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Apple iPad Air vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Active LTE-A

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
October 2013 December 2013
Status
Available - November 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors
Space Gray, Silver Dive Blue, Pink
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
139.7 x 71.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.5 x 2.81 x 0.36 in)
Weight
469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
LTE- all models LTE-A
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.58% 69.06%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64/128 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Aqua Mode
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Class 33
Edge
Yes Class 33
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE-A, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64/128 GB storage 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
- 2600 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia) -
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