Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Air 2 vs Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Samsung
Announced October 2014 March 2015 July 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - June 2015 Coming Soon - August 2015
Price Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 42,870 ($629.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Black, White White, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
254 x 167 x 6.1 mm
(10 x 6.57 x 0.24 in)
198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
Weight 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 392 g; 396 g (13.83 oz; 13.97 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE))
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 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 430 -
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 10.1 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.58% 69.68% 74.03%
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, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Yes
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR 1440p@30fps
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5.1 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps 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 Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP v4.1, 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3.0 TV-out) microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 8600 mAh 6000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - -