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

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Microsoft Apple
Announced September 2013 September 2013 October 2014
Status Available - October 2013 Available - October 2013 Available - October 2014
Price - - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Dark Titanium Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 243.1 x 171.4 x 7.9 mm
(9.57 x 6.75 x 0.31 in)
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
(10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
Weight 540 g (WiFi)/ 535 g (3G)/ 547 g (LTE) (19.05 oz (WiFi)/ 18.87 oz (0.11G)/ 19.29 oz (LTE)) 675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE version - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT iOS 8.1
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 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X
GPU Adreno 330 (LTE model) ULP GeForce (72 cores) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB storage 16/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type Super clear LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 10.6 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi) 1920 x 1080 pixels (208 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.94% 65.28% 71.58%
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, 2592х1936 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 3.5 MP, 1080p@30fps videos [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps (LTE model), 21 Mbps (3G model); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; No DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR
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, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor 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 Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh)
Capacity 8220 mAh - 8600 mAh
Stand by Up to 2230 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h (Multimedia & 2G)
Up to 49 h (3G)
- Up to 10 h (multimedia)