AMOLED displays always for many years unlike iPads which have incorporated OLED only very recently. Samsung Form factor is excellent for video consumption while iPad Pro form factor is good for creative tasks. Both are having issues with browsers when rendering content from certain sites which have not tailored it for the tabs. Samsung Tabs are more like Mobile, where you can take calls (Cellular) and have WhatsApp kind of cross platform messaging apps. You can receive SMS as well which is not possible in iPads. Samsung Cameras are good and I haven’t tried taking pictures in iPad. I have Magic Keyboard and it works perfectly with my iPad and the posture is good. I haven’t tried the Samsung Keyboard (but getting almost $250-$300 worth keyboard free is a great deal - obviously I would have gone for this if I had an opportunity instead of iPad Pro). As you have correctly observed, Samsung Display always comes with the anti-glare coating unlike iPad Pro where you can get it only in 1 TB and above. The comparison skips many advantages of Samsung Tab over iPads - like Memory Card Slot, Free SPEN, all variants having 120Hz refresh rate, standard 12 GB RAM and 16 GB RAM for the 512 GB…). It is hilarious they mentioned that Samsung has AI features similar to iPad which is yet to get pushed to general public while Samsung already have it in its devices.
 
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j26 said:
I think it's pretty disengenuous to equate the anti-glare which is standard on S10, with the optional, extra cost option that's only available on models with 1TB or more memory for the iPad.
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Yes, it sort of seems like a jab at Apple in a way, as Apple's marketing is a bit screwed up. They assumed desire for nano would be limited. Samsung makes it standard.

I have a S10 on order and own a nano iPad, so I will compare the two. The thing is, I can't use matte screen protectors for a variety of reasons. The built-in matte options I've tried are great, almost universally.
 
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waquzy said:
Android tablets are useless
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There are more possibilities and options than on an iPad so I’m sure you’ve never used one otherwise you wouldn’t make such a comment. Most of what Apple promised for AI is already there and when Apple introduces its own they will have their second wave ready. It’s Apple who’s playing catch up these days.
 
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HJM.NL said:
There are more possibilities and options than on an iPad so I’m sure you’ve never used one otherwise you wouldn’t make such a comment. Most of what Apple promised for AI is already there and when Apple introduces its own they will have their second wave ready. It’s Apple who’s playing catch up these days.
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I actually prefere to have decent apps rather than Ai.

Affinity on ipad is Amazing.
 
villagehiker said:
Samsung is just partnering with the wrong people when it comes to mobile devices.
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Do they have any other choice? Windows? 😂😂. Tizen? Linux? Plan 9? BeOS? Whatever PalmOS is today? They have no other choices.
 
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