iPad Air 4 VS Galaxy Tab S7 which one you should be buying in 2020
Hey guys this is Dramajojo with max tech and what I have right here is the iPad Air 4 from apple we just got it on Friday and we're going to be comparing it to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7. This guy right here is 600 for the iPad Air and 650 dollars for the Tab S7 right now so in this reviews we're going to be comparing everything between the design the displays the display quality speakers the camera's microphones everything you can imagine so we can give you an answer on which one you should be buying in 2020.
What I have right here are the official cases and the pencils for each of these devices. They're actually swapped but I’m going to be getting into these a little bit later but first, let's start with the design by far the best thing about the iPad Air 4 is that it's taking on the design of the iPad Pro or the 2018 iPad pro because we have that single camera lens right here we've got flat sides all the way around which is a really nice and modern design that's exactly how the iPhone 12 series is and honestly.
I really love this design and of course, Tab S7 also got the design from the 2018 iPad pro it kind of copied it you've got the flat sides and I think it actually has the film still on here so I’m going to take that off. So now that we got the film off you can see that we have like this brushed finish on the sides of the Samsung and they do take in fingerprints quite a bit more than the iPad air because this is aluminum so it's nice and matte it's not very slick but yeah this is the design from the 2018 iPad pro.
2020 actually has a square camera bump with the ultra-wide lens and the lidar scanner which the air does not have however the Tab S7 as you guys can see right here. It does get the ultra-wide camera so we're going to be testing that in just a second comparing the size you can definitely tell that the iPad Pro is a little bit wider than the Tab S7 but the tab is actually a little bit taller. So they have different aspect ratios and in comparison with thinness, it looks very similar however if I’m looking very closely I think tab seven is a little bit thicker now getting into the other physical differences.
We do have four speaker grilles on both sides so on the iPad air we have two on the top tablet seven same things and on the bottom. We have two there as well however the iPad air only has dual speakers it doesn't have quad speakers like the Tab S7 has so we're definitely gonna have to test that out. The iPad Air has the pencil connector right here on the side just like the iPad Pro does so let me grab that pencil really quick as you guys can see pencil right here magnetically attaches right on the side this is actually pretty nice and it automatically charges connects everything like that and with the tab seven simply just snaps in right there on the back this little plastic or glass piece. I’m not sure but very nice now we'll get into the performance of these a little bit later on the bottom. We have USB type C on both of these tablets which is the best connector for a tablet for sure now the final difference I want to get into is touch id or the fingerprint sensor now both of these tablets have that that's really unique about the iPad Air 4.
It's basically the first iPad to have touch id in the power button right here and they totally just redesigned this they've never had a power button touch id like this before of course they had it on the home button which was on the front and it looked pretty bad. Of course, now we're saying that but yeah this has it on the front and the Tablet S7 has it right here on the side. So, let's test out which one works better or faster, let's first start off with the iPad air.
Okay, there you go just locked me in automatically that's what's nice about the power button touch id is that you can turn on the display and unlock it at the same time. Now the only downside I see about this compared to the iPad Pro which has face id is I’m used to tapping the display and swiping up to unlock because face id happens automatically. This does not have that you have to use the touch id now let's try out the Tab S7 has it right here. Look at that try it again all right I have to say the Tab S7 is faster, I don't know if it's the animations but it gets you in almost instantly. So, I think Tab S7 is the winner.
For the fingerprint scanner comparison now let's go ahead and compare the displays on both of these as you guys can see! we have rounded corners which are really nice and modern but if you look at them more closely it looks like the bezels. The iPad Air is quite a bit thicker than the ones on the Tab S7. So we did compare to the iPad Pro and you can easily tell the difference there as well so the Tablet S7 has I guess a better-looking display with thinner bezels. Now one thing I did notice is that the Tablet S7's display looks gray right now like I don't know if it's the reflections but the iPad Air has a very deep black display like everything looks very black. Compared to this looks kind of gray so I think the coatings maybe are better on the iPad air now in terms of reflectivity. Oh yeah! the Tab S7 right now looks like a mirror I can see our microphone right above very clearly compared to the iPad air it's all kind of soft it's not as reflective so there's another point for the iPad air.
Now let's compare the maximum brightness of both of these displays as you can see! I have it maxed out on the iPad Air and the Tab S7 true tone is off and it looks me it looks to me like the Tab S7 is brighter honestly. If I lift it up to point it towards that camera you guys let me know which one is brighter but to me, it definitely looks like the tab is brighter and the iPad Air's display looks very cool right now with true tone off so that's very very interesting.
Now let's get into the display quality and as you guys can see we have a display p3 color gamut test and you guys should be seeing the WebKit logo on the iPad air but you don't see it on the Tab S7. I guess it can't do p3 colors I've been testing it out and nothing showing up now the reason for that is because the Tab S7 at least the regular one no longer gets an AMOLED display only the s7 plus. Now the nice thing is that it does have a 120-hertz refresh rate and we're gonna get into that in just a minute all right guys.
Now, this is interesting I turned on an 8k HDR video and the Tab S7 has controls for HDR but it can go up to 1440p the iPad air, on the other hand, does not get HDR but it gets 4k resolution which is very interesting that's awesome. So let's let these play and compare the quality as you guys can see even though the Tab S7 gets an HDR option the iPad air just looks so much better the colors pop more it actually looks brighter even though it doesn't have HDR and because the display has better coatings where it's deeper you got deeper blacks everything. Actually looks better there's more contrast and the image on the iPad Air is just killing the image on the Tab S7. Now let's finally get into the 60 hertz versus 120-hertz display refresh rate comparison obviously the iPad air gets 60 hertz instead of the iPad pro's 120 hertz. That's a big downside that it does not get promotion and that's a huge upside for the Tab S7 as you guys can see right here on the display with adaptive you're getting up to a 120-hertz refresh rate.
So let's go ahead and compare it now you guys are looking at slow motion clips from the top camera and as you guys can see swiping left and right through the home screens the Tab S7 is just so much more smooth and then also while going through a web browser page. You can just see how much smoother Tab S7 is and this is actually going to make it feel more snappy. It's going to make it feel like it has a lot more performance which we're actually going to be testing a little bit later and of course, the display refresh rate also impacts the performance of the pencils. So the S pen because of the 120 hertz it gets a latency as low as 9 milliseconds so what you guys are seeing right now is a slow-motion 120 fps comparison. So let me know down in the comments below if you can notice a difference in latency and if the s pen looks more smooth. Now let's finally get into the speaker comparison between these two quad speakers on the tablet 7 dual speakers on the iPad air now I do want to mention I have Dolby atmos on the Tab S7 so you guys always ask about that let's get right into it.
