DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY!! Tab S9 vs iPad Air 6

Should you buy the M2 11” iPad Air or the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9? Which one is a better value?

M2 IPAD AIR:

TAB S9+:

00:00 INTRO
00:23 DISPLAY
02:30 SIZE
02:49 DESIGN
04:30 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION
05:02 BATTERY LIFE
05:37 KEYBOARD AND STYLUS
08:33 MULTITASKING
10:04 CAMERA AND SPEAKER TEST
10:47 PROCESSING POWER
11:36 GAMING
12:32 OS AND SECURITY UPDATES
13:41 ECOSYSTEM
14:09 CONFIGURATION AND PRICING

What’s more important to you? An OLED display, more versatile multi-tasking capabilities, better battery life and IP68 rating? Or a more powerful chip, a better-optimized app ecosystem, and some platform-specific creative apps?

These are some of the choices you’ll have to make when choosing between the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 and the M2 11” iPad Air 6 - but let’s talk about everything you should know.

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[TechGearTalk]

NOTE: price for Air is $599!!! (Ty hksuperheros) What's up everyone?! I hope this comparison of the M2 11” iPad Air and the Tab S9 was helpful.

M2 IPAD AIR:

TAB S9+:

Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about?

[mrbloodyhyphen-]

I see it as the S9 being a top of the line fully fledged SUV while the iPad Air with its M2 chipset is a F1 car all geared towards performance and I would pick the S9 over the M2 iPad Air any day

[JoeC]

I have a Mac and an iPhone / I’ve left behind all the syncing gymnastics when I abandoned Windows. I’ll stick with iPad even if anyone has a better technology tablet. After 40 years in IT, I want low stress tech in my home.

[fuadmehrvarz]

DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ! Don't buy 60hz display in 2024, Don't pay 130$ for a pen...

[HeroShotz]

That file system on the ipad is so bad I had to take it back. S9 ultra for me.

[tbray]

after flip flopping back and forth between apple and android, i've come to the conclusion that i need the Apple environment - as a digital artist, i rely on Adobe for much of what i do, and Android just doesn't support it as well. Plus I already own Procreate and Procreate Dreams which are not available for Android (yet?). I love both platforms, but I've *finally* realized that for me, as a digital artist and adobe subscriber, Apple is the best choice for me.

[arondyte]

Going for the M2 Air on this one. The M2 Chip alone probably means this can last 6-8 years easily without slowing down.

[msv]

Tab s9 - bought this over the 11 ipad pro 2022. Screen and multitasking. ipad cant have 2 video or soundsources at once. Tab S9 can major win.

[dustinbaconflipper]

I’m still rocking the 2020 IPad Pro 12.9. I probably won’t be needing an upgrade for another 2 years but I’m still incredibly satisfied with this iPad. A buddy at work was using a tab s9 ultra and was essentially trying to show off how superior Samsung was compared to Apple: in everything we did it was pretty much neck and neck, he would open new apps, tabs and windows a second or 2 faster than my iPad and was mocking Apple until I told him this iPad was from 2020, has 78% battery health, and still has better speakers for all forms of media. Gonna go get the battery changed out for $120 bucks and this thing is gonna keep on keeping on.

[sweedishpie]

Tab s9 all day:
Better display
Better aspect ratio
120hz
Better os
Emulation
Microsd card slot

[medyocrity]

Samsung is for casual use and is really good for media consumption, but for creative work, Ipad all the way! I had the Tab S8 and it sucks when I had to use it for work. There was no procreate and Morpholio Trace equivalent in Android ecosytem. The price difference for the iPad Air6 + PencilPro vs Tab S9 is justifiable for me because it generates income for me.

[sampath]

If you are a normal user likes to watch more content on tablet, this is an easy win for s9 because of 120hz oled display, wider aspect ratio and a rare golden feature nowadays: SD card slot

[juicebox]

In the end, for the same amount of storage and with equivalent pens the iPad costs more. Overall S9 saved me about 25%, is more than I need. iPad chip is far faster, but I do not like being stuck in Apples ecosystem.

One thing that is often over looked is Apples low res bluetooth audio codecs. LDAC is the best out there currently, and snapdragon sound is the future of bluetooth audio. Apple has not filled their promise, going on many years, of their own high quality codec.

PS: my 10 year old original Tab S is still working, but it no longer support Netflx or Prime video with ads.

[Peterstarzynskitech]

I wish we had both choices from the beginning in one tablet.

[TheSuperFour]

iPad has longer OS support and has better CPU so I choose iPad. If Samsung had longer OS support or the new Snapdragon X Elite chip then yeah I would choose Samsung's tablet over iPad.

[Localfork]

Oh god, I should have waited for this video before getting the iPad Air 6, the chip is good, but the display is just not that good, and it also ends up being more expensive since I got the 256GB variant with the Apple Pencil and keyboard and cellular, and I’m starting to realize the s9 is a way better deal

[aaronwlkr]

I want a tablet, but they kind of fell like they are in a weird spot always. cheap ones are not enough, if you want to do more than watch videos, mid tier seem like a bad investment, and the high end feels too expensive. Outside of just wanted to draw (which I do) seems pointless to buy one at all, when a laptop is just way more bang for the buck.

[TroubleMakerLT]

There are a lot of rumors of MEDIATEK cpu for samsung S10 tablets, what are your thoughts on it? Would you say people who dont necesserily need it right now should wait for s10 range release? Also any other information you or people in comments have?

[fizziefizzer]

As a user of both the Tab S9 and iPad Pro M4, the aspect ratio feels a lot nicer on the iPad for me

[Theth]

I'm mainly considering a tablet for drawing, and unfortunately Procreate ain't on Galaxy Tab :(