Phone Comparison - Asus ZenPad S 8.0 Z580C vs Apple iPad Mini 4 vs Lenovo Tab3 8 Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Apple Lenovo
Announced June 2015 September 2015 Not announced yet
Status Coming Soon - July 2015 Available - September 2015 Rumored
Price Rs. 11,000 ($160.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 28,799 ($423.51) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White Space Gray, Silver, Gold Silver, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 203.2 x 134.5 x 6.9 mm
(8 x 5.3 x 0.27 in)
203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 mm
(8 x 5.31 x 0.24 in)
209.5 x 123.5 x 8.6 mm
(8.25 x 4.86 x 0.34 in)
Weight 317 g (11.18 oz) 299 g (Wi-Fi) / 304 (10.55 oz (Wi-Fi) / 10.72 ) 320 g (11.29 oz)
SIM Type - - Micro-SIM
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Cellular version only LTE
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2) -
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) iOS 9 Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3530 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Apple A8 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625
GPU PowerVR G6430 - Adreno 506
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Oleophobic Coating LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 7.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.52% 70.58% 71.73%
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, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Yes Auto focus, 1.12μm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, Face Detection, HDR [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.1, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not 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 (15.2 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 5124 mAh 4250 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 8 h (multimedia) Up to 10 h (multimedia) -