Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 vs Sony Xperia C4

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7
samsung galaxy tab a 9.7
Sony Xperia C4
sony xperia c4
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony
Announced March 2015 May 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Available - June 2015
Price Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,900 ($292.65) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/Silver Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
150.3 x 77.4 x 7.9 mm
(5.92 x 3.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight 450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE)) 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5303, E5353
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E5306
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5303
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar] Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752 [Similar]
GPU - Mali-T760MP2 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE) 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.99% 71.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio - FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes 1080p, HDR
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 634 h (2G)
Up to 682 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)