Choosing a Tablet is not really difficult as there are not that much choices to choose from especially when it comes to premium tablets that are big and hefty But there are some that can make you go nuts with their advantages and disadvantages.
So this is the tablet battle between the Feather weighed Ipad Air and the intensive Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1!
DESIGN AND BUILD.
Design and build is always a concern when you are looking for a tablet because that determines how long will you be able to hold it.
Build of a tablet should be comfortable enough that you would be able to hold it for long while gaming or anything else! Let's see how these two stack up in this category.
Both tablets borrow design cues from elsewhere in their respective ranges; in the case of the iPad Air, that means iPad Mini-style lines, complete with slimmed-down screen bezel. The Note, meanwhile, draws on the Galaxy Note 3's plastic leather-like design, complete with fake stitching on the back that is comfortable but is not premium as the price you are paying for it!
The Ipad Air as the same suggest is incredibly light weight when compared to its fellow competitors weighing at 469g or 478g, depending on whether you opt for the Wi-Fi only or cellular version.
While the Samsung Note 10.1 weighs at 540g which has a solid feel but comes with a little heft that feels a lot heavier when compared to the Ipad air!
The design of the Ipad Air feels a lot premium when compared to the leather feel of the Note 10.1 and the clear winner in this category is the Ipad Air.
DISPLAY, A TOUGH CHOICE TO MAKE!
When we talk about massive sized tablets ( 10-inches to be precise ), display sharpness is a must as you would probably watch a lot of movies or read books on it.
The note's 10.1 is gorgeous to look at, Its 2560 x 1600 screen blows the iPad Air's 2048 x 1536, 9.7in screen on paper, offering up 299ppi against the Air's 264ppi. Fonts are crisp, and it delivers wide viewing angles. And with multiple screen mode options, it's versatile, too.
But the case doesn't end here as the Air's Retina display may not match up in terms of pixel count, it's plenty sharp enough, though – and it has the edge over the Note when watching video, with (more) true-to-life colours and dynamic imagery.
The note's display may win on paper but when it comes to actual experience, the Ipad's retina display is the best and it is the winner in this category too.
HARDWARE.
When it comes to connectivity, both the tablets pack all the connectivity options available with the exception of the Ipad air not having an IR blaster.
You can buy third-party iPad styluses that simulate touch from fingers, but the Galaxy Note series is centered around its bundled S Pen stylus. Samsung threw in a ton of software goodies to take advantage of that pen, including quick note-jotting, screen grabbing and annotating, and handwriting recognition that are helpful a lot of times and is a great feature to have in a tablet.
While you can get 128GB internal storage on the Ipad air which will cost you a couple of more bucks but on the Samsung Galaxy note 10.1, you can add storage up to 64GB via a Micro SD card. Internal memory of the note 10.1 is however limited to 32GB.
Battery life is not really a problem on either device and both can actually get you a time period of two days on moderate usage.
SOFTWARE.
Once again, we are here in the battle of IOS and Android but we are going to discuss it this time as software matters a lot when it comes to tablets.
On the Note 10.1 side, we have the Android jellybean 4.3 assisted with the Magazine UX that has a whole lot of features packed in, some are useful, some are frustrating and some are well, useless!
Samsung packed its Magazine UX with widgets, including a specially-modified version of Twitter, the digital edition of Bloomberg's Businessweek+ and an impressive version of Flipboard which can be useful sometimes but you will eventually end up using Flipboard again.
The star attraction, though, is Samsung's Multi Window, letting you run Samsung and Google apps side by side. It's not new or fast in general but on this tablet, it is quite impressive if you avoid the lags. The multi window on this tablet actually uses the 10 inches display but it is not fluid and lags a lot.
Actually you won't really use more the two apps given that you can run six apps at a time on the display.
While on the other hand, we have the simpler and better looking IOS 7 which is not as a feature intensive as the Note 10.1 but you won't really regret it with the gestures letting you multi-task much easily and how can I forget how fast it is unlike the Samsung's Magazine UX.
The decision of winner here totally depends on you, whether you want more features to play with or a simple and colorful UI!
PERFORMANCE.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 certainly has some impressive and top notch specs; a 1.9GHz quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM And that power is backed up by the benchmarks, too, with the Note managing a respectable score of 2871 on Geekbench 3.
That's a step ahead of the iPad Air's Geekbench score of 2696 – and it's not surprising, since the iPad's proprietary dual-core 1.4GHz A7 processor and 1GB RAM don't quite measure up to the Note's internals. That said, Apple's 64-bit processor is handily future-proofed, and app developers are slowly starting to optimize their wares for the extra headroom.
But it doesn't really matter what the specs look like on paper, the main competition comes when you use them both in real life.
On both the tablets, you will absolutely face no lags with the exception of Note 10.1 lagging while using the multi window function but when it comes to gaming or any heavy power sucker like the imovie on the Ipad, both the tablets perform extremely smooth and you can go for either one.
CAMERA.
You don't really look for a camera when you are buying a tablet except the front facing camera that you would use for video calls.
The Note 10.1 rocks a 8MP shooter with a 2MP front facing camera while the Ipad air rocks a 5MP rear facing camera with a 1.2MP front facing camera. You get the benefit of a LED flash on the Note 10.1 though.
Both the cameras are decent enough for occasional snaps or video calls.
The note 10.1 however wins on paper but snaps on both the device look almost similar.
TO SUM UP...
Both the tablets are capable enough of basically everything.
If you want more features as I said earlier, go for the Note 10.1 but if you are looking for a simpler UI and better and lighter design, go for the ipad air!
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So this is the tablet battle between the Feather weighed Ipad Air and the intensive Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1!
DESIGN AND BUILD.
Design and build is always a concern when you are looking for a tablet because that determines how long will you be able to hold it.
Build of a tablet should be comfortable enough that you would be able to hold it for long while gaming or anything else! Let's see how these two stack up in this category.
Both tablets borrow design cues from elsewhere in their respective ranges; in the case of the iPad Air, that means iPad Mini-style lines, complete with slimmed-down screen bezel. The Note, meanwhile, draws on the Galaxy Note 3's plastic leather-like design, complete with fake stitching on the back that is comfortable but is not premium as the price you are paying for it!
The Ipad Air as the same suggest is incredibly light weight when compared to its fellow competitors weighing at 469g or 478g, depending on whether you opt for the Wi-Fi only or cellular version.
While the Samsung Note 10.1 weighs at 540g which has a solid feel but comes with a little heft that feels a lot heavier when compared to the Ipad air!
The design of the Ipad Air feels a lot premium when compared to the leather feel of the Note 10.1 and the clear winner in this category is the Ipad Air.
DISPLAY, A TOUGH CHOICE TO MAKE!
When we talk about massive sized tablets ( 10-inches to be precise ), display sharpness is a must as you would probably watch a lot of movies or read books on it.
The note's 10.1 is gorgeous to look at, Its 2560 x 1600 screen blows the iPad Air's 2048 x 1536, 9.7in screen on paper, offering up 299ppi against the Air's 264ppi. Fonts are crisp, and it delivers wide viewing angles. And with multiple screen mode options, it's versatile, too.
But the case doesn't end here as the Air's Retina display may not match up in terms of pixel count, it's plenty sharp enough, though – and it has the edge over the Note when watching video, with (more) true-to-life colours and dynamic imagery.
The note's display may win on paper but when it comes to actual experience, the Ipad's retina display is the best and it is the winner in this category too.
HARDWARE.
When it comes to connectivity, both the tablets pack all the connectivity options available with the exception of the Ipad air not having an IR blaster.
You can buy third-party iPad styluses that simulate touch from fingers, but the Galaxy Note series is centered around its bundled S Pen stylus. Samsung threw in a ton of software goodies to take advantage of that pen, including quick note-jotting, screen grabbing and annotating, and handwriting recognition that are helpful a lot of times and is a great feature to have in a tablet.
While you can get 128GB internal storage on the Ipad air which will cost you a couple of more bucks but on the Samsung Galaxy note 10.1, you can add storage up to 64GB via a Micro SD card. Internal memory of the note 10.1 is however limited to 32GB.
Battery life is not really a problem on either device and both can actually get you a time period of two days on moderate usage.
SOFTWARE.
Once again, we are here in the battle of IOS and Android but we are going to discuss it this time as software matters a lot when it comes to tablets.
On the Note 10.1 side, we have the Android jellybean 4.3 assisted with the Magazine UX that has a whole lot of features packed in, some are useful, some are frustrating and some are well, useless!
Samsung packed its Magazine UX with widgets, including a specially-modified version of Twitter, the digital edition of Bloomberg's Businessweek+ and an impressive version of Flipboard which can be useful sometimes but you will eventually end up using Flipboard again.
The star attraction, though, is Samsung's Multi Window, letting you run Samsung and Google apps side by side. It's not new or fast in general but on this tablet, it is quite impressive if you avoid the lags. The multi window on this tablet actually uses the 10 inches display but it is not fluid and lags a lot.
Actually you won't really use more the two apps given that you can run six apps at a time on the display.
While on the other hand, we have the simpler and better looking IOS 7 which is not as a feature intensive as the Note 10.1 but you won't really regret it with the gestures letting you multi-task much easily and how can I forget how fast it is unlike the Samsung's Magazine UX.
The decision of winner here totally depends on you, whether you want more features to play with or a simple and colorful UI!
PERFORMANCE.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 certainly has some impressive and top notch specs; a 1.9GHz quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM And that power is backed up by the benchmarks, too, with the Note managing a respectable score of 2871 on Geekbench 3.
That's a step ahead of the iPad Air's Geekbench score of 2696 – and it's not surprising, since the iPad's proprietary dual-core 1.4GHz A7 processor and 1GB RAM don't quite measure up to the Note's internals. That said, Apple's 64-bit processor is handily future-proofed, and app developers are slowly starting to optimize their wares for the extra headroom.
But it doesn't really matter what the specs look like on paper, the main competition comes when you use them both in real life.
On both the tablets, you will absolutely face no lags with the exception of Note 10.1 lagging while using the multi window function but when it comes to gaming or any heavy power sucker like the imovie on the Ipad, both the tablets perform extremely smooth and you can go for either one.
CAMERA.
You don't really look for a camera when you are buying a tablet except the front facing camera that you would use for video calls.
The Note 10.1 rocks a 8MP shooter with a 2MP front facing camera while the Ipad air rocks a 5MP rear facing camera with a 1.2MP front facing camera. You get the benefit of a LED flash on the Note 10.1 though.Both the cameras are decent enough for occasional snaps or video calls.
The note 10.1 however wins on paper but snaps on both the device look almost similar.
TO SUM UP...
Both the tablets are capable enough of basically everything.
If you want more features as I said earlier, go for the Note 10.1 but if you are looking for a simpler UI and better and lighter design, go for the ipad air!
ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR READING, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ARTICLE , COMMENTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED OR YOU CONNECT ME ON TWITTER@phonesoldier or Facebook!
DO MAKE SURE TO HIT THAT SHARE BUTTON IF YOU LIKED READING IT!
