Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy A72 vs Apple iPad mini (2021)

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Apple
Announced October 2014 2021, March 17 September 2021
Status Available - October 2014 Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, March 26 Coming Soon - September 2021
Price Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 46,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Violet, Awesome Blue Space Gray, Pink, Purple, Starlight
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm
(6.5 x 3.05 x 0.33 in)
195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm
(7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 in)
Weight 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 203 g (7.16 oz) 293 g / 297 g (10.34 oz / 10.48 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM, eSIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Stylus support (2nd gen only)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 Android 11 iPadOS 15
User Interface - One UI 3.0 -
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Octa-core (2x2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 465 Silver), Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nm) Hexa-core, Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm)
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 618 Apple GPU (5-core)
RAM 1 GB 8 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 128 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSDXC (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
90Hz Refresh Rate
800 nits (peak)
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Liquid Retina IPS LCD Screen
500 nits (typ)
Wide color gamut
True-tone
Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M Colour 16M Colors
Size 9.7 inches 6.7 inches 8.3 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (393 ppi) 1488 x 2266 pixels (327 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.58% 84.78% 77.24%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 64 MP + 8 MP + 12 MP + 2 MP 12 MP
Flash No LED flash Quad-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), PDAF, OIS
8 MP, f/2.4, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
panorama, HDR
12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), AF
HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps; gyro-EIS
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]
12 MP, f/2.4, 122˚ (ultrawide)
HDR
1080p@25/30/60fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes 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 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
USB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go USB Type-C 3.1, DisplayPort
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM (UFS 2.1) 256 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG - Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 25W
Li-Ion, non-removable
Capacity 8600 mAh 5000 mAh 19.3 Wh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - Up to 10 h (multimedia)