Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) with S-Pen vs Asus Zenpad Z10 ZT500KL

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Asus
Announced July 2015 September 2016 October 2016
Status Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - September 2016 Available - October 2016
Price Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,000 ($390.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 22,040 ($330.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, black Pearl White, Metallic Black Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
(10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 in)
242.3 x 166.1 x 7.1 mm
(9.54 x 6.54 x 0.28 in)
Weight 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 525 g (18.52 oz) 490 g (17.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 13(700)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.25 W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor , Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7870 Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72), Qualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650
GPU - Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 510
RAM 3 GB 2/3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16/32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen PLS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 10.1 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.61% 75.04% 72.35%
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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP 8 MP
Flash No LED Flash No
Features Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2, 1080p video [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) 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 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-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 5870 mAh 7300 mAh 7800 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 1344 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 20 h (3G)