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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE vs Google Nexus 9

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung HTC
Announced
June 2014 October 2014
Status
Available - July 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors
Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight
467 g (16.47 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
10.5 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.66% 69.76%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar] ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 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
HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity
7900 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 720 h
Talk Time
- Up to 9 h 30 min
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