Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 vs Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi

  • Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 was first released on 11/01/2015. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8 inches with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    Powering the Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 is the Nvidia Tegra K1 chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 2GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Shield Tablet K1 on the rear packs a camera of 5-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 5-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 16GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 128GB. This is a dual SIM tablet, measuring 221.00 x 126.00 x 9.20 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 390.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
  • Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi was first released on 09/01/2015. It is available in Silver, Gold, Space Grey. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 12.9 inches with a resolution of 2732x2048 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    Powering the Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi is the Apple A9X chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 4GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the iPad Pro Wi-Fi on the rear packs a camera of 8-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 1.2-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 32GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable. This is a dual SIM tablet, measuring 305.70 x 220.60 x 6.90 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 713.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Apple iPad Pro Wi-Fi include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
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Ratings & Review

Design / Comfort

Camera

Battery Life

Value For Money

-

Great performance

Brilliant display

Multitasking on an iPad

Excellent multimedia & gaming device with great speakers

-

Costly, pricey accessories too

Software has rough edges

Not as portable due to added size and weight

No place to stow the Pencil

Model
Shield Tablet K1
iPad Pro Wi-Fi
Price
$1,563
$596
Release date
November 2015
September 2015
Dimensions (mm)
221.00 x 126.00 x 9.20
305.70 x 220.60 x 6.90
Weight (g)
390.00
713.00
Colours
-
Silver, Gold, Space Grey
Screen size (inches)
8
12.9
Touchscreen
No
No
Resolution
1920x1200 pixels
2732x2048 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI)
-
264
Processor
2.2GHz quad-core
one-core
Processor make
Nvidia Tegra K1
Apple A9X
RAM
Internal storage
Expandable storage
Expandable storage type
microSD
-
Expandable storage up to (GB)
128
-
Rear camera
5-megapixel
8-megapixel
Front camera
5-megapixel
1.2-megapixel
Operating system
Wi-Fi
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported
802.11 n
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth
Bluetooth version
4.00
4.20
USB OTG
No
No
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Gyroscope