Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Mini 4 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2015 January 2016 February 2017
Status Available - September 2015 Available - January 2016 Available - March 2017
Price Rs. 28,799 ($423.51) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,500 ($227.94) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Pearl White, Metallic Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 mm
(8 x 5.31 x 0.24 in)
212.1 x 126.1 x 8.9 mm
(8.35 x 4.96 x 0.35 in)
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
Weight 299 g (Wi-Fi) / 304 (10.55 oz (Wi-Fi) / 10.72 ) 360 g (12.7 oz) 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE))
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
CDMA 800 / 1900 - T377P, T377R
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - T377R
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - T377 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Cellular version only LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600) - T377 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)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2) - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Apple A8 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
GPU - Adreno 306 Adreno 530
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 16 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 8.0 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.58% 69.15% 72.61%
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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 13 MP
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, 1.12μm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Auto focus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, Face Detection, HDR [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB v2.0, reversible connector microUSB v2.0 Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only) 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 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not 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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 5124 mAh 5000 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 13 h (3G) -