Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 July 2015 July 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold White, black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X , Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) - -
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 9.7 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.58% 72.61% 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps 720p
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE No
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, LE v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not 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 Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 8600 mAh 5870 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)