Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note LTE 10.1 N8020 vs Apple iPad Wi-Fi + 3G vs Sony Xperia Tablet Z Wi-Fi

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Sony
Announced December 2012 January 2010 February 2013
Status Available - December 2012 Available - March 2010. Discontinued - March 2011 Available - May 2013
Colors Gray, white Silver Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 262 x 180 x 8.9 mm
(10.31 x 7.09 x 0.35 in)
242.8 x 189.7 x 13.4 mm
(9.56 x 7.47 x 0.53 in)
266 x 172 x 6.9 mm
(10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
Weight 600 g (21.16 oz) 730 g (25.75 oz) 495 g (17.46 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5.1 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064
GPU Mali-400MP PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 320
RAM 2 GB 256 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 9.7 inches 10.1 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (149 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.10% 63.22% 64.75%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels - 8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps - Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] - Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 (MHL), USB Host support Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 64 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 7000 mAh - 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 2158 h (2G)
Up to 1850 h (3G)
- Up to 890 h
Talk Time Up to 64 h (2G)
Up to 43 h (3G)
- Up to 10 h (multimedia)