Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) with S-Pen vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2012 September 2016 February 2017
Status Available - August 2012 Available - September 2016 Available - March 2017
Price - Rs. 26,000 ($390.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black Pearl White, Metallic Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 256.7 x 175.3 x 8.9 mm
(10.11 x 6.9 x 0.35 in)
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
(10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 in)
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
Weight 594 g (20.95 oz) 525 g (18.52 oz) 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE))
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Dual-core 1.4 GHz, Exynos 4412 Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7870 Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
GPU Mali-400MP Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 530
RAM 1 GB 2/3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen PLS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 10.1 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (149 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.13% 75.04% 72.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP 13 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2, 1080p video [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot 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 Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS / S-GPS (WiFi version) support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 7000 mAh 7300 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 1500 h - -
Talk Time Up to 33 h 20 min - -