Phone Comparison - Asus Transformer Prime TF201 vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2011 March 2013 June 2013
Status Available - December 2011 Available - April 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Amethyst Gray, Champagne Gold White Frost, Black Mist White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 263 x 180.8 x 8.3 mm
(10.35 x 7.12 x 0.33 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
209.8 x 123.8 x 7.4 mm
(8.26 x 4.87 x 0.29 in)
Weight 586 g (20.67 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 314 g (11.08 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (Dependent on Country) LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Exynos 4212
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX 544MP3 Mali-400MP
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super IPS+ LCD Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 5.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels (149 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.58% 72.15% 71.21%
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 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor 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 (25 Wh) Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 2600 mAh 4450 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 350 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h Up to 17 h Up to 11 h