Phone Comparison - Apple iPad 2 Wi-Fi vs Acer Iconia Tab A1-810 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Acer Samsung
Announced March 2011 May 2013 June 2014
Status Available - March 2011 Available - May 2013 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White Black White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm
(9.5 x 7.31 x 0.35 in)
208.7 x 145.7 x 11.1 mm
(8.22 x 5.74 x 0.44 in)
212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
Weight 601 g (21.2 oz) 410 g (14.46 oz) 294 g (10.37 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A No
3G Network N/A No
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, MediaTek MT8125 Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 - Mali-T628 MP6
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8/16 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 7.9 inches 8.4 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.01% 63.58% 76.71%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 0.7 MP, 960 x 720 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features No Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No No
Edge No No No
3G No No No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6930 mAh (25 Wh) 3250 mAh 4900 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h Up to 350 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h (Multimedia) -