Galaxy Tab S7 vs 2020 iPad Pro - The BEST Tablet?! By Max Tech

Hey guys this is Vadim with max tech and right here in front of me, I have the long awaited Galaxy Tab s7, you guys have been waiting for this video for a while. I have the 2020 iPad Pro, and we're going to be comparing these two with. Basically everything the displays, the 120 hertz, the keyboards everything you can imagine we're going to be comparing in this video and as you can see, I have the magic keyboard case right here, and we actually did grab the book cover keyboard for the tab s7. But I'm going to set this aside because we're going to be comparing that later on in this video. So without further ado, let's do our signature unboxing all right! There we go, and I've got to say this actually looks quite a bit different compared to last year's tab. Six, especially this here there used to be like a little groove on the back of the tab s6, but now it's flat with this nice little.

I don't know if it's a glass or plastic piece for that s, pen, which actually comes included. So that's really nice. So let's go ahead and compare the design between these two, but first I want to talk about the chargers. The tab. S7 comes with the 15 watt charger, which is interestingly USB-C compared to the iPad Pro comes with an USB-C charger, and it's 18 watts so 18 for the iPad Pro versus 15.

So the iPad is going to be charging faster, but the tab seven does support 45 watt fast charging, but you have to buy that separately and as far as the battery sizes that are built into these tablets themselves, we have 7600 for the iPad Pro and 8 000 for the Samsung. So it's just a little more now, let's go ahead and get into the design differences between these two. Now, first, before I start comparing them, I do want to mention the weight difference. The iPad Pro weighs 1.04 pounds compared to 1.1 pounds for the tab. S7.

Now I'm going to take this s pen, I'm going to put it aside, we're going to be comparing the latency and different things a little later in this video. But for now I do want to look at this new design for the tab, s7, which I mean. Obviously it's just like the iPad Pro. The main difference I'm seeing is that these sides are now kind of glossy they're brushed like a brushed metal look compared to pretty matte for the iPad Pro, which wraps all the way around to the back. Now I want to give props to Samsung for copying apple's design, because this really does feel more modern, more premium.

I really like this metal feel, and it's much better than the old tab, s6's chambered edges. Now. As far as the camera bumps, I've got to say that I do like the one on the iPad Pro better just looks better overall with the design of the iPad Pro, but this does go in line with that charger. So it's not that bad. We have a wide camera on both and ultra-wide, along with the flash, but the iPad Pro does have the LIDAR scanner which we're going to get into later on in this video now on the iPad Pro the Apple Pencil charger is actually right here on the side it charges wirelessly, so it just magnetically connects just like that and finishing off with the exterior differences.

We have quad speakers on the top and bottom on each of these. They both have USB type c, and the Samsung has its kind of smart connector right here on the side compared to on the back for the iPad Pro now. I flip them over to the front, and one thing I'm immediately noticing is that the iPad Pro is actually a little thinner. Just, just looking from the side. The tab, s7 is definitely sticking out.

So it's a little thicker than the iPad Pro getting into the displays themselves. I'm seeing some differences right away, but before we do that, let's compare face ID on the iPad Pro compared to fingerprint recognition on the tab s7. So the most interesting thing is that we're getting the sensor on the side this time, instead of in display, like we had on the tab s6. Let's start scanning right here on the side, and I guess it makes it more difficult because it's like a thin power button, so you kind of have to put your finger everywhere to get a full scan. So now it wants me to go kind of all the way around.

So let's first test out how face ID works on the iPad Pro, you can simply tap and just swipe to open it happens instantly and what I really like is that you can even turn it upside down, and it works upside down too or sideways. So I really like that. You have face ID on the iPad Pro now, let's test out the tab. S7 look at that! Oh that's, beautiful, wow, yeah! That's really, quick! Let me try a different finger. My thumb instantly wow so based on this, I'm definitely saying that the tab s7 is faster to log in because you just have a simple touch like that.

But the downside is that if you want to just tap the display and get going, you can't really do that on the tab. You still have to put your finger up there to unlock, whereas with face ID, you just tap the screen, and it scans your face, and you're good to go now back to the displays. The first thing that sticks out to me is the aspect ratio difference 16 by 10 for the Samsung and the iPad Pro has a little of a weird aspect ratio, but you guys will see it on your screen now. These are both the 11-inch display models. The tab actually has a 12.4 inch model, that's the plus size and the iPad Pro has 12.9. So between these two, you definitely see that both of them have rounded corners.

So that looks really nice and modern, but one difference I'm instantly noticing is that the bezels on the iPad have deeper blacks. It seems like the display on the tab is more reflective. So let's go ahead and test out the reflectivity. I can definitely notice that the tab is more reflective than the iPad Pro. As far as the display quality itself, the Samsung does have more resolution.

I believe it has 274 pixels per inch compared to 265 for the iPad Pro and with that, let's get into the brightness comparison of the display. So you guys are seeing the brightness difference from the above camera, so the iPad Pro should be looking a little brighter, but let's go ahead and test the off access shift. Let me know which one does a better job at brightness shift. The last display difference I want to mention is the display quality in terms of the technology. Now the tab s7 this year, it actually ditches the AMOLED display that it has had for years.

So it has an lcd, just like the iPad Pro, but the benefit is that we can still choose HDR within YouTube. We could actually go up to 1440p compared to only 1080p on the iPad Pro all right, even though the Samsung has 1440p, and it has HDR enabled it actually looks like the iPad Pro looks better in general in terms of the colors in terms of the brightness. Just everything looks like a better image overall max also took a peek, and he actually thought that the iPad was the Samsung at first, because he expected it to look better, and then he realized that they were switched. So it's very surprising that the iPad Pro is beating out the Samsung, even though it doesn't get those better settings. So there are three reasons for that.

The first one is that the iPad Pro is brighter. The second is that the display tech could actually be better on the iPad Pro, and it looks better overall, even though it's less resolution for that video- and the third reason is that the display coatings on the iPad Pro are better, so there's less reflectivity compared to the more reflective Samsung display that looks more gray compared to the deep black of the iPad Pro now. The reason Samsung ditched the AMOLED display was for the 120 hertz technology, as you guys can see right here. I have adaptive mode on which allows it to transition between 120hz and 60hz, but the iPad Pro has had promotion technology for a very long time. It stays at 120hz.

Almost all the time, but when you're watching something like a YouTube video, like our YouTube videos, which are filmed at 24, hertz or 24 fps, the display goes down to 24 hertz, and it matches it. So it saves battery life. So we just set our top camera to record at 120 fps. So you should be seeing a slow motion comparison between both of these tablets at 120, fps or 120 hertz. Let me know which one looks better or more smooth and based on what I'm seeing the Samsung looks really smooth.

Finally, they've added 120 hertz now another benefit to having a display that runs at 120 hertz. Is that the pencils, the s pen and the Apple Pencil they have less latency. So on the iPad Pro, it's recently went down to nine milliseconds and same with the Samsung. It's also 90 milliseconds. So let me know which one looks better in this slow motion comparison and with that, let's finally get into our speaker comparison.

These both have quad speakers so make sure you put on your best set of headphones or earphones to listen to the quality. So let me know what you guys think down in the comment section below to myself. Personally, I think that the Samsung was a little louder with louder highs, but I think the mid and the bass were pretty similar on both with that said, let's go ahead and get into the camera comparison, so the front facing cams on both of these. We have 7 megapixels on the iPad Pro, and we have eight for the tab. S7 and one thing- that's very interesting- is that the tab has its camera right here on the side and that's because it's meant for using it with a keyboard case which we're going to put on in just a minute here, but the iPad Pro has it on the top.

So let me know which one of these selfies looks better to you now, while the Samsung doesn't have the same true depth face ID sensors as the iPad Pro, you still get live focus selfies, which is nice now. As far as the cameras on the back, the iPad Pro has a 12 megapixel wide camera compared to 13 megapixels on the Samsung tab s7, but for the ultra-wide the Samsung only gets a 5 megapixel ultrawide lens compared to 8 for the iPad Pro. So let me know which set of images looks better down in the comment section below. As far as video recording the iPad Pro is definitely the best choice because it can shoot 4k 60 with either the ultrawide or the wide lens, and the Samsung can only shoot 4k 30 with either of them and of course, the iPad Pro also gets. The added LIDAR scanner, which can be used for augmented reality, apps and Apple should be revealing more features with LIDAR at next month's event.

So now, let's finally jump into the performance comparison now, both of these models have six gigabytes of ram, but with the Samsung you can actually get eight. If you upgrade the storage. The iPad Pro comes with the a12 z chip compared to the snapdragon 865 plus on the Samsung Galaxy tab s7. So let's go ahead and run the CPU benchmark. All right, so we got our scores back and wow.

This is insane, so the iPad Pro actually has 15 more single core performance compared to the tab s7, but in the multi-core we're getting over 50 percent more performance and with that let's go ahead and test the graphics using GFX bench. We've got metal on the iPad Pro, and we have actually OpenGL and Vulcan these two tests on the Samsung. So let's get started alright, so we have our results back and wow. This is impressive. The iPad Pro is getting 57 fps compared to 22 and 23 on the tab, s7, so we're definitely getting a lot more graphics power.

This would be very interesting to see in terms of gaming like 120 fps games. So if you want to see a video like that, definitely click the subscribe button down below, and we'll make that video. Now, let's finally get into the keyboard comparison. We have our magic keyboard case right here for the iPad Pro. So let's put it on just like that.

We have this nice little hinge that I love and this year with the tab s7. Instead of having a stick on keyboard case like they did for the tab, s6 and other years, they actually have a magnet, so should be able to just put it on just like that. That's really nice because they have this flap for the s pen, so it keeps it nice and secure, and the real nice benefit with this keyboard is that it has a detachable keyboard portion. So you literally just line it up like this. Now it's on, we have the keyboard, and it actually has a kickstand in the back, and you can adjust the angle of the kickstand.

It feels pretty nice and on the magic keyboard case for the iPad Pro. You have the adjustable weird floating design, which I really like. It's really nice and modern. So with the iPad Pro, you can't really detach the keyboard case, like you can with the Samsung, but you can just simply lift the iPad Pro and use it with your Apple Pencil. However, you want to and just place it back, that's a nice benefit, and for this you can take off the keyboard case.

Put it aside and just watch a movie. Just like that now, comparing the keys themselves, I really like the magic keyboard keys that actually feel perfect, even like a MacBook or even better than a MacBook, and going over to the tab. S7 keyboard wow. This actually does feel really nice. I like the feedback on this tab, s7 keyboard case, but one of the biggest advantages for the magic keyboard case is that you get an extra USB type-c port right here for power, so you can plug it into the wall and plug in something like a storage device into the iPad Pro itself.

Now, as far as the trackpads, it seems like both of these have three fingers swipe gesture support, so you can swipe with three fingers side to side, but unfortunately it doesn't seem very responsive on the tab. It's a little slow compared to the iPad Pro wow. Look at that. It's so quick to use these gestures, and you could swipe up for home, and it looks like you can think you can do the same thing here or at least go to the app switcher. The Samsung does have a diving board, traditional trackpad, so it's really difficult to click at the top, but on the magic keyboard case they went with a new floating design.

So, no matter where you click, you get an even clicking feel which I'd say is really, really nice, and I love that about the magic keyboard case. Another benefit for the magic keyboard case is that you do get backlit keys, which it seems like you, do not get on the tab. S7 keyboard case now, one really nice feature that really brings this tab. S7 alive is the DAX mode. DEX basically gives you a more traditional PC type interface.

So just like windows right here, you have your apps. As you can see, we have a file explorer right here. You can open up google in a separate window and just have a nice PC interface. One great decision that Samsung made was that they put the webcam on the side, so when your web conferencing, or using zoom it's nice and center compared to the iPad Pro when you're looking at the display, it actually looks really weird because the camera is right. Over here, it definitely has this weird feeling, when you're conferencing with somebody, let's quickly, compare the quality of the webcams and their microphones, and you guys, let me know which one is better down below this- is the video and audio quality of the Samsung Galaxy tab s7.

This is the video and audio quality of the 2020 iPad Pro now. As far as the price of these keyboards, the magic keyboard case is 300 compared to 200 for the tab, s7 keyboard case now, the iPad Pro does have a couple of other options. We have the Logitech folio touch. This one is a hundred and seventy dollars, and we also have apple's smart keyboard folio. This one is a hundred and seventy-nine dollars, so you do have a couple of other great options, but I'd say that the keyboard on the tab, s7, is definitely better than either of these budget options for the iPad Pro now before we get into our final conclusion, I do want to mention the specs and the prices both of these come with 128 gigs of storage, but the Samsung does get a micro SD card slot with up to an extra one, terabyte of storage.

So that's really nice. The Samsung is six hundred and fifty dollars at the base price compared to eight hundred dollars for the 11-inch iPad Pro, but with the tab s7 you do get the s pen for free is thrown in there compared to 130 dollars extra for the iPad Pro. Now. If you get everything, if you get the magic keyboard case and if you get the keyboard for the tab, s7, it's actually twelve hundred and thirty dollars for the iPad Pro and eight hundred and fifty dollars for the tab, seven, so you're saving three hundred and eighty dollars for the full package, and even though the iPad Pro has more performance and has other great features like the display compared to the tab. S7, you really can't beat the value of this getting the whole package for 850 dollars and, of course, getting the better speakers as well.

Now, if you're a power user, you do get a couple of advantages with the tab. S7. First, you have an option for 5g, which you can't get on the iPad Pro, and you also have that DEX, which is really nice for using with the keyboard and the trackpad, and the benefit is that if you want one terabyte of storage, you have to pay 500 to get that on the iPad Pro, or you can simply get a one terabyte micros card for the tab s7 for around 200. So you save some money there and the benefit of having a micro SD card is that next year, when you upgrade again, you can take that out and put it into your next tablet compared to the iPad Pro where that one terabyte is stuck on the inside, and if you also deal with video, editing or video footage, you can take out that SD card put it into your drone, for example, record some video, then pop it back in and edit straight from that card, which you can't do with the iPad Pro. So with all of that said, let's finally answer the original question, which one of these tablets is better in 2020.

Well, I'd say that the tab s6 definitely has more bang for the buck, you're getting a lot more value, especially if you want the full package and, of course, you're now getting the 120 hertz, which is really, really nice, and the s pen finally feels a lot better with the lowered latency of nine milliseconds matching the iPad Pro now, on the other hand, with the iPad Pro you're getting consistent software updates from apple, and they're, adding a lot of features every year, not only that, but they hold their value very, very well compared to other tablets like Samsung tablets. On top of that you're, getting the massive iOS App Store with the iPad Pro and those apps in those games are specifically designed for the iPad Pro compared to the Google Play Store where you do have a lot of apps and games. But a lot of them are not optimized specifically for this hardware, so the apps definitely run better on the iPad Pro. So, based on all of that, we think that if you can't afford to spend the extra money for the iPad Pro, you definitely should because you're going to be getting a lot more value in the long term. So hopefully you guys enjoyed this very long and very detailed comparison, video and if you did tap the like button below and click the circle above to subscribe, because we're going to have a gaming comparison.

Video between these two going up very soon. So thanks for watching, and we'll see you in the next video.

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