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Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
October 2014 July 2015
Status
Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - August 2015
Price
Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Space Gray, Silver, Gold White, black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
Weight
437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE))
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 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint sensor

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar] 8.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.58% 74.03%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor
Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X [Similar] Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar] -
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/64/128 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Yes
Video
1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Front Camera
1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No 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
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi 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 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 128 GB

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) -
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