What's better Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 V or Apple iPad Pro 9.7? To answer this question SpecsPRO has compared Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 V vs Apple iPad Pro 9.7: screen resolution, camera, battery and other important specifications.

Apple iPad Pro 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 V

  • Main

  • Model

  • Price

  • Advantages

  • launch

  • Announced

  • Status

  • platform

  • OS

  • Chipset

  • CPU

  • GPU

  • camera

  • Rear

  • Front

  • Video

  • Features

  • display

  • Size

  • Resolution

  • Technology

  • Protection

  • Multitouch

  • battery

  • General

  • Talk time

  • Playing Music

  • body

  • Dimensions

  • Weight

  • SIM card

  • Miscellaneous

  • Colors

  • memory

  • Internal Storage & RAM

  • Card slot

  • comms

  • WLAN

  • Bluetooth

  • GPS

  • NFC

  • Radio

  • USB

  • features

  • Sensors

  • Messaging

  • Browser

  • Java

  • sound

  • 3.5mm jack

  • network

  • Technology

  • 2G bands

  • 3G bands

  • 4G bands

  • Speed

  • GPRS

  • EDGE

  • Videos

  • Main

  • Model

    Apple iPad Pro 9.7

  • Price

  • Advantages

  • CAMERA Rear: 12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash

    CAMERA Front: 5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama

    CAMERA Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps

    DISPLAY Resolution: 1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)

    BATTERY General: Non-removable Li-Ion battery (27.9 Wh)

    BATTERY Talk time: About 10 h

    MEMORY Internal Storage & RAM: 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 V
  • launch

  • Announced

    2016, March

  • Status

    Available. Released 2016, March

  • platform

  • OS

    iOS 9.3.2, upgradable to iOS 10.0.2

  • Chipset

    Apple A9X

  • CPU

    Dual-core 2.16 GHz (Twister)

  • GPU

    PowerVR Series 7 (12-core graphics)

  • camera

  • Rear

    12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash

  • Front

    5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama

  • Video

    2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps

  • Features

    1/3" sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)

  • display

  • Size

    9.7 inches

  • Resolution

    1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)

  • Technology

    LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

  • Protection

    Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating - True-tone display

  • Multitouch

    Yes

  • battery

  • General

    Non-removable Li-Ion battery (27.9 Wh)

  • Talk time

    About 10 h

  • Playing Music

  • body

  • Dimensions

    240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)

  • Weight

    437 g (Wi-Fi) / 444 g (LTE) (15.66 oz, 0.96 lb)

  • SIM card

    Nano-SIM

  • Miscellaneous

  • Colors

    Silver, Gold, Space Gray, Rose Gold

  • memory

  • Internal Storage & RAM

    32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM

  • Card slot

    No

  • comms

  • WLAN

    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot

  • Bluetooth

    v4.2, A2DP, EDR

  • GPS

    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)

  • NFC

    NFC

  • Radio

    No

  • USB

    v2.0, reversible connector; magnetic connector

  • features

  • Sensors

    Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer

  • Messaging

    iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM

  • Browser

    HTML5 (Safari)

  • Java

    No

  • sound

  • 3.5mm jack

    Yes

  • network

  • Technology

    GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

  • 2G bands

    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900

  • 3G bands

    HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO

  • 4G bands

    LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 27(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)

  • Speed

    HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps

  • GPRS

    Yes

  • EDGE

    Yes

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  • launch

  • Announced

    2015, March

  • Status

    Available. Released 2015, April

  • platform

  • OS

    Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)

  • Chipset

  • CPU

    Quad-core 1.3 GHz

  • GPU

  • camera

  • Rear

    2 MP

  • Front

    2 MP

  • Video

    480p@24fps

  • Features

    Geo-tagging

  • display

  • Size

    7.0 inches

  • Resolution

    600 x 1024 pixels (~170 ppi pixel density)

  • Technology

    TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

  • Protection

  • Multitouch

    Yes

  • battery

  • General

    Non-removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh battery

  • Talk time

    About 8 h / About 18 h

  • Playing Music

    About 71 h

  • body

  • Dimensions

    193.4 x 116.4 x 9.7 mm (7.61 x 4.58 x 0.38 in)

  • Weight

    322 g (11.36 oz, 0.71 lb)

  • SIM card

    Micro-SIM

  • Miscellaneous

  • Colors

    White, Black

  • memory

  • Internal Storage & RAM

    8 GB, 1 GB RAM

  • Card slot

    microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)

  • comms

  • WLAN

    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

  • Bluetooth

    v4.0, A2DP

  • GPS

    Yes, with GLONASS

  • NFC

  • Radio

    No

  • USB

    microUSB v2.0

  • features

  • Sensors

    Accelerometer

  • Messaging

    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

  • Browser

    HTML5

  • Java

    No

  • sound

  • 3.5mm jack

    Yes

  • network

  • Technology

    GSM / HSPA

  • 2G bands

    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

  • 3G bands

    HSDPA 900 / 2100

  • 4G bands

  • Speed

    HSPA

  • GPRS

    Yes

  • EDGE

    Yes

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  • Summary

    The Galaxy Tab 3 V has a faster processor Dual-core 2.16 GHz (Twister) than the iPad Pro 9.7. It is an significant difference between these tablets because a powerful processor demonstrates a better performance. The iPad Pro 9.7 uses more RAM (2 GB) i.e. this tablet shows better performance than the Galaxy Tab 3 V.

    The Apple iPad Pro 9.7 has 2K HD (1536 x 2048 pixels) display resolution with 263 ppi pixel density that is better than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 V HD (600 x 1024 pixels) resolution with 169 ppi pixel density. It means that this model is the best buy for reading books. If you want to shoot photos of a good quality then the iPad Pro 9.7 is a better choice for you because this model is equipped with more quality back 5-Megapixel camera with 2.2 aperture. The iPad Pro 9.7 shoots videos with a higher resolution: 4K UHD vs qHD.

    The Galaxy Tab 3 V device is produced with a memory card slot. It's a nice pros: you can easily expand memory storage and transfer files. The Galaxy Tab 3 V weighs 322g which is 115g less than the weight of the iPad Pro 9.7.

    The iPad Pro 9.7 has 7 advantages and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 V only 3 so the iPad Pro 9.7 is the best buy. Check the list of the best offers on Amazon.