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Microsoft Surface 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Microsoft Samsung
Announced
September 2013 June 2014
Status
Available - October 2013 Available - July 2014
Colors
Dark Titanium White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze
Dimension
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
(10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in)
212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
Weight
675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz) 298 g (10.51 oz)
2G Network
No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 850 / 2100
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
10.6 inches [Similar] 8.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels (208 ppi) [Similar] 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.28% 76.71%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 [Similar] Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce (72 cores) [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 3.5 MP, 1080p@30fps videos [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
No HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
- 4900 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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