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Apple iPad mini 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
October 2014 July 2015
Status
Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price
Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight
331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network
LTE -
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - S Pen Stylus

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
7.9 inches [Similar] 9.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.76% 71.99%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor
Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) [Similar] -
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
1080p@30fps 720p
Front Camera
1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes No
Edge
Yes No
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
6470 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)
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