Phone Comparison - Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2012 July 2015 July 2015
Status Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/Slate, White/Silver White, black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in)
198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 308 g (10.86 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE)) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 - -
RAM 512 MB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 8.0 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.76% 74.03% 71.99%
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, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1440p@30fps 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G No HSPA, LTE No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, LE v4.1, A2DP
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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 16.3 Wh 4000 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)