Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020)

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 February 2017 September 2020
Status Available - October 2014 Available - March 2017 Coming Soon - September 2020
Price Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Various Dark Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
247.6 x 157.4 x 7 mm
(9.75 x 6.2 x 0.28 in)
Weight 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE)) 476 g, 477 g (16.79 oz, 16.83 oz)
SIM Type - Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
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 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint Sensor
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Notification LED - No -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 10
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver), Qualcomm SM6115 Snapdragon 662 (11 nm)
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 530 Adreno 610
RAM 1 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 32/64 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 9.7 inches 9.7 inches 10.4 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 2000 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.58% 72.61% 79.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP 8 MP
Flash No LED Flash No
Features Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 8 MP, AF
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP
1080p@30fps [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 (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat13 400/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0 Yes 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC
USB OTG - Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 8600 mAh 6000 mAh 7040 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - -