Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini 3 vs HP Pro Slate 8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HP Samsung
Announced October 2014 January 2015 July 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - January 2015 Coming Soon - August 2015
Price Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 11,989 ($176.31) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Gray White, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
207 x 137 x 8 mm
(8.15 x 5.39 x 0.31 in)
198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
Weight 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 350 g (12.35 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE))
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 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 2.3 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) - -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 7.86 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (326 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 67.34% 74.03%
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, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Yes
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2.1 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 HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort) microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16/32 GB, 2 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 supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po battery (21 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6470 mAh 5680 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - -