Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) with S-Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 July 2015 September 2016
Status Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015 Available - September 2016
Price Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,000 ($390.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Black, White Pearl White, Metallic Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
(10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 in)
Weight 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz) 525 g (18.52 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - S Pen Stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7870
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) - Mali-T830 MP2
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2/3 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen PLS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 9.7 inches 10.1 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 71.99% 75.04%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 720p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2, 1080p video [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No 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 No HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not 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 (24.3 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6470 mAh 6000 mAh 7300 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)
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