We compare Apple's first iPad Air and the new Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to see which device is the better purchase.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has a Super AMOLED screen, protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 4, and renders a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels at 515 ppi pixel density. Its dimensions are 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm, and weighs 176 grams. The iPad Air has a LED-backlit IPS LCD measuring 9.7 inches, and renders a better resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels, but a lower pixel density of 64 ppi. It dimensions are 240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm, and it weighs 469 grams in the Wi-Fi version, while 478 grams for the 3G and LTE.
The Fuse Joplin comments that the Galaxy Note 4 has a powerful octa-core CPU. A quad core Cortex A53 processor clocked 1.3GHz coupled with a quad core Cortex A57 processing unit at 1.9GHz. In addition, it has a Exynos 5433 chip accompanied with a dedicated Mali-T760 graphic chipset. The Apple iPad Air has an Apple A7 chipset, with dual-core Cyclone processor clocked at 1.3GHz. The PowerVR based G6430 graphic processing unit monitors lag-free operations of the tablet.
The Apple device's operating system started out in the iOS 7, then upgraded into iOS 7.1.2, and can achieve a iOS 8.1.2 upgrade. The Samsung phablet has the Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), and can be upgraded into the to v5.0 (Lollipop).
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4's primary camera is at 16MP, and the secondary is at 3.7MP. Having an advantage over the Apple iPad Air which has a primary camera of 5 MP, and 1.2 MP secondary camera.
The iPad Air has a non-removable Li-Po battery with a capacity of 8600 mAh, that last 10 hours of talktime. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is equipped with a Li-Ion battery at 3220 mAh, and can last 20 hours on talktime.
The iPad Air cost around $380, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is at $750.
