Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite vs Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3) 2025

Mediatek MT8768

Apple M3 chip

Octa-core, 4 at 2.3GHz and 4 at 1.8GHz

8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores

9-core GPU

16-core Neural Engine

Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

8GB RAM

Media Engine

Hardware-accelerated 8K HEVC, 4K H.264, ProRes, and ProRes RAW

Video decode engine

Video encode engine

ProRes encode and decode engine

AV1 decode

Up to 32 GB

128GB | 256GB | 512GB | 1TB

Up to 1TB

microSD™

3GB

11

iPadOS 18

iPadOS comes with powerful features and built-in apps designed to take advantage of the unique capabilities of iPad.

Learn more about iPadOS 18

Get help with everyday tasks like sending messages, setting reminders, and more

Activate hands-free with only your voice using “Siri” or “Hey Siri,” or use Type to Siri

Protected by the strongest privacy of any intelligent assistant

Powered by Apple Intelligence, Siri is more natural, contextually relevant, and personal

Learn more about Siri

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 20, 30 and 66

850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz

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

Yes

802.11a/b/g/n/ac

Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

2.4GHz & 5.0GHz

2.4GHz & 5GHz

v5.0 + EDR, A2DP, LE,

5.3

Up to 10 devices

Trio/AFF/universal

eSIM

iPad Air uses advanced eSIM technology for more convenience and security (not compatible with physical SIM cards)

Learn more about eSIM

Learn more about traveling with eSIM

5G (sub 6 GHz and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO

5G NR mmWave (Bands n258, n260, n261)

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n78, n79)

Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71

Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48

FaceTime video

Center Stage

iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular

Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

Screen sharing

Portrait mode in FaceTime video

Spatial Audio

Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

FaceTime audio

Yes

Accelerometer, Ambient Light, eCompass

Touch ID

Three-axis gyro

Accelerometer

Barometer

Ambient light sensor

POP3/IMAP, Gmail™, Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®

Yes

Yes

YouTube Music

Apple Music®

MP3,M4A,3GA,AAC,OGG,OGA,WAV,WMA,AMR,AWB,FLAC,MID,MIDI,XMF,MXMF,IMY,RTTTL,RTX,OTA

AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

Via touchscreen

Yes

Apple Music®

Adjustable font size, Gestures, Screen unlock (swipe and facial recognition), Vibrating alerts and Voice assistant

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad. Learn more

Features include:

VoiceOver

Zoom

Magnifier

Spoken Content

Voice Control

Switch Control

AssistiveTouch

Siri and Dictation

Type to Siri

Real-Time Text

Audio Descriptions

Subtitles and Closed Captioning

Live Captions

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

2/3

1/1

2/2

10/10

19/20 (5-star) Please visit www.att.com/ecospace for additional information