Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 vs Sony Xperia C5 Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Xiaomi Sony
Announced June 2014 August 2015 August 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Available - August 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 24,900 ($366.18) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
164.2 x 79.6 x 8.2 mm
(6.46 x 3.13 x 0.32 in)
Weight 294 g (10.37 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
2G Network No GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5553
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E5506
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5553
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5506
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint sensor - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 PowerVR G6200 Mali-T760MP2
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB Yes microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant, Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches 5.5 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.71% 72.02% 75.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus, LED flash; 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge No Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G No TD-SCDMA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB Yes microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4900 mAh 3060 mAh 2930 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 714 h (2G)
Up to 769 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 14 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 53 min (3G)