Good review. I LOVE my Note 10.1. To me it is superior to the Ipad. But can't argue your conclusions.

Hmmm... "The only differences here are the lack of a 128 GB option for the Note 10.1, **and the Note's microSD card support**."
Actually, for many people SD support is a significant advantage that most Samsung phone/tablet products share over many other Android and ALL Apple devices.
Cloud storage is all very well - where cheap, fast access is available - but I travel a lot and outside major cities around the world the reality is that such access just isn't available.
So if you want to watch movies or listen to music, being able to store it on a memory card or three is a VERY big plus. Of course some manufacturers would rather lock their systems down so that they can charge £80 for 16GB of memory.... but nobody would be dumb enough to fall for that....... Would they?

I think this is a good review. Being a Samsung owner, I would lean toward the Note more than the iPad. I think there is enough of a market that both would have customers for their product. I doubt any one product would fill everyones need.
I wonder why the iPad does not have a micro SD card slot.

Comparing the 2 for anything other than the hardware is kind of stupid. Android OS is controlled by Google. There is only so much that Samsung or any other company can do with it. Apple has always been good with software on their captive hardware.
Now if Samsung were to budget a sizable amount to develop a completely new OD based on some open source RTOS or Open / FreeBSD or the like and hire really smart and visionary software developers, resulting hardware and software combo might offer a better platform for comparison.

While Android is indeed "controlled by google" that is not a bad thing. I can create an app and host it on my site and you can load it. No such animal for an Ipad. Apple demands that all software be controlled by them. There are many android apps not on the google store but rather on web sites around the world. I will stick to a truly open platform thanks very much!
Also the note will allow truly unlimited memory since I can simply switch out memory as needed. Both have clouds, however lots of the time I am not online or near a cloud. :-)

You can compliment the Koreans on their mode of rapid theft or copying.
Thanks to the University of Cincinnatti.
Now that Apple makes the finest Computers and the devices all integrate and communicate, this makes the Apple devices much superior. No frozen snot at all.
Only Problem is that Apple has not figured out how to do a proper calendar.
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Frankly, to me there is no comparison. The iPad is just better.
I play with both at work and my phone is an Android phablet, but the iPad win in both UI, build quality and design.
The iPad is also 4x3, which is way, way better IMO for browsing or reading on a tablet. I always feel I am looking at web pages or magazines through a slit on the Samsungs.

Difficult to beat Apple; however, for me, $400 is way too much for either one. I am now typing this comment using my NookHD7 and a wonderfully tactile Targus keyboard - purchased for a very reasonable price of less than $30.00. With the Nook HD now using Android and not its original proprietary software, it now has available to it more than 7,000 apps.
You keep the expensive iPad and I will continue using this amazing device. My only question. How can they make such a versatile tablet and sell it for this very low price of less than $130.
Charles Remarque

I prefer Android over iOS as an OS but I am not sure I prefer Samsung over Apple. Samsung's iteration of Android is a bit clunky IMHO.
With that said, I would buy neither of these devices for the money they are charging and would go with either a full Windows 8.1 tablet or at least a Surface 2 since browsing is 95% of what I do on a tablet.

Is there anywhere in the U.S. where you can actually find a 64GB 4G LTE samsung 10.1 2014 edition? I can't. I'd buy it in a blink if I could. Best Buy in Canada said they'd sell me one, if I drove up from Texas to buy it.