Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini 2 Retina Display vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Note5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2013 July 2015 August 2015
Status Available - November 2013 Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver White, black Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
Weight 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE)) 171 g (6.03 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE- all models LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) - Mali-T760MP8
RAM N/A 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64/128 GB storage 32/64 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 8.0 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 74.03% 76.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1440p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64/128 GB storage 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery (23.8 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity - 4000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - -