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Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016)

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
October 2014 March 2016
Status
Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - March 2016
Price
Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 11,250 ($165.44) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Space Gray, Silver, Gold Pearl White, Metallic Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
186.9 x 108.8 x 8.7 mm
(7.36 x 4.28 x 0.34 in)
Weight
437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 283 g (9.98 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.58% 69.63%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X [Similar] Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar] Adreno 306 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/64/128 GB 8 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama
Video
1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera
1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
8600 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 11 h (multimedia)
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