Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE vs Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Samsung
Announced June 2014 October 2014 July 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand White, black
Form Factor Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
Weight 298 g (10.51 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE))
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 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 850 / 2100
LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 , Qualcomm Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 330 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) -
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches 8.9 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.71% 69.76% 72.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Yes
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4900 mAh 6700 mAh 5870 mAh
Stand by - Up to 720 h -
Talk Time - Up to 9 h 30 min -