Apple iPad Air 5th Gen (2022) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE 5G

Apple M1 chip

Exynos® 1380

8-core CPU

8-core graphics

Apple Neural Engine

8GB RAM

Octa-core, 4 at 2.4GHz and 4 at 2GHz

64GB | 256GB

128GB

Up to 1TB

microSD™

6GB

iOS 15

13

n77 C-band

n77 C-Band, n77 3.45GHz

Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79

Bands n2, n5, n12, n41, n66, n77, n78

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 20, 29, 30, 40, 41, 66

850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz

850/1700/1900/2100MHz

802.11ax Wi-Fi 6; simultaneous dual band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO

2.4GHz & 5GHz

Bluetooth 5.0 technology

v5.3 + EDR, A2DP, LE, aptX®

Nano‑SIM (supports Apple SIM)

eSIM

pSim primary (Nano sim)

eSim secondary

Quad-band

Yes

Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)

Up to 10 devices

Yes

Safari

Touch ID, Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Barometer, Ambient light

Accelerometer, Fingerprint, Geomagnetic, Gyroscope, Hall, Light

Yes

Gmail™, Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, Direct Push E-Mail for Exchange

Yes

Apple Music®

YouTube Music

AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF

Apple Music

Via lockscreen

Via Touchscreen

VoiceOver, Voice Control, Zoom, Magnifier, RTT support, Siri and Dictation, Type to Siri, Switch Control, Closed Captions, AssistiveTouch, Spoken Content

The AT&T Eco-Rating 2.0 system gives you environmental and social details about this device. The system uses a total of 20 performance criteria across 5 different attributes, for a total rating of 1 to 5 stars: 19-20 (5-star), 16-18 (4-star), 13-15 (3-star), 10-12 (2-star), 8-9 (1-star)

4/4

3/3

1/1

2/2

10/10