Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Duos

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced September 2013 October 2014 October 2014
Status Available - October 2013 Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White Space Gray, Silver, Gold Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 243.1 x 171.4 x 7.9 mm
(9.57 x 6.75 x 0.31 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
Weight 540 g (WiFi)/ 535 g (3G)/ 547 g (LTE) (19.05 oz (WiFi)/ 18.87 oz (0.11G)/ 19.29 oz (LTE)) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010 - SIM 1
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SIM 1
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE version LTE LTE 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 7) - SIM 1
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU Adreno 330 (LTE model) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 420
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super clear LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 9.7 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.94% 71.58% 74.32%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash No optical image stabil
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1440p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps (LTE model), 21 Mbps (3G model); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB Host, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 8220 mAh 8600 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 2230 h - Up to 381 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h (Multimedia & 2G)
Up to 49 h (3G)
Up to 10 h (multimedia) -