Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Air vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE vs Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Sony
Announced October 2013 June 2014 March 2015
Status Available - November 2013 Available - July 2014 Available - June 2015
Price - - Rs. 42,870 ($629.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
254 x 167 x 6.1 mm
(10 x 6.57 x 0.24 in)
Weight 469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz) 467 g (16.47 oz) 392 g; 396 g (13.83 oz; 13.97 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE- all models LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 330 Adreno 430
RAM N/A 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64/128 GB storage 16/32 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 10.5 inches 10.1 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.58% 72.66% 69.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 5.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot 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/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3.0 TV-out)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64/128 GB storage 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity - 7900 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - -