Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini 2 Retina Display vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact vs Asus ZenPad S 8.0 Z580CA

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Asus
Announced October 2013 September 2014 June 2015
Status Available - November 2013 Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - - Rs. 16,490 ($242.50) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in)
203.2 x 134.5 x 6.6 mm
(8 x 5.3 x 0.26 in)
Weight 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 270 g (9.52 oz) 298 g (10.51 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543 N/A
4G Network LTE- all models LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 Certified - Dust Tight and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 7.0.2 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3560 or Z3580
GPU PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430
RAM N/A 3 GB 2/4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64/128 GB storage 16 GB 16/32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 8.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 70.37% 72.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio with RDS -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Yes
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps No
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps No
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, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band 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
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0, Type-C reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64/128 GB storage 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 2/4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery (23.8 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (15.2 Wh)
Capacity - 4500 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 8 h (multimedia)