Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Apple Samsung
Announced March 2014 October 2014 July 2015
Status Available - June 2014 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray Space Gray, Silver, Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 360 g (12.7 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging , EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) -
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 9.7 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.69% 71.58% 71.99%
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 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features - Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video 1080p 1080p@30fps 720p
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G No DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not 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 Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 8600 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (multimedia) Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)